in THE THEORY OF HUMAN NUTRITION 119 



reduced diet, are at present lacking ; but if we consider the 

 average figures of the diet of old people given by Tigerstedt, 

 Sonde'n, and Ekholm, we find the intake of protein and the output 

 of nitrogen a great deal higher than those resulting from the 

 experiments carried out upon themselves by Chittenden and 

 Mendel, while the number of calories utilised is lower. From this 

 it will be obvious that, in order to prolong life to its utmost limits, 

 old people require a diet containing less protein and proportionately 

 more fat and carbohydrate than that tried by these authors. 



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The most recent and important monographs on the subject dealt with in this 

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VOIT. Physiologic des allgemeinen Stoffwechsels und der Ernahrung. Hermann's 



Handbuch der Physiologie, iv., Leipzig, 1881. 

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Leipzig 1903. Die Gesetze des Energieverbrauchs bei der Ernahrung. Leipzig 



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R. H. CHITTENDEN. The Nutrition of Man. London, 1907. 

 G. LUSK. The Elements of the Science of Nutrition. London, 1909. 

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