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JAINISM AND WORLD PROBLEMS
It should be noted that the system extracts calory-units from the different elements as follows :
from 1 gram of proteid 4.1 calories
„ 1 „ fats 9.3 » , 1 carbo
hydrates 4.1 , On this basis we get
from 120 grains of Albuinen 492 calories , 50 „ „ Fat
465 » 500 , , Carbohydrates 2050 ,
Total 3007
To-day nobody would recommend so much consumption. It is to be noted that an excess of any of these elements produces disease. Too much fat would lead to excessive heat, an excess of carbolaydrates to a variety of digestive troubles and what is termed Coli in the Indian languages; too much of protein will directly clog the alimentary canal and give rise to constipation. I give here a couple of tables from Dr. Bircher-Benner's valuable work to show how much food is necessary and how easily it is obtained from non-animal products. (1) DAY OF UNCOOKED Foon Quantities Proteid: Fat Carbo- Total
calories cai. hydrates cal. cal. Breakfast : Apple diet dish* 8
20.2 742 136.0 230.4 Nuts
908 98.6 8.8 117.2 Mandarine
2.9 ... 53.6 56.5 Total
32.9 172.8 198.4 404.1
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