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FOODS AND DIETARIES 



6. Try forming a diet giving least quantities of nutrients so 

 that they total your daily calorie needs. 



Observation. Home Work. Fill out a similar table for your 

 family dietary for one or more days. Lump the portions used 

 at a meal, and figure out the data for the rest of the tabulation. 

 (The average for one week would be best.) 



Conclusions. 1. Is your family dietary cheap, medium- 

 priced, or expensive? Reasons? (Answer as proteid pro- 

 ducer and energy producer.) 

 . 2. Can you suggest how it might be improved ? Explain. 



3. 1 Would your family be content to use more milk and 

 eggs, and meat not more than once a day ? Which would be 

 the cheaper ? 



(6) Table o/lOO Food Units 2 



1 Much excess of proteid (as from lean meats, etc.) is to be avoided, as it is 

 by far the most expensive nutrient, and besides being a costly waste may re- 

 sult in bodily disorder. 



2 These tables are here given by courtesy of The Journal of the American 

 Medical Association, Vol. XLVIII, No. 16 ; they were compiled by Dr. Irving 

 Fisher, Yale University. 



