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194 time it takes each substance to be digested and the number of calories developed per ounce.

Food

Number of ounces per 100 calories

Number of hours for digestion

Almonds 160 2½

Bamboo shoot 137 3

Barley 2¼

Beans 9.66 2

Bean Cake 192 3

Beef 1.4 4

Celery 5.3 3½

Chestnuts 70.3 3

Chestnuts (dried) 30 3½

Chicken 3.24 2½

Cornstarch 3

Dates 101 2

Duck 65.6 4½

Eggs 2.1 2 to 3½

Fish 4.85 3

Fowl 65.6 3

Chinese Ham 1.21 4 to 5

Lamb 51.2 2½ to 3½

Lettuce 15.2 2¾

Lobster 4.13 4

Melon, East 25.7 1¾

Melon, Star 18 1

Muskmelon 11.6 1½

Mushrooms 13.1 1½

Mushrooms (dried) 2.4 2½

Nuts 189.4 2 to 3