HOW FOODS MEET BODY NEEDS. 



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Chart 8. One Pound of Spinach. 



(h peck.) 



One pound of spinach .supplies about 105 calories of energy, 10 grams (about 

 i ounce) of protein, 0.3 gram of calcium, 0.3 gram of phosphorus, and If; 

 milligrams of iron. It would furnish, therefore, 3 per cent of the energy a 

 man needs daily, 10 per cent of the protein, 45 per cent of the calcium, 23 

 per cent of phosphorus, and 109 per cent (more than all) of the iron. 

 This is shown in the following chart : 



ENERGY 



FROTEIN 



CALCIUM 



mSFHORUS 



IRON 



3%k 



lom 

 mm 



1 





III^BHIil 









IHI 











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Chart 8. — Proportions of energy, protein, calcium, phosphorus, and iron needed per man 

 per day furnished by 1 pound of spinach. 



Chart 9. One Pound of String Beans. 



(About 1 quart.) 



One pound of string beans supplies about 175 calories of energj% 6 grams 

 (about I ounce) of protein, 0.19 gram of calcium, 0.21 gram of phosphorus, 

 and 4 milligrams of iron. It would furnish, therefore, 5 per cent of the energy 

 a man needs daily, G per cent of the protein, 29 per cent of the calcium, 16 

 per cent of the phosphorus, and 27 per cent of the iron. This is shown in the 

 following chart: 



ENERGY 



fM 



FROTEIN 



6* 



CALCIUM 



DfJmam 



mSFHORUS 



i^mm 



IRON 



1 7p 2a jp ♦jO Sfi 6f ro go 9e 



Chart 0. 



-Proportions of energy, protein, calcium, phosphorus, and iron needed pm* man 

 per day furnished by 1 pound of string beans. 



