The philosophy of eating. By Albert J. Bellows, M.D.

POTATO.

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oat meal, beans, and peas, which supply the musclemaking elements in which it is deficient.
In one hundred parts of the potato are, -

Water and
waste,...
Albumen, &c.,
Starch,...
Iextrine,...
Sugar,.
Fat,....
Mineral matter,

78.2
1.4
15.5
0.4
3.2
0.2
0.9.

Water and
waste,...
>or, Muscle-makers,
Heaters,...
Food for brains,'78.2
1.4
22.5
0.9

All the muscle and brain-feeding principle in the
potato resides in the rose end, about the eyes or germ.
Sweet Potato.
The sweet potato is used mostly in tropical climates.
It differs from the other potato but little, and that
difference consists mainly in their relative amounts of
sugar and mineral matters.

Water and
waste,.. 68.50
Starch,... 16.05
Sugar,.... 10.20
Albumen,..1.50
Fat,.... 0.30
Fibre,.... 0.45
Gum, &c.,.. 1.10
Mineral matter, 2.90

Water and
waste,.. 68.50
Muscle-makers, 1.50
>or, Heaters,... 28.05
Food for brains,
&c.,... 2.90