Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents IX
4. List Of Tables XI
5. Chapter 1. The Modern View Of Food And N U T R I T I O N 1
6. Chapter II. Food As Fuel And T H E Body As A Machine 9
7. Chapter III. Advances In Our Knowledge Of The Materials Of Bodily Structure 22
8. Chapter IV. A Fruitful Broadening Of Experimental Method: Introducing The Vitamins 37
9. Chapter V. Short Story Of Scurvy And Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) 44
10. Chapter VI. The Outstanding Vitamins Of The B Group 57
11. Chapter VII. Fat-Soluble Vitamins A And D 71
12. Chapter VIII. How The Body Manages Its Nutritional Resources 82
13. Chapter IX. Nutritional Characteristics Of The Chief Groups Of Foods 92
14. Chapter X. "Are We Well Fed?" 116
15. Chapter XI. The Nutritional Improvement Of Life 124
16. Chapter XII. Nutrition For Realization Of The Potentialities Of Youth And Of Maturity 136
17. Chapter XIII. Nutritional Guidance For "The Backward Art Of Spending Money" 149
18. Chapter XIV. Nutrition Policy 161
19. Chapter XV. Scientific Critique Of The "Offer" Of Higher Health And Longer Life 185
20. Appendix 225
21. Selected Bibliography 229
22. Index 243