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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 14, 1865

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 26, No. 24.

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Nutriment Table.

FROM that very valuable medical work, the "Philosophy of Health," (p. 301,) by L. B. Coles, M. D., Fellow of the Mass. Medical Society, and Member of the Boston Medical Association, we take the following hygienic table, which shows the comparative value of various articles of vegetable and animal food. As will be seen, the nutritive value of vegetable food greatly preponderates. Mr. Coles says:
"The following table, made out from the highest European authorities, will show the proportion of nutrient properties belonging to different articles used in ordinary diet. The figures against each article show the amount of nutrition which each contains in every one hundred parts."
Wheat, about . . . 85 Beef, about . . . 25
Barley, " . . . 83 Veal, " . . . 25
Rye, " . . . 83 Mutton, " . . . 25
Oats, " . . . 79 Lamb, " . . . 25
Oatmeal, " . . . 93 Chickens, " . . . 22
Rice, " . . . 90 Codfish, " . . . 20
Peas, " . . . 93 Oysters, " . . . 13
Beans, " . . . 92 White of Eggs, . . . 20
Potatoes, " . . . 25 Yolk of Eggs, . . . 46
These facts are worth remembering.