Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-06-27
We Eat Too Much Sugar.

When We speak Of insbriety Se mean
alcoholism. but the term ought to he
extended 10 cover any kind Of intod-
eating excess. Thus there Is sugar
drunkness, or insbriety, says q noted
medical authority.
Cane sugar, grape sugar, ffuit sugar,
and sugar Of milk are the oommoner
varieties used as food. They differ
slightly in chemical composition, de-
gree of sweetness, solubility, digesti-
bility. etc. They serve the same es-
sential uses in the body as the farm
aceous or starchy foods, typified BY
flour products, and with the starches
are classed under the general head OF
carbohydrates, since they are 50 near
" allied chemically that BY appropri-
ate means they can be readily converted
into one another.
In the course Of digestion the starch
is converted into sugar, 4 step neces-
sary before they can be assimilated.
The sugars are not absolutely neces-
sary for the maintenance OF health IL
reasonable amounts Of fats and starch
es are eaten. Il is advisable, however,
TO eat q considerable amount Of sugar
when il is desirable 10 make force and
heat rapidly available, as in active mil
itary manoeuvers, mountain climbing,
rowing, etc.
During muscular activity the con-
sumption Of sugar in the body Is in
creased several times over that dur
ing ordinary conditions. Il maintains
strength. lessons thirst and hunger and
wards off heat exhaustion.
But many persons acquire an IN
natural fondness for sugar, and the
amounts they consume in the form OF
candy and otherwise do more harm than
good. Such persons are very often
relatively idle, and hence not in need
OF ready available food, like the athlete
or soldier.
They are apt TO have an excess Of
fat already stored up in the body,
yielding two and quarter times the
fuel energy Of the st:rcbss and the sag.
ars. Yet into this oysrstoetsd store
house they force more and more un-
needed foodstuifs in partisslarly
mischieyous form.
In the case Of children one often
encounters general malnutriiion, with
stunted growth, anemia and under
weight where the root OF the trouble
is found 10 be excessive candy con-
sumption. 10 the exclusion OF other It's
sue-building foods in properly bal
anced ratio.
Such children may be active and
bright on the strength OF their sugar
fuel, but they are physically unsue-
stantial because OF their relative star
walton. These are the children who
are apt 10 have their malnutrition add
ed to BY tea, and coffee, which slim
ulate them artificially, and hence boost
them along without proper food. The
same parent who permits candy in
ebriety is apt TO be the same kind that
will permit her children TO have tea
and coffee.
Excessive sugar consumption gives
rise TO hatulent dyspepsia, constipa-
ton, loss OF appetite for a properly
mixed diet, and obesity. II favors the
development Of diabetes in those pre-
disposed. II aggravstes or initiates
certain skin eruptions, such as acne
and eczema
Il encourages all the troublesindueed
by uric acid excess. II is believed oy
authorities to favor in some way the
occurrence OF rheumatic affections, par
ticularly in children. When disease OF
the stomach already exists, such as
gastritis or dilatation. the excessive
use Of sugar exaggerates the symptoms,
Beware sugar inebriety.