The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-06
Sugar Glyes Strength.

eatlug more sugar tnau ever DcAore,
and If they don't know il, statistics
prove it, says che New York Press.
The average consumption for each
person ID the United Statss has in
creased from thirty-fse pounds 10 the
years 1870-75to sixty.two pounds in
1897. In the same time British con-
sumption jumped from forty-nine
pounds to eighty-6ve pounds; French
from seventeen to twenty-eight, aud
German from fourteen to twenty-six.
It is one Of the new beliefs of this
age that sugar maketh strong man,
and SO. sugar is being given to soldiers
in the Philippines, in South Africa
and in various other armies.
German scientists have decided
that the amount of sugar used by in
dividuals can be increased without
hesitation, as sugar has many valuable
characteristics. It's value lies not
alone in its sweetness, but in tie fact
that it is o valuable dietetic remedy
and an excellent article Of food. Sugar
ia an easily soluble carbon hydrate,
and as such is assimilated quickly in
human and animal bodies, producing
warmth and force. It is also fatten-
ing. As developer Of strength i.
has long been used, especially by
mountain climbers. Various expert
ments have been made to learn wheth-
er sugar can be used advantageously
for fattening animals. The results
have proved favorable as far as hogs
are concerned. Molasses, which CON
tains about 80 per cent Of sugar, and
mixed with palm -four or peat, as cat
tie food, already is used good deal.
The principal object Of the expert.
ments in Germany has been to learn
positively whether, as alleged, sugar
possesses the power Of quickly increas-
ins or restoring strength and thereby
making men fit for unusual exertion
This point has been Investigated care
fully, the scientist not watching the
entire muscular action Of man be-
cause that would have been too diff.
cult, but eonfining himself to observ'
ing q single finger through an instru'
ment called an ergograph-"work
measurer. He allowed the middle
finger Of the right hand to lift q
weight and then registered the degree
Of the lifting force. The experimentel
found that after sugar had been eaten
the lifting force was stronger than be-
fore, and he therefore concluded that
sugar is q strength-produoing ma.
terial.
Other investigators say, however,
that sugar has merely an exciting ef.
feot through It's sweet taste, and that
dulcine solution, which contains nc
carbon hydrate and, accordingly, can.
&c. 20 .SuTisiing, mas the same ef
feet as sugar water. The inference
from this iB that the assertion thai
sugar produces strength is fallacy
This disappointing experiment hiss
hsHayaF, sssa rspesssa by two snisn-
fists, and the same result was reach,
ed when the man expsrimented upon
had his full strength, but che effect
Of eating sugar was found to be en-
.sirely different when the man had
first tired himself by turning the
heavy wheel Of the ergostat. Yhe
eating Of sugar brought to the ex
hausted man new strength, and ths
ergograph registered increased force
which was not the case when dulcine
was eaten. Accordingly, it is accept
ed 10 Germany as satisfactorily proven
that sugar can renew the strength Of 8
wearied man through giving his tired
muscles carbon hJdFate Ga strength.
ening material. Extensive expert.
nents since 1893 have been made upor
German soldiers at the maneuvers
with modern success. It is believed
that, by eating half q dozen cubes Of
sugar ,re than usual in q day, q sol
der .ower Of endurance is increas
ed. The Germans, at any ratej think
il worth while 20 continue to expert
mens TO learn positively whether
sugar can give renewed strength e
exhausted troops, thereby increasing
their value in moments Of emergency.
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