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Table 5. — Weights and cost of food and nutrients consumed in dietary study No. 355. 
Cost and composition of food per person per day. 
Kinds, amounts, and cost of different food 
materials. 
Cost. 
Pro- 
tein. 
Fat. 
Sugar, 
starch, 
etc. 
Crude 
fiber. 
Fuel 
value. 
ANIMAL FOOD. 
Cottage cheese, 279 grams, 12 cents (11) 
Cents. 
1 
Grams. 
2.92 
.06 
.30 
15. 23 
2.81 
19. 02 
Grams. 
0.14 
""."lY 
5.79 
.46 
10. 35 
36.86 
Gra7ns. 
0.60 
5.37 
1.10 
225. 14 
40.91 
Grams. 
"6." 20* 
18.23 
5.56 
Calories. 
16 
VEGETABLE FOOD. 
Honey, 133 grams, 7 cents (48) 
21 
Vegetables: Tomatoes, 666 grams, 4 cents (32) 
7 
Fruits, fresh: Apples, Newtown Pippin, 6,682 
grams, 22 cents (242a); bananas, 118 grams, 2 
cents (212a); cantaloupe, 3,714 grams, 29 cents 
(228); grapes, Verdal, 7,825 grams, 69 cents 
(211a); grapes, Cornichon, 7,735 grams, 68 cents 
(207a); grapes, Tokay, 2,475 grams, 22 cents 
(205a); grapes, Muscat, 3,374 grams, 30 cents 
(202a); scarlet haws, 2,471 grams (201a); pears, 
2,802 grams, 19 cents (51a); pomegranates, 62 
grams, 1 cent (33); persimmons, 2,098 grams, 46 
cents (52a\; oranges, 57 grams, 1 cent (238a); 
strawberries, 808 grams, 12 cents (39); water- 
melon, 3,955 grams, 13 cents (200) 
17 
1 
1 
3 
976 
Fruits, dried: Figs, 1,309 grams, 20 cents (35) 
Olive oil, 207 grams, 23 cents (49) 
180 
91 
Nuts: Almonds, 496 grams, 16 cents (249); peanut 
butter, 1,006 grams, 44 cents (44) 
13.22 
.64 
422 
Total vegetable food 
22 
37.42 
53. 59 
285. 74 
24. 63 
1,697 
Total food 
23 
40.34 
53.73 
286. 34 
24.63 
1,713 
The commonly accepted dietary standard for a man at sedentary 
work calls for 92 grams of protein and 2,700 calories. From the table 
it appears that the protein in this dietary was less than one-half and 
the energy about two-thirds, respectively, of these amounts. It is 
true that the subject's weight was small; but even if the data are cal- 
culated to the basis of a man weighing 150 pounds the results will 
still be far below the standard. 
It is interesting in this connection to compare this dietary with those 
followed by the same subject in 11 four-day digestion experiments, 
in which the diet was made up of several fruits and nuts alone or in 
combination. (Reported on pp. 35-43 and summarized in Table 27.) 
In the dietary studies the subject ate at the dictates of his appetite, but 
in the digestion experiments the kind and amount of food eaten was 
determined upon beforehand in every case. In one experiment the 
diet consisted of grapes only, and furnished 13.75 grams protein and 
1,096 calories per day. Such a diet soon becomes unpalatable, no 
matter how appetizing the food may be under ordinary circumstances. 
It must also be remembered that though the bulk consumed was 
large, the amount of nutriment supplied was very small, owing to the 
high percentage of water in the grapes, and the food is therefore not 
strictly comparable with a more varied diet. In all the other diges- 
tion experiments the diet was made up of fruits and nuts and furnished 
more protein and energy than the food eaten during the dietary study, 
the average of all the tests, including that with the grape diet, being 
