The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-09-23
G As A FOOD.
Tho Hunger for Candy a Natural
Craving-Sweets Regarded as
From the Literary Digest.

From the Literary Digest.
It may be said that has not
generally been taken seriously as q
food substance. Apparently on the
principle that what is liked is usually
injurious, the passionate craving for
g seems to have been regarded AZ
a sign that it should be avoided. When
the craving was satisfied 1t was done
ny eating the sugar to excess and he
logical result was looked upon as q
confirmation of the injurious charac-
ter of the food. Recently, however, the
food value of the substance has como
to be recognized by scientific men, and
a writer in the Dietetic and Hyg1ento
Gazette urges that we cease regarding
1t as a luxury ard use it seriously in
proper quantities. We read:
g as a substance in
approximately chemically pure form Is
a comparatively recent addition to hui
man foodstuffs. Indeed, 1t is probable
that maple sugar was used by the
American aborigines earlier than any
sugar of the same grade was known to
the inhabitants of the old world.
We have not yet become accustomed
TO taking sugar seriously as a food, but
which appeals to the palate. Undoubt-
edly a good deal Of the sugar consumed
is taken by those who need it least and
who are least able to assimilate 1t. Peo-
pie in fair circumstances, not exercis-
ing much, generally use 130-150 grams
a day, estimated from grocery bills, to
say nothing Of the sugar of fruits and
that eaten as candy. Candy is usually
eaten between meals, n Is not re-
| garded as a food. Yet, not infreuuent-
ly, a pound a day is eaten. thus supply
Ing a source Of energy equal to that re-
7 CURED by the system, supplementary to
that eaten at the table. There is no
question but that & ingested In
considerable amounts at one time 1rri-
tates the mucous membrane by it's on
c~entration; disturbs osnotic currents:
tends to ferment and overtaxes the gy-
colytic and g~lycogenic functions.
0 the other hand, it has been we'll
established that if used nationally and
regularly, sugar is easily cared for by
the nutritive organs, produces no harm
full results. and supplies a large amount
OF heat and energy. A good deal If not
the most of the trouble produced BY
sugar is due to the notion that 1t is not
a food. but a luxury. Hence, the per-
fectly natural appetite for it is resisted
until 1T becomes a craving to which the
individual eventually Yields by a die
spree The same abstinence and ex-
cessive ingestion of any other food, be-
tween meals and in addition to a full
diet, would produce HARM"
AT the present retail price Of about
SO cents a pound, the author goes on to
say. the average consumption Of sugar
represents about Ia cents a day. II
t'other food We're equally cheap, the total
! dtiiS SoSl VI law .lOOu AldlGIldl WOulQ
be 60 to rs cents per capita. In gen
eral. g is less expensive to prepare
for eating than most other foodstufrs.
| Says the writer:
Even the higher grades of candy
could be prepared with no greater trou-
bic than many other recognized les
serts. if cooks took the trouble to learn
this branch Of their art, while the re-
suit would be, on the average, more ap-
petizing, more easily digestible, and
more nutritious. This point in dietetic
economies has recently been impressed
on US by inspecting the extremely sim
pie equipment of a candy kitchen,
whose output is retailed at 80 cents q
pound, including considerable paper"
When a man says he is run down
he may be a victim of nervous pros
tration or an automobile accident.
The music of a brass band may have
charms to detract the attention of tho
visiting delegation from the explana-
ton of the vote.
While there are many men who play
musical Instruments a little, there are
tnn many who NAV tnp r,ch