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Show o - Importance of Propc Diet. The basis of all foods consists ot at least four essential elements; but It 1 does not follow that all these elements ele-ments wi'l he present in equal pro- portions In various life sustaining ! substances. Thuu, weight for weight, ! bread contains more carbon than meat, and meat more nitrogen than bread. These theoretical consldera- J tlons are borne out by observed facts. Modern researches have shown that thero Is an intimate relation subsisting sub-sisting between tho quality nnd q'uan- ' tity of food taken and the kind of work or "energy" Into which it Is eventually transformed. Hence a ; man's diet ought to depend In great nart on his work. j |