WORKERS' DIET ON RATIONS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3046, 5 April 1917, Page 6

WORKERS' DIET ON RATIONS

. FULL STORE OP ENERGY ON NEW FOOD RATION. ' ("Daily Mail's" Medical Correspondent) , Supposing a man has porridge and bacon .for breakfast and a cut from .the ■joint or a chop or steak for luncheon, he may find that he has'consumed his meat allowance for the day. What is he to «at for dinner or supper at home? Or, , r if" lie takes a light luncheon and keeps the meat for the evening, what should Iβ have for luncheon in order to prevent , diminution of working capacity? ' No difficulty need; he experienced in teeping to Lord Devonporfa restricted quantity, of bread, meat, and sugar, and .at- the same time maintaining perfect fitness for work. Here is one day's diet chart suitable for the man doing ordi-nary-work. The Pood. Committee has ' Jixed the amount of energy which his , food should produce at. 3400 calories, the calorie being the unit of energy produced by food just es horse-power is the unit of-.energy of an engine: Breakfast. ' Calories. Porridge (2oz. oatmeal) .-225 Bread, 4oz. *....'.'....:„ 291 Bacon 2oz 338 B-utter, &z. ...... „...,.. 170 Jam or marmalade, loz 60 Sugar, 5-7 th oz 80 Milk,, loz. 22 Total" . .......■; 1,189 Luncheon. Calories. Omelette of 2 eggs 140 Bread, 3oss. ............'.. 225 Butter, Joz 570 Cheese, loz. ........; ; ;.......;. 110 Fruit, Jib. ■. 120 Coffee with Soz. 6iigar ;■ 57 Total ..) 822 Dinner. Calories. Sow),' nen ,or lentil .../... 25 Meat, 3 5-7fh oz 20* Potatoes, lib .: 427 ' Tomatoes, }lb. 107 - J?ice pudding (ljoz. Tice) -ISO f.heese; ■ loz. ' ...:..:.......:.:./..:.-;..;... 170 Bread, 2 l-7th oz ....;......'l5B Nute, 2oz ' ISO Coflfee with Joz; sugar ~..'..- ,'.• 57 Total '... 1,398 The total calories for the day are therefore 34Q9. This is a smtiiblc day's'diet for an average mail, but of course a person doing very hard wort' would' rctjtiire. pnrhaps as much as: one-fourth more, whije anyone lending an idle life would be -well-nourished on one-third less.