Food and the principles of dietetics / by Robert Hutchison.

  • Hutchison, Robert, Sir, 1871-1960.
Date:
1911
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    It is worth while noticing, incidentally, the relative cost of these diets. Compare, for example, in this respect. No. II. with No. IV. Both of these contain practically the same amount of nutriment, but the latter costs exactly twice as much as the former. This is a fresh proof of the fact Avhich has already been insisted upon, that the cost of a diet is no indication of its nutritive value. The total weight of dry food which is consumed daily in such a standard diet as any of the above is about 23 ounces (or almost I ounce per hour). This represents 45 ounces (nearly 3 pounds) of ordinary food. Actual Dietaries, The standard dietaries given above are constructed, as we have seen, from theoretical data. It is interesting to compare with them the composition of the ordinary diets actually consumed by individuals of different countries and different social rank. In the following table (also modified from Atwater)^ a large number of such dietaries have been collected : ACTUAL DIETARIES. Classes. Nutritive Constituents. Potential Proteid. Fats. Carbo- hydrates. Total. Energy. Grms. Grms. Grms. Grms. Ceilorus 1. Sewing-girl, London, wages 3s. gd. per 3>6 1,820 week 53 33 402 2. Factory girl, Leipsic, Germany, wages 5s. per 4c 6 week 52 S3 301 1,940 3. Weaver, England, time of scarcity .. 60 28 398 486 2,138 4. Labourers, Lombardy, Italy; diet mostly 82 362 484 vegetable 40 2,192 5. Trappist monk in cloister ; very little exercise. 68 469 548 vegetable diet .. II 2,304 6. Students, Japan .. 97 16 438 551 2,343 7. University professor, Munich, Germany; very little exercise 100 100 240 440 2,324 8. Lawyer, Munich .. 80 125 222 427 2,401 9. Physician, Munich 131 95 327 553 10. Painter, Leipsic, Germany 87 69 366 522 2,500 II. Cabinet-maker, Leipsic, Germany 77 57 466 600 2,757 12. ‘ Fully-fed ’ tailors, England .. 131 39 525 695 3,053 13. ‘ Well-paid'mechanic, Munich, Germany .. 15' 54 479 684 3,085 14. Carpenter, Munich, Germany I3I 68 494 693 3,194 tS. ‘ Hard-worked ’ weaver, England 151 43 622 816 3,569 16. Blacksmith, England 176 71 667 914 4.117 17. Miners at very severe work, Germany 133 ”3 634 880 4,195 18. Brick - makers (Italians at contract work). 167 675 4,641 Munich .. 117 959 19. Brewery labourer, Munich ; very severe work, 5,692 exceptional diet 223 113 909 1.245 633 20. German soldiers, peace footing 114 39 480 2,798 21. German soldiers, war footing .. 134 58 489 681 3,093 22. German soldiers, Franco-German War; extra- 285 4.652 ordinary ration 157 331 773 23. Russian workmen 132 80 583 3,675 24. Swedish workmen (moderate labour) .. 79 523 3,4.36 4,726 25. Swedish workmen (hard labour) ' 189 no 714 ^ Report of United States Commissioner of Fisli and Fisheries, 1S88.