Comparative Tables OF Vegetable and Animal FOODS. |
IN 100 PARTS. | Nitrogenous
Matter. | Hydro-carbonate
Matter. | Saline
Matter. | Water. | | Lean beef | 19.3 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 72.0 | | Fat beef | 14.8 | 29.8 | 4.4 | 51.0 | | Lean mutton | 18.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 72.0 | | Fat mutton | 12.4 | 31.1 | 3.5 | 53.0 | | Veal | 16.5 | 15.8 | 4.7 | 63.0 | | Fat pork | 9.8 | 48.9 | 2.3 | 39.0 | | Dried ham | 8.8 | 73.3 | 2.9 | 15.0 | | Tripe | 13.2 | 16.4 | 2.4 | 68.0 | | White fish | 18.1 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 78.0 | | Red fish (salmon) | 16.1 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 77.0 | | Oysters | 14.010 | 1.515 | 2.695 | 80.385 | | Mussels | 11.72 | 2.42 | 2.73 | 75.74 | | White of egg | 20.4 | ..... | 1.6 | 78.0 | | Yolk of egg | 16.0 | 30.7 | 1.3 | 52.0 | | Cow's milk (lactin) | 4.1 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 86.0 | | Cream | 2.7 | 26.7 | 1.8 | 66.0 | | Butter | ..... | 83.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | | Gruyere cheese | 31.5 | 24.0 | 3.0 | 40.0 | | Roquefort | 26.52 | 30.14 | 5.07 | 34.55 | | Dutch | 29.43 | 27.54 | ..... | 36.10 | | Chester | 25.99 | 26.34 | 4.16 | 35.92 | | Parmesan | 44.08 | 15.95 | 5.72 | 27.56 | | Cheddar | 28.4 | 31.1 | 4.5 | 36.0 |
IN 100 PARTS. | Carbohydrates. | Nitrogenous
Matter. | Hydro-carbonate
Matter. | Saline
Matter. | Water. | | Beans | 55.86 | 30.8 | 2.0 | 3.65 | 8.40 | | White haricots | 55.7 | 25.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 9.9 | | Dried peas | 58.7 | 23.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 8.3 | | Lentils | 56.0 | 25.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 11.5 | | Potatoes | 21.9 | 2.50 | 0.11 | 1.26 | 74.0 | | Black truffles | 16.0 | 8.775 | 0.560 | 2.070 | 72.0 | | Mushrooms | 3.0 | 4.680 | 0.396 | 0.458 | 91.010 | | Carrots | 14.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 83.0 | | Sea-kale | 2.8 | 2.4 | ..... | (?) 3.0 | 93.3 | | Turnips | 7.2 | 1.1 | ..... | 0.6 | 91.0 | | Cabbage | 5.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 91.0 | | Garden beet | 13.5 | .4 | ..... | (?) 1.0 | 82.2 | | Tomato | 6.0 | 1.4 | ..... | (?) .8 | 89.8 | | Sweet potato | 26.25 | 1.50 | 0.30 | 2.60 | 67.50 | | Water-cress | 3.2 | 1.7 | ..... | (?) .7 | 93.1 | | Arrowroot | 82.0 | ..... | ..... | ..... | 18.0 | | Dry southern wheat | 67.112 | 22.75 | 2.61 | 3.02 | ..... | | Dry common wheat | 77.05 | 15.25 | 1.95 | 2.75 | ..... | | Oat-meal | 63.8 | 12.6 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 15.0 | | Barley-meal | 74.3 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 15.0 | | Rye-meal | 73.2 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 15.0 | | Dry maize | 71.55 | 12.50 | 8.80 | 1.25 | ..... | | Dry rice | 89.65 | 7.55 | 0.80 | 0.90 | ..... | | Buckwheat | 64.90 | 13.10 | 3.0 | 2.50 | 13.0 | | Quinoa-meal | 56.80 | 20.0 | 5.0 | (?) 1.0 | 15.0 | | Dhoorra-meal | 74.0 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 2.3 | ..... | | Dried figs | 65.9 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 17.5 | | Dates | 65.3 | 6.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 20.8 | | Bananas | (?) 19.0 | 4.820 | 0.632 | 0.791 | 73.900 | | Walnuts (peeled) | 8.9 | 12.5 | 31.6 | (?) 1.7 | 44.5 | | Filberts | 11.1 | 8.4 | 28.5 | (?) 1.5 | 48.0 | | Ground-nuts (peeled) | 11.7 | 24.5 | 50.0 | (?) 1.8 | 7.5 | | Cocoa-nut | 8.1 | 5.5 | 35.9 | (?) 1.0 | 46.6 | | Fresh chestnuts (peeled) | 42.7 | 3.0 | 2.5 | (?) 1.8 | 49.2 | | Locust bean | 67.9 | 7.1 | 1.1 | (?) 2.9 | 14.6 | | Cocoa-nibs | 11.10 | 21.20 | 50.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | | Chocolate | The analyses are those of Fresenius, Letheby, Pavy, Church, and others.
From “The Perfect Way in Diet.” “O Golden Age, whose light is of the dawn,
And not of sunset, forward, not behind,
Flood the new heavens and earth, and with thee bring
All the old virtues, whatsoever things
Are pure and honest and of good repute,
But add thereto whatever bard has sung
Or seer has told of when in trance or dream
They saw the Happy Isles of prophecy!
Let Justice hold her scale, and Truth divide
Between the right and wrong; but give the heart
The freedom of its fair inheritance.”
—Whittier.
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