The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-13
SWEETS FOR THE SWEET

How much sugar is good for person? asks my Iowa reader. Might as we'll ask which Ia
 druther do or go fishing. But the lad goes on to complain bitterly that his wife can't enjoy
 coffee, breakfast food, sauce and such things without simply covering it with sugar Why she uses three or four spoonfuls or sugar to the cup of coffee and so on up. What will be the result of such indulgence? Lord knows shes
 welcome to all the sugar she wants If 1t IS good for her. but that seems too much to be health-
 full. She is 27 and the mother of three heaithy kids. Finally, the young fela gives us a pat on the back-he reads this column every nish. sil. except Sundays and holidays and gets big
 kick out of it, besides a lot of moral support
 for his crazy ideas about raising kids.
 I suspect my Iowa reader moved out there from Vermont. where they're as tight as any
 where this side of Scotland With sugar as low as it is to-day man shouldn't begrudge his
 wife couple extra spoon1uis or IL III her per
 ries
 In a general way, active young person
 like that ought to take all the sugar she lives
 in or on her food or in the form of candy. ice cream and other delectables. She can burn 1t, all right, chasing those three kids around and
 keeping lem in good order ana as gSoe @ oaUr sars as meals a day for her boy friend
 Children who work or play hard every day,
 should use sugar is tss best o the finest fuel to put vim, vigor and vitality into the consumer. Athletes, mountain climb ers marathon runners, men who do strenuous labor all know that sugar in any form Is the very best emergency ration when one IS spent, utterly fatigued, approaching exnaustion or collapse. Sugar in tea, lump of milk choco- late, the natural sugar in drink or orange juice or the natural sugar in glass or milk
 or the can sugar in any of score or soda fountain bevera ges, piece of candy carried in the pocket. It doesn't matter whether you depend on some raisns, gumdrops or banana
 for your emergency ration, it tides you over
 sedate, quiet dignifed elderly folk ought to go easy with the sugar. Those or us wno llve by our wits and manage to shirk all honest work A,d dodge all active play, must be aDste- mious Tn the consumption of sugar In any form. sweet tooth is a grave handicap TOT seden. tary individual-it leads many Vlctlm straight into diabetes.
 Even a thirty five year old youth who is much too stout must shun all sweets In any degree of profusion. Of course everybody, even a person with diabetes, must take some l sugar. But stout folk had better curb any spe-
 cial craving for sweets.
 There is no evidence at all to support the an- cient theory that much sugar or sweet food was
 bad for the teeth of child. we Know now that such food is as good for the teeth as IL IS for the heart muscles or the muscles or the
 So I should advise my Iowa reader not to worry about the girl friends fondness for su- gar as long as she doesn't get too fat to love-
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Children Thrive on Cod Liver OH Ontario reader writes: Our older boy now ID years was delicate and sickly with bronchial trouble and had pneumonia when year oid,
 with the most terrible colds every winter Three years ago I read in your column about cod liver oil and its high vitamin value and be- gan giving 1t to him. It has made him healthy and strong. Last WInucr nc hdu oIy oiiC
 slight cold. and he plays outdoors in all kinds of weather now. We have been giving our $
 year old son cod liver oil since he was weeks old. and he has never required doctor or medi- cine since he was born. Now you know now much we appreciate your teachings. (Mrs C. J.) Answer-Every baby, as explained in the Brady Baby Book (send Q dime and stamped envelop bearing your address and ask for iD, should receive a regular daily ration of cod liv- CT oil from the age of months throughout the first year. After the age of year the baby gets enough Vitamin D and Vitamin A in other foods provided the diet is right.
 Diathermy for AdcnOids Too Is the diathcrmy method of extirpattng tom the removal of adenoids? (Miss F. T.) Answer-Yes, physician skilled In the tech- mic can as readily remove adenods. Of course 1t is not suitable for young children because | they are too difficult to manage and VIII not | give the physician the necessary cooperation. Modern Girl Speaks Her Mind am IS years old and when started reading you had discontinued sending letter Of inc | struction and advice on sex to girls. think | that father who told you he wouldn't want his | 15 year old daughter to read your letter was mean. He didn't know much about the qtlcs- tions that puzzle girls at that age. nor what We | talk about with older girls or what we learn | from outside source. Surely you could say nothing in such circular letter that would be | as objectionable as the things we pick up away l from home. Miss K. S.) Answer-%You make me feel ashamed of my vaciation, daughter, yet to-morrows mail may bring letter which will convince me the father was right Honestly, don't know how to deal with the matter.