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i"Kuvit)iUi\:5r79Dried apples,Fruit jelly.Less than VsWater.apricots, peaches, prunes*Less than y^IVater.Salt pork. Bacon. Dried fish. Butter.Desiccated eggs. Concentrated soups.Powdered milk.Wheat flour, corn meal, etc. Macaroni.Rice, oatmeal, hominy, etc.Dried beans, split peas.Dehydrated vegetables.Dried dates, figs, raisins.Orange marmalade. Sugar. Chocolate.Nuts. Nut butter.Although this table is good in its way, it is nota fair measure of the relative value of foods. Eventhe solid part of some foodstuffs contains a gooddeal of refuse (fresh potatoes 20 per cent.), whileothers have none.Nutritive Values.— The nutritive elements offoodstuffs are protein, a little mineral matter, fats,and carbohydrates. Protein is the basis of muscle,bone, tendon, cartilage, skin, and the corpuscles ofthe blood. Fats and carbohydrates supply heat andmuscular energy. In other words, the human bodyis an engine; protem keeps it in repair; fats andrun it.carbohydrates are the fuel toFamiliar examples of proteids are lean meat andwhite of egg. The chief food fats are fat meat,butter, lard, oil, and cream. Carbohydrates arestarchy foods (flour, cereals, etc.) and sugar (sweetsof almost any kind).Protein is the most important element of food,because nothing else can take its place in building uptissues and enriching the fluids of the body, whereas,in emergency, it can also supply power and heat, andthus run the human machine for a while withoutother fuel.Men can live on foods deficient in protein, suchas rice and potatoes, but they become anemic, weak,and subject to beriberi, pellagra, or other serious