Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories by Lulu Hunt Peters
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Peanut Butter 2-1/2 tsp. 100 C.
_Key to Key_ [Sidenote: _Remember This_] If you will remember the following portions of food, you will have a standard by which to compute your servings: Lean Meat: a piece 3 x 2 x 1/2 (2 oz.) 100 C. Now if your serving of meat or fish is fat, mentally cut in two for same value. If very lean, you should add a little. White Bread: slice 3 x 4x 1/2 100 C. Compute other breads by this. Butter: 1 scant tablespoonful 100 C. Sugar: 1 heaping teaspoonful 50 C. Potatoes: 1 medium, boiled or baked. 100 C. Watery Vegetables: 1 helping 15-35 C. If food is fried, or butter, oil, or cream sauces are added, the C. value increases markedly. _Review_ 1. Why is a mixture of foods necessary? 2. Give the caloric value of the following: 1 glass of milk, skim; |
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