Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-05-24
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II is not iruc that sugar and candies are Of
themselves injurious 10 the teeth or the health
Of those who use them so far frum it, they
are less injurious than any Of the ordinary forms
Of food when employed 10 moderation.
Any scientific dentist will tell you, that the
parts Of teeth most liable la decay, are those
which afford lodgmeni 10 particles OF food
sneh particles being decomposed by unisiure
and heat, give oui an acid, hich will couode
Steel as well as teeth bat pure sugar and pure
candies arc wholly dissolved, there is no rem
mani 10 be decomposed to yield this destructive
acid we remember now nn item Of food which
is so perfectly dissolved in the mouth as sugar
and candy. When visiting the sugar plania-
lions Of Cuba, the attention was constantly ar
rested by the apparently white and solid teeth
of the negroes who superiniended the process
Of cane grinding they Jraak the cane juice
like water, there was no restraint as TO its use,
and the little urcbins playing about, wond
chew the sugar-yielding cane BY the hour. Il
is much The same in Louisiana, where the shin
ing faces and broad grins OF the blacks are
equally indicative 0fexgberanl health and splen-
did teeth.
How does i happen then that there should
be the prevalent belief that sugar aud sugar
candy destroy the teeth and undermine the
health! Perhaps the most correct reply is ira
ditioa, the father Of progeny Of errors in doc
trine and example too tedious 10 mention
One Of the common faults Of the times Is an
iudsposiiion 10 investigate on the part Of the
masses. We take too much for granted. A
very common answer to demand for reason
for time honored custom, is Why, I hare
heard IL all my h}e. Didn't Everybody say so .
1t would be strange contradiction in the
nature of things, If sugar and candy in moder-
alton, should be hurtfa 10 the human body in
any way, for sugar is a constituent Of every ar
'iele Of food we can names there is pni sivaa-
etable out Of which il cannot be made, not a
ripe fruit in our orchards which does mt yield
il in large proportions, and il is the main con-
siiuent Of that milk which is provided foi
the young Of animals and men all over the
world. Perhaps the child has never lived
which did not love sweet things beyond all 9TH
ers II is an instinct, passion, not less uni
versal than the love Of water A very little
child can be hired to do for bit Of sngar what
nothing else would The reason Of this is,
that without sugar, no child could possibly live,
il would freeze 10 death il is the sugar in lis
food which keeps it warm, aud warmth is the
first necessity for child.
Bot to use this information in;eiieently and
proh,ably, il must be remembered that sugar is
an artificial product is concentration, and
that, if used in much larger proportions than
would be found in our ordinary food, as provid-
ed by the benefcent Father of us all, we win
suffer injury We should never forget that the
( immodera,e use of anything is destructive ia
humau health and life, il persevered in. The
best general rules to be observed are two:
( First. Use concentrated sweets al meal
times only.
{ Second Use them occasionally, and in mod
Grafton.