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THE CHAIEIMAN: Do you know what percentage of 

 l)roteins, for instance, how many calories v.e ought to get 

 from proteins, the average person? 



JMISS HATCH: Supposing you have 3,000 calories, a 

 tenth of those calories should come from proteins. 



THE CHAIKi\IAIN: What are you going to do with 

 with the other nine-tenths? 



MISS HATCH: The other nine-tenths would come from 

 fat or carbohydrates, any proportion of those; as a rule, 

 your appetite Avill determine that, you cannot eat more than 

 a certain amount of fat and naturally you take care of that 

 by your own appetite. 



THE CHAIR:\rAN: Tt seems that we could sit down 

 Avith one of these outlines, and if Ave know that 10% comes 

 from proteins, we could work out just what we ought to 

 liaA'e. 



:\IRS. STORROW: Then it seems that every house- 

 keeper needs a table. 



MISS HATCH: That is one reason Avhy home economics 

 lias groAvn as it has. As soon as you open up home econom- 

 ies, you have ehemis-try and physiology and a certain 

 amount of physics. Avhich opens up a tremendous study, and 

 then you can Avork intelligently. 



THE CHAIRIMAN: I should think if you knoAV the per- 

 centages of these different foods, you could sit doAvn Avith 

 the analysis of the different types before you and Avork it 

 out. 



]MISS HATCH: There are some doctors who give their 

 patients tables and let them make it out. 



THE CHAIRMAN: IMrs. StorroAV, Avould you mind tell- 

 ing us the name of this exceptional doctor here mentioned? 



MRS. STORROW : I Avould be very glad to ; on account 

 of not being able to depend on my appetite, I came here a 

 ;, ear ago and Avas put on a vegetable diet. I liked it so 

 much and waxed so Avell that I have kept it up ever since, 

 but the doctor who put me on that vegetable diet gave me 

 4'ertain definite rules to go by. that if I did not eat meat, 



