THE FOODS OF THE NEW EARTH 



of the protein, ninety-five of the fats, and 

 ninety-eight of the carbohydrates in the animal 

 foods are digested. In the vegetable foods the 

 amount runs : eighty-four per cent of protein, 

 ninety of fats, and ninety-seven of the carbo- 

 hydrates. In connection with the former tabu- 

 lar statement as to the composition of foods, 

 the following table from the same bulletin as 

 to the amount which the body retains for its 

 uses will be of interest. It is the result of 

 much experimenting: 



Perhaps in no way under the old regime 

 was food so injured for the purpose to which 

 it should be put as in the cooking of it. Even 

 today it will not be so very difficult, in certain 



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