The Oliver-Sharpey Lectures on the Feeding of Nations; A Study in Applied Physiology
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V THE PROVISION OF FOOD In dealing with the provision of food to meet the requirements of a nation, the problem will be different according as we are dealing with a country that is selfcontained (i. e. one which produces normally sufficient or more than sufficient for its inhabitants), or with a country such as the United Kingdom which is dependent for the larger part of its supplies on importation from abroad. There are certain principles however which are common to both cases. The food of man is composed almost entirely of the products of the soil, the harvest from the sea forming but a small proportion of the total food, even of a maritime country such as England. The most important crops, regarded as human food, are the cereals--wheat, barley, oats, etc., and the root crops and tubers, such as potatoes, turnips, etc. Green vegetables and fresh fruits are also an important item, although not contributing largely to the total Calorie requirements. With these direct products of the soil life can be sustained; but the diet so supplied, at any rate in temperate climates, would not be in any respect an ideal one, or fitted for producing the maximum efficiency in a population. It would be very deficient iff fat, and the protein content would be low. This is shown if we examine the percentage composition of wheat, flour, oatmeal and potatoes. The deficit in fat might be supplied by means of oil-seeds, but these form only a small part of the crops which grow readily in temperate climates, so that, unless they can be introduced by importation, there will be a serious deficiency of fats in the diet. For this reason the inhabitants of Europe have been accustomed to employ animals as a means of converting the vegetable food, rich in carbohydrates, into a f...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217502085
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 22
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217502083
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 59 gr


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