Public School Domestic Science

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ctures of the body; and (5) to spare the tissues. The fats and oils used as food all serve the same purpose, and come before the carbohydrates in fuel and for

ps the warmth in the body, and is re-absorbed into the blood, keeping up heat and activity, and preserving other tissues during abstinence from food. Fat sometimes aids the digestion of starchy foods by preventing them from forming lumpy masses in the mouth and stomach, hence the value of

eef, fish and cod liver oil. The vegetable fats and oils chiefly used as food are derived

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, 0.5 per cent. milk sugar (Konig). The addition of salt to butter prevents fermentation. Butter

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