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THE DIETARY STUDIES. 
The subjects of the dietaries here reported include seven different 
persons — two elderly men, two young men university students, a 
woman, and two children. With the exception of the students all 
were accustomed to the diet, having been vegetarians for years and 
having limited their diet quite largely to fruit and nuts. One of the 
students, though accustomed to the ordinary diet, had been experi- 
menting with vegetarian and fruitarian diet for some time. Three of 
the subjects, i. e., the two students and one of the elderly men, ate 
three meals a da}^ at the usual hours. The others ate but twice, their 
first meal being taken between 10 and 11 a. m. and the second between 
5 and 6 p. m. The diet included a large assortment of fresh fruits 
with considerable quantities of dried fruit and nuts. Honey and olive 
oil were also eaten, and cereals were used to a small extent in some of 
the dietaries, and in four cases (dietaries Nos. 355, 357, 360, and 361) 
some animal foods were consumed, which were limited, however, to 
a little milk and eggs in dietaiy No. 357, and to a small quantity of 
cottage cheese in dietary No. 355. 
DIETARY STUDY OF A FRUITARIAN (NO. 355). 
The stud} T began October 21, 1901, and continued for twenty da}^£. 
The subject was a man 63 years old, weighing 12-1 pounds. The num- 
ber of meals eaten was sixty, or three per day. 
The subject had lived upon the fruitarian diet for upward of twenty 
years, and, while he had at times used cooked vegetables and cereals, 
he believed that a diet of ripe and sweet fruits with nuts agreed with 
him best. During the experimental period the subject walked from 
4 to 8 miles a da} T , besides working a little at gardening. 
The results of this study are given in Table 9. The figures in 
parentheses after each food material in this and the succeeding tables 
of dietary studies refer to corresponding figures in the first column in 
Tables 1 and 2, thus indicating the values used in calculating the 
amounts of nutrients of the food. 
