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1 must have beans or peas or soinetliing to take its place, so 

 he gave he a little table of the sualities contained in various 

 foods and the proportion I would probably need to keep in 

 health, and by keeping to that, I have done very well. 



A ME.AIHER: I would like to ask the speaker if the 

 amount of protein food one should have does not depend on 

 his age and the work he is doing. 



MISS HATCH: For children the protein does not vary 

 as much as the total calories, and by calories I am talkmg 

 cfbout the measure of energy i)roduced by the food you eat. 

 As we grow older, the total number of calories decreases. 

 in youth, you need more i>rotein, and as age progresses, you 

 need a little less i)rotein. That is a rough average, a work- 

 ing average. 



A ]\1EMBER: I might say that I have been told that, 

 v;ith advancing life, we should cut out meat to a great ex- 

 tent, eat less and less meat and eggs and use moi-e vegeta- 

 bles, fruit, bread and milk ; that that is very conducive to 

 health. 



THE CHAIRMAN: Tliat would, agree with what Miss 

 Hatch has said. 



A ME:\IBER: ISlr. President, I would like to ask the 

 si'eaker w^hat she thinks best for a farmer — I suppose we 

 are all farmers, ought to be, if we are not, what is best Tor 

 \u- to eat for energy, calories, etc., to make us do a good 

 day's work: 



THE (JIIAIRi\IAN: He is thinking about planting this 

 orchard, I presume. 



A ]\IP]^IBER: If I am going to be a hundred, I want to 

 know what to eat. 



MISS HATCH: For yeai-s people thought that in (U-der 

 to be well and strong, they ought to have a lot of meat, but 

 theories have changed radically since then and fne meat has 

 been reduced, you hear lower and lower estimates for pro- 

 tein ; that is, we speak of protein as the food principle con- 

 tributed by meat, particularly, but for a man or woman that 

 wants to live a long while, he or she ought to eat a small 



