COMPOSITION OF FOODS. 



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heat of the body ( 206). Fats and carbohydrates may replace 

 each other in the food, and in inverse proportion too, corresponding 

 to the amount of C which each contains. According to v. Voit, for 

 this purpose 175 parts of starch by weight are equal to WO parts of fat. 



Animal Foods. 



Explanation of the signs. 



Water. 



Proteids. Albuminoids. N-free org. bodies. Salts. 



Water. 



Wheaten-bread. 



Peas. 



Rice. 



Potatoes. 



White Turnip. 



Cauliflower. 



Beer. 



Proteids 



Vegetable Foods. 



Explanation of the signs. 



Digestible Non-digestible Salts. 

 N-free organ bodies. 



90,5 



90 



1-4 



2-5 



15 



1 



0-5 



1 



0-3 



Fig. 175. 



