Diet, and beriberi, 224 and renal activity, 297 effects of exclusive proteid, upon rats, 239 effects of intemperance in, 270 effects of rice, on rats, 240 fat absorption in dogs on low proteid, 233, 261 influence of, on creatin in excretion, 144 exclusive proteid, on progeny in rats, 240 on growth in rats, 239 monotony in, 242 on oxygen consumption in man at rest, 126 on oxygen consumption in man at work, 126 on respiratory quotient in man at rest, 126 on respiratory quotient in man at work, 126 rice, on growth in rats, 240 on urea excretion, 144 on uric acid excretion, 144 vegetable, upon dogs, 254, 256 in relation to nephritis, 297 in relation to nitrogen distribution in urine, 144 in relation to seasons of the year, 296 of Highlanders, 279 low proteid, influence on body-weight in dogs, 245, 249, 250, 251, 252, 255 nitrogen excretion during severe work on exclusive proteid, 123, 124 philosophy of a mixed, 92, 276 relation of endurance to low proteid, 210, 212 relation of inorganic salts to, 299, 300 relation of work to, 126 relation of vegetable food to low proteid, 291 sample, of soldiers, 194 sample, in experiments on true proteid requirement in man, 178, 182, 189, 195 simplicity in, advantages of, 279, 293 temperance in, 270 utilization of fat in dogs on low proteid, 261 utilization of nitrogen in dogs on low proteid, 262 variety in, 229, 242 Diets, normal, _see_ Standard diets standard, 155 Dietary habits, in relation to needs of body, 268 of fruitarians, 215 of Japanese, 225 sample, supplying needs of body, 280 standards, use of the term, 272 Dietetic customs of mankind, 154 Dietetics, habit in, 159 Diffusion, as factor in absorption, 41 Digestibility, _see_ Availability Digestion, gastric, of proteids, 26 importance of gastric, 30 influence of cellulose in vegetables on, 263 in the stomach, 25 object of gastric, 30 of fat, in intestine, 36 of fat, in stomach, 36 of starch, 21 products of pancreatic, of fats, 36 products of pancreatic, of proteids, 34, 67 products of pancreatic, of starch, 37 products of salivary, 21 salivary, in stomach, 23 Digestive products, reconstruction of proteid from, 42 Disease, relation of excessive proteid consumption to, 269