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.
Amounts, 73 grams sucrose, juice of half lemon; energy, 295 cals.; from carbohydrates, 100 p. ct.
Time. | Average respiration rate. | Carbon dioxide. | Respiratory quotient. | Oxygen. | Average pulse rate. | Heat (computed). |
Without food: | e.e. | c.c. | cals. | |||
Av. of 9 periods. . | 21 | 200 | 0.84 | 238 | 65 | 1.15 |
With food:1 | ||||||
3h47mp.m....... | 19 | 207 | .84 | 245 | 63 | 1.19 |
3 50 p.m....... | 23 | 264 | 1.06 | 250 | 64 | 1.26 |
4 22 p.m....... | 20 | 232 | .96 | 242 | 71 | 1.21 |
5 08 p.m....... | 18 | 235 | .94 | 249 | 73 | 1.24 |
5 32 p.m....... | 21 | 238 | .95 | 250 | 73 | 1.25 |
1Subject drank sucrose and lemon juice in 150 c.c. of water at 3h40m p. m.
 
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