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FOODS 



in various ways as breakfast foods, are all easily digested 

 and are very nutritious for most people. 



2. The so-called vegetables are not very nutritious, 

 but they are cheap and easily digested and therefore are 

 used extensively. Under this head we have the Irish 

 potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, squash, cabbage, 

 tomatoes, peas, beans, and lentils. The Irish potato is 



Prote/ef 

 Ash 



Cabbage, 



Potato. 



Carrot. 



FIG. 8. Showing composition of potato, carrot, and cabbage. Modified from 

 Snyder's " Losses in boiling vegetables" (Zinns). 



the king of vegetables. Some of these articles, as cab- 

 bage and beans, are not easily digested, and some con- 

 tain but little nourishment. Green vegetables are taken 

 with other foods because of their palatable qualities ; 

 they contain salts, acids, and aromatic substances. 



3. Under this class of foods must be mentioned ripe 

 fruits, as berries, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, etc. 

 Most of the fruits are valuable for their juices, which 



