Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

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never any glucose excess in the body.
When such surplusage becomes excess
sive. when the hepatic glycogenic func-
tion fails, then there Is glucose excess in
the blood, as appears in the kidney
secretion. Obviously what Is wanted for
cure OF relief of such diabetes is not
so much pancreatic extract, but the en-
forcement Of a restricted diet, a diet from
which all. or nearly ALL the sugars and
starches In human food are cut out.
symptoms referable to the nervous
system are marked In diabetes: no ref.
erence TO the pancreas will explain all
these symptoms. Take the Jewish race
This wonderful people is In nothing more
wonderful than in its power 10 live not
only long, but also hcalthily in the land
rms Is by reason Of its adherence to the
Mosaic sanitary code, and by It's compar.
alive freedom from disease in spite of all
the hardships 1t has as a race endured.
Nevertheless, the Jewish race leads all
the rest OF humankind in its proneness
10 TWO diseases-hysteria and diabetes.
Is there cause and effect here? believe
so. The physiological truth Ia that the
right functionng OF our bodies depends
on tho normal condition of our nervous
systems. An upset nervous system will
upset pretty much every other organ and
tissue IN the body: and the pancreas will
not escape, nor will the liver. And go
you fill up to the brim with pancreatio
extract any Jewish fellow-citizen suffer
Ing from diabetes, and he will remain un-
relieved-unless he is properly dietsd,
made to give up his overwork and wor.
rying.
Europe, by the way, consumes only
one-half as much sugar as we do In the
United States. 1t Is not we'll to lot this
substance, which Is only fuel, replace
nnduly foods whcih meet other and very
essential nutritive requirements. Our
children certainly eat too much candy.
Probably the most desirable OF materials
with which to satisfy the natural human
desire for sweet-tasting foods are the
fruits, several Of which contain from 10
10 10 per cent Of sugar in the fresh state
and from 90 to 70 per cent of sugar In
the preserved state. Sugar Is not really
Nearly all the sugars eaten remain as
such In the stomach. where they all too
often undergo irritating fermentation
Sugar Is pronouncedly Irritating to
mucous membranes. II you don't believe
this, hold a piece Of hard candy to one
side OF your mouth for some time with
out moving 1t, and you will notice the
injury. Some time ago q London doctor
proved that the poor children caught
colds and catarrhs and running noses NOT
so much from starvation. but from too
much feeding with sweets The whole.
someness Of sweetened foods and their
utilization by the system is largely a
question Of quantity and concentration
A simple pudding favored with a fruit
syrup or fruit itself, rather than heay,
lily sugared, is easy of digestion: but
When much sugar is used we have al
highly concentrated form of food, which,
can be eaten only in moderate nuautities
and which is entirely unsuited to chill"
dren and invalids and people in sedentarv
pursuits. On the other hand, haryestersi
athletes and hard workers with tbeiT
muscles can get away" with a lot oS