This section is from the book "Food Ingestion And Energy Transformations", by Francis G. Benedict, Thorne M. Carpenter. See also: Food Combining and Digestion: Easy to Follow Techniques to Increase Stomach Power and Maximize Digestion.
Amount, 269 grams; nitrogen, 0.98 gram; total energy, 38 cals.
Fuel value: Total, 30 cals.; from protein, 84 p. ct.; from fat, 9 p. ct.; from carbohydrates, 7 p. ct.
Time. | Average respiration rate. | Carbon dioxide. | Respiratory quotient. | Oxygen. | Average pulse rate. | Heat (computed). |
Without food: | c.c. | c.c. | cals. | |||
Av. of 2 periods. .. | 19 | 178 | 0.79 | 224 | 58 | 1.07 |
With food: | ||||||
10h24ma.m........ | 19 | 181 | .78 | 233 | 61 | 1.11 |
10 52 a.m........ | 20 | 193 | .79 | 245 | 63 | 1.17 |
11 29 a.m........ | 19 | 195 | .83 | 235 | 59 | 1.14 |
12 02 p.m........ | 19 . | 195 | .80 | 244 | 60 | 1.17 |
12 36 p.m........ | 18 | 195 | .80 | 244 | 59 | 1.17 |
1 06 p.m........ | 19 | 202 | .80 | 254 | 63 | 1.22 |
1 53 p.m........ | 10 | 193 | .78 | 247 | 61 | 1.18 |
2 33 p.m........ | 19 | 198 | .80 | 247 | 60 | 1.19 |
3 09 p.m........ | 21 | 185 | .74 | 249 | 50 | 1.18 |
4 21 p.m........ | 20 | 205 | .82 | 250 | 63 | 1.21 |
20 | 206 | .81 | 254 | 62 | 1.22 |
1Subject drank beef tea between 10h40m and 10h43m a. m.
Amount, 350 grams; nitrogen, 4.30 grams; total energy, 54 cals.
Fuel value: Total, 41 cals.; from protein, 84 p. ct.; from fat, 9 p. ct.; from carbohydrates, 7 p. ct.
Time. | Average respiration rate. | Carbon dioxide. | Respiratory quotient. | Oxygen. | Average pulse rate. | Heat (computed). |
Without food: | c.c. | c.c. | cals. | |||
Av. of 3 periods. .. | 14 | 173 | 0.82 | 210 | 65 | 1.01 |
With food:1 | ||||||
12h08lnp.m........ | 14 | 179 | .85 | 210 | 68 | 1.02 |
12 36 p.m........ | 14 | 187 | .83 | 224 | 71 | 1.08 |
1 08 p.m........ | 14 | 195 | .86 | 228 | 70 | 1.11 |
1 39 p.m........ | 16 | 194 | 70 | 1.07 | ||
2 13 p.m........ | 14 | 192 | .91 | 212 | 69 | 1.06 |
2 49 p.m........ | 14 | 191 | .87 | 219 | 68 | 1.07 |
3 28 p.m........ | 15 | 179 | .81 | 222 | 66 | 1.07 |
4 40 p.m........ | 14 | 182 | .82 | 221 | 70 | 1.07 |
1Subject drank beef tea between llh54m and 12 a. m.
 
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