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mined, and the food substance will be said to furnish 

 the body with that number of heat units, providing all of the 

 pound of food were properly digested. 



Leg of lean mutton furnishes 790 calories per pound 



Rib of beef furnishes 1150 calories per pound 



Shad furnishes 380 calories per pound 



Chicken furnishes 505 calories per pound 



Apples furnish 290 calories per pound 



Bananas furnish 460 calories per pound 



Prunes furnish 370 calories per pound 



Watermelons furnish 140 calories per pound 



Lima beans furnish 570 calories per pound 



Beets furnish 215 calories per pound 



Carrots furnish 210 calories per pound 



Lettuce furnishes . 90 calories per pound 



Onion furnishes 225 calories per pound 



Cucumber furnishes 80 calories per pound 



Almonds furnish 3030 calories per pound 



Butternuts furnish 3 1 6$ calories per pound 



Walnuts furnish . .::.". 3306 calories per pound 



Peanuts furnish 2560 calories .per pound 



Brazil nuts furnish 3265 calories per pound 



Oatmeal furnishes 4673 calories per pound 



Rolled wheat furnishes 4175 calories per pound 



Macaroni furnishes 1665 calories per pound 



57. Varied Diet. The human body is a much more varied 

 and complex machine than any ever devised by man ; personal 

 peculiarities, as well as fuel values, influence very largely the 

 diet of an individual. Strawberries are excluded from some 

 diets because of a rash which is produced on the skin, pork 

 is excluded from other diets for a like reason ; cauliflower 

 is absolutely indigestible to some and is readily digested by 

 others. From practically every diet some foods must be 

 excluded, no matter what the fuel value of the substance maybe. 



Then, too, there are more uses for food than the production 

 of heat. Teeth and bones and nails need a constant supply 



