One gram of protein or of carbohydrate
yields 4 calories. One gram of fat gives 9 calories—more than twice as much.
Since proteins and carbohydrates in equal amounts yield equal calories, you
might think them interchangeable in the diet.
Far from it!
Temperament counts! The new knowledge of
nutrition gives proteins an increasingly important role, especially in reducing
diets.
It is well worth your while, if you yearn
to become a high-stepping, high-protein girl or a gentleman of vigor, to see
what the scientists have to say about the role of these energetic food elements
in giving you a slim figure.
During the World War, thousands of
Europeans became overweight from under-nourishment.
They weren't really fat. They were waterlogged.
Their tissues held fluids in such abnormal amounts that when a fingertip was
pressed into the flesh, a pit-like depression remained for some time. They also
suffered an emotional depression. No steam, no zest for life, no
come-hitherness or even any interest in it.
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