[Footnote A: As applied to food, the calorie is greater than that used
in the ordinary laboratory work, being the amount of heat necessary to
raise the temperature of 1000 grams of water 1 deg. C., rather than 1 gram
1 deg. C.]
TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CALORIES FURNISHED BY
ONE POUND OF VARIOUS FOODS
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|FOOD |CALORIES|FOOD |CALORIES|
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|Leg of lean mutton | 790|Carrots | 210|
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|Rib of beef | 1150|Lettuce | 90|
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|Shad | 380|Onion | 225|
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|Chicken | 505|Cucumber | 80|
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|Apples | 290|Almonds | 3030|
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|Bananas | 460|Walnuts | 3306|
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|Prunes | 370|Peanuts | 2560|
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|Watermelons | 140|Oatmeal | 4673|
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|Lima beans | 570|Rolled wheat | 4175|
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|Beets | 215|Macaroni | 1665|
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