Dietetics for Nurses

by Fairfax T. Proudfit

Vitamines in Foods

Foodstuff	“A”	“B”	“C”
Meats:
Beef heart	+	+	?
Brains	+ +	+ + +	+ ?
Codfish	+	+	?
Cod testes	+
Fish roe	+	+ +	?
Herring	+ +	+ +	?
Horse meat	+	+
Kidney	+ +	+ +
Lean muscle	0	0	+ ?
Liver	+	+	+ ?
Pancreas	0	+ + +
Pig heart	+	+	?
Placenta		+
Thymus (sweetbreads)	0	0	0
Vegetables:
Beetroot	+	+	+ +
Beet root juice	?	Little	+ + +
Cabbage, dried	+ + +	+ + +	+
Cabbage, fresh	+ + +	+ + +	+ + + +
Carrots	+ + +	+ + +	+ +
Cauliflower	+ +	+ + +	+ +
Celery	?	+ + +	?
Chard	+ + +	+ +	?
Dasheens	+	+ +	?
Lettuce	+ +	+ +	+ + + +
Mangels	+ +	+ +	?
Onions	?	+ + +	+ + +
Parsnips	+ +	+ + +
Peas (fresh)	+	+ +	+ + +
Potatoes	0	+ + +	+ +
Potatoes (sweet)	+ + +	+ +	?
Rutabaga		+ + +
Spinach	+ + +	+ + +	+ + +
Cereals:
Barley	+	+ + +	?
Bread (white)		+ ?
Bread (whole meal)	+	+ + +	?
Maize	+ In yellow	+ + +	?
	0 In white
Oats	+	+ + +	0
Rice (polished)	0	0	0
Rice (whole grain)	+	+ + +	0
Rye	+	+ + +	0
Corn embryo		+ + +
Corn (kaffir)		+ + +
Corn (see maize)
Corn pollen		+ +
Malt extract	0	0	0
Wheat bran	0	+	0
Wheat embryo	+ +	+ + +	0
Wheat endosperm	0	0	0
Wheat kernel	+	+ + +	0
Other seeds:
Beans, kidney		+ + +
Beans, navy		+ + +	0
Beans, soy	+	+ + +	0
Cotton seed	+ +	+ + +
Flaxseed	+ +	+ + +
Hemp seed	+ +	+ + +
Millet seed	+ +	+ + +
Peanuts	+	+ +
Peas (dry)	+ ?	+ +	0
Sunflower seeds	+
Fruits:
Apples		+ +	+ +
Bananas	?	+	+ +
Grapefruit		+ + +	+ + +
Grape juice		+	+
Grapes	0	+	+
Lemons		+ + +	+ + + +
Limes		+ +	+ +
Oranges		+ + +	+ + + +
Pears		+ +	+ +
Raisins		+	+
Tomatoes	+ +	+ + +	+ + + +
Oils and fats:
Almond oil	0	0
Beef fat	+	0	0
Butter	+ + + +	0	0
Cocoanut oil	0	0	0
Cod liver oil	+ + + +	0	0
Corn oil	0	0	0
Cotton seed oil	0 ?	0	0
Egg yolk fat	+ + + +	0	0
Fish oils	+ +	0	0
Lard	0 ?	0	0
Oleo, animal	+	0	0
Oleo, vegetable	0	0	0
Olive oil	0	0	0
Pork fat	0 ?	0
Tallow	0	0	0
Vegetable oils	0 ?	0	0
Nuts:
Almonds	+	+ + +
Brazil nut		+ + +
Chestnut		+ + +
Cocoanut	+ +	+ + +
English walnuts		+ + +
Filbert		+ + +
Hickory	+	+	+
Pine	+	+	+
Dairy products:
Butter	+ + + +	0	0
Cheese	+ +	+	?
Condensed milk	+ +	+	0
Cream	+ + +	+	?
Eggs	+ + + +	+ +	0
Milk powder (skim)	+	+ + +	+ ?
Milk powder (whole)	+ + +	+ + +	+ ?
Milk whole	+ + +	+ + +	+ +
Whey	+	+ + +	+
Miscellaneous:
Alfalfa	+ + +	+ + +	?
Blood	Varies with source
Clover	+ + +	+ + + +	?
Honey		+ +	0
Malt extract	0	0	0
Nectar	0	0	0
Timothy	+ +	+ + +
Yeast, brewers’	0	+ + + +	0
Yeast cakes	0	+ +	0
Yeast extract	0	+ + +	0

Table V taken from “The Vitamine Manual,” by Walter S. Eddy, published by Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md.

FOOTNOTE:

[177] Courtesy of Dr. Walter S. Eddy.

Heights and Weights for Children Under Five Years of Age

(Based on Data Published by the Children’s Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor)

Age	BOYS		GIRLS
	Height	Weight	Height	Weight
	Inches	Pounds	Inches	Pounds
Birth	20.6	7.6	20.5	7.2
3 mo.	23.5	13.0	—	—
6 mo.	26.5	18.0	25.9	16.8
9 mo.	28.1	20.4	26.6	19.1
12 mo.	29.4	21.9	28.9	20.8
15 mo.	30.8	23.6	30.1	21.9
18 mo.	31.8	24.6	31.1	23.4
21 mo.	32.9	25.8	32.3	24.8
24 mo.	33.8	27.1	33.4	26.4
27 mo.	34.8	29.0	33.9	27.3
30 mo.	35.4	29.5	34.9	28.3
33 mo.	36.1	30.6	35.6	29.1
36 mo.	37.1	32.3	36.8	30.5
39 mo.	37.9	33.1	37.3	31.6
42 mo.	38.6	33.8	38.0	32.5
45 mo.	39.0	34.5	38.5	33.3
48 mo.	39.5	35.9	39.0	33.8
5 years	41.6	41.4	41.3	39.7