VILARQAVARTL AND .uu Table + Radiolsoteges (Gtsiiegrations Te? minute per gram) in rations from Rongelap Island (dry-weigi.t basis). Sample The. Cun “Lu5 £2 = 2E i252 Wes ao id 0.43 = 22 m3 =.ls Lev a 25 y U.33 = 16 “0,3 ~Nes > Nit ag It Wased U7 mol -J.23 is.t 21.1 17.6 5.6 16.1 —D1p 20.0 = U.38 J = 2 & x = 0.50 O87 0.33 0.28 0.29 3.0 0.17 2.6 2 0.21 ure nat there ure errors in addition to the counting wrcar Water CQUNGT Ye sda vee rea Sr” wT, ee ant Thott pamsnenents Pawe@ tee . ists ea ine COMPONENTS antl] @ pre: WAs Ulen Guu SAS Tood anesitia whine Was allcwed to dele over saved ut 3 «rons Maud ter Vouuin Moa rations Cuinectieu n uf Volles + and 3 EPeseny -2VEIS Potad oaosdmorus Was Getermined | OU Xeaults ure waver Oia” ro “ARGU ar totaa Cler ¢ mA aed = oun atintS JONG lO). bac COMDNATISON TOTIMe? neue of Paiscier of tut Goo me individual and luciitates evaluacion of the contriburions Geeta wel wefhig?, Won, and ane were Miifieaby oy mietiod in each lets the y@ ictual amounts con- We Gin 1011 ul their C Ts “avatnaing tie chemical constiiuents ed by an indivicual Ina 24-hr veriod, Oss ent of tie roral diet is or much resin, shown that the tonal elements nich By comparing the proximate onia a strongly basic anion-exchanze Ly and are selectively cluted at di with,“lhe published chemical compostion of v HCi. Following the same princinie, Jove 4 “akravarti (ivu0) susgested tecanQues Tout were anmied To these sampies. Protein nitrogen was CGeterminea by the Njelaan method, Fat was determined by a mo “ohnson method (Winton and Winton Meth siene chloride was the extracting Ash content was determined as the nitrate Lovie some OF The items constituting the samples, it is possible to account for ihe variation in moisture, fat, protein, carbohydrate and ash courent of the different diets. iiformation on the nutritional as- the Rongelapese diet is limited, com- of the data with daia for other areas sroinai!y uot meaningtul. The gross per- by drying an aliquot of the ashed sampie to cun- centage composition indicates that the diets stant weight. are venerally low in fat, protein, and ash but > rr a othe wet Miuisture content was calculated Wonht to dry-weight ratio. tie 6 Voud corbebyarate and like sUDStances Were estii nkG UY subiructing moisture, iat, wat trom the total solids and caiculating tue care bohnyerate content by ditereuce ue} “ _ in carb ohydrate content, at. in Table 3 are compared me nang ty ~ aut show OYOX way raat Saeed wet Weight oasis (Tanies CIUeNis net at naan MHC LECCE Content oit TUDES. MaNs Ulead) Shels OFof rie Tac rei? ? ! ~~ 7 3 War une Cx? Ola & Oi i) 3 2 3 + 3 4 me Tea Mn-# 33 2 12" hy i amended daily digiary allow- ances mehitshed! by the Food and Nuzrition Board of tue Nationa: Researeh Council, the ot sro Sta 8 em I Oe wert ’