Evening star., 1926-03-03
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELpsEp.
Sugar.


I Sugar is an important item Of our
| diet. 1t is purely carbohydrate; the
1 greatest source Of energy. Growing
I children must have sugar. or carbohy-
drate, in some form, otherwise their
diet is deficient.
/ Mothers milk is quite distinctly
sweet. 1t contains the right amount Of
sugar for the growing baby. When the
, child has to resort to cows milk the
/ amount of sugar in cows milk is not
! quite so high as in mothers milk;
and II Is further lessened when we
! add boiled water to the milk i'm order
! 10 make il more digestible. So every
/ formula which contains boiled water
must have sugar added to II to IaalI@
J up for its loss by dilut1ou.
! The form of this sugar depends
( largely on the individual child. Corn
sirup il comparatively cheap ana
! wholesome form of sugar to use ana II
has earned for itself the place that
was formerly held by milk sugar, now
: somewhat fallen into ill-repute; prob
/ ably because a good grade OF milk
sugar is very expensive, ana cneap
+ grades are not TO be considered.
! All Of the malt sugars are good to
use, the various malt soups, deXtrl-
maltose preparations and the matted
milks (Which should be used as the
sugar element in conjunction with
/ fresh milk always.
I Cane sugar can be used if it agrees
With the child. A fine granulated sugar
! is always easy to obtain ana IL II
! agrees with the child can be used 70
/ advantage, though 1t lacks some OF
Al
which elements are likely to improve
constipation and nutrition because OF
their mineral content. White sugar.
and all candles made from white sugar
{ are lacking in minerals. For this fea-
son whenever possible it is preteiahie
! to use a malt sugar or corn 9Hu
/ Sugar being highly nutritious can
easily be oVerdOne. il supplies energy
7 but il does not supply mateflal LOT
bore making or for cell upbuild1ng. 0
overfeed a child on this particular ele-
pent may make him fat, but his bonE
structure will suffer. Also many forms
/ of Indigestion can be directly traced TO
( a formula which is sufficient Tor the
baby's body needs in milk and then Is
far oyersuppled with sugar. The aver
Iage amount for a child is one table
spoon of corn sirup to pint OF mllN
land two tablespoons Of malt or cane
sugar: three tablespoons OF milk sugar
! \ child who is getting six or elSht
/ tablespoons OF sugar in his daily for
mula is getting more sugar than ne
needs 1t would be better 10 be signify
under the proper amount than 50 de
cidedly over it.
Water should not be sweetened for
baby. The sugar overloads his system
with this element and spoils the water
for what ii is intended to be-a thirst
quencher.
Orange juice should not be sweeten-
ed. If the orange is so sour that 1t
needs sweetening before the child Will
take It, II is too sour for him to have.
Buy sweet oranges--naturc sweetened.
Keep in mind that even one piece OF
candy contains a large amount Of nu-
triton. Don't spoil the childs appe-
tite for other foods with sweets before
IL meal.
A sprinkling Of sugar on the cereal
is permissible; don't load 1t down with
sugar in the mistaken idea that the
child won't like it otherwise II he
hasn't his natural tastes spoiled by fla
workings on everything he will enjoy
the nutlike flavor of the cereal and
never miss the sugar. In q word, or
several words. appreciate sugar for
what It is and make use of it, but don't
make q god of il and worship it.