Show 1 I Released by Western Newspaper j HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU You may think that food requirements measured in vitamins but before the discovery of vitamins the amount and kinds of food should be eaten dai- ly were A calorie is 1 a measured amount I of that the rUl Wl j amount of heat to raise one I kilogram of water m little over i M one degree centigrade is fl I about 2 degrees Thus Barton e average diet was made up of one parti protein two parts-fats fat meats four parts starches fruits and vegetables In calories this would mean about of of fats and of vegetables and fruits daily for average man doing some work This method of calorie measurement is still in In an article on nutrition in Journal of the American Drs Eugene F. DuBois land William H. New York The amount of heat given off by the resting man of average size complete rest and no digestion go- ing is about equal to the heat of a electric bulb or the flame of an alcohol lamp about one inch A man exercising hard equals the heat of 10 such As most of us are not at complete rest all of the nor are we working hard all the the amount of food needed will depend upon how much we rest and how hard we Thus i one table of the number f calories needed by various trades to stone to wood to There are other trades such as or j molten metal workers and others where calories are need-ed Stenographer or office J seamstress with hand seamstress with to to household to to mm |