THE FOOD VALUES OF MILK 403 



stronger compounds (fat and casein) to do the major portion of 

 the work of growing. Growing bodies need just what milk has 

 to offer them; viz.: minerals, protein, energy and vitamines. 



MINERALS 



Minerals are the substances which (a) prevent an acid con- 

 dition of the body and thereby allow normal functioning of 

 organs, and (b) build the hard part of bones and teeth. The 



THE COMPOSITION AND DIGESTION 



AVERAGE MILK 



WATIR 87.17** SOLIDS 12.83% 

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*- SUGAR 4.88^ QUICK MILD FOOD 



-DIGESTED IM 



FURNISH ^ BUILDS i f ALBUMIN 0.55 ' 20 MINUTES 

 ENER6Y .•- BLOOD - 



AND HEAtJ I MUSCLEJ I CASEIN 3.00^ SLOW POWERFUL 



>F00D DIGESTED 

 ^FAT 3.«tJ IN 3 HOURS 



i 



0.71% ASH 

 BUILDS TEETH 



STARCH EQUIVALENT 16.43 LBS. TOTAL ENERGY VALUE, 



NUTRITIVE RATIO 1.3.7 29.800 CALORIES PER CWT. 



NUTRIMENT PER QT. % LB. C7S CALORIES PER QT. 



Fig. 130. — Chart shows the composition and digestion of average milk. 



growing child requires about one gram of lime per day. Meat, 

 eggs, potatoes., white bread, corn bread, butter, sugar and most 

 breakfast foods are extremely lacking in lime. They are good 

 foods but not balanced, therefore, making a balancer all the more 

 urgent. The lime or mineral matter of meat is in the bone 

 which we throw away. The lime of egg is in the shell, which 

 again is not used, but the lime of milk is in solution in the 

 milk, so is drunk without our even knowing it. Of all the 

 foods used in America, milk is the richest in bone and teeth 

 building substance. 



Ten cents will buy the following amounts of lime in 

 common foods: 



