The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-12
SWEETS FOR THE STRONG AND
THE YOUNG

An athlete who has had years of
athletic training in high school, COL
lege and university, particularly in
football and boxing, says the coach's
instructions have always been to "go
easy on desserts that contain much
sweet stuff and to LAY off, milk as
milk is hard on the wind. He de-
clares that athletes of his acquaint-
ance who have followed these in
| StructionS have most easily attained
and maintained the pink of condi-
| ton. He believes sugar in the form
of sweet chocolate or milk chocolate
| does no harm to a man in training
but that the chocolate causes loss OF
wind and slows up the mans work.
However, and this is the place where
we take a second time OUT to laugh,
the coaches encourage their men to
eat sugar in the form of candied
dates and figs. Also they urge play
ers to eat four or five Jumps of sugar
during the intervals or halves OF
football games, and during the relax
| ing period after a strenuous game and
| the players were urged to eat still
more sugar. He thinks the sugar has
a distinctly refreshing effect which is
noticeably absent when the players
do not get sugar. Finally the ath-
lete asks why should pies, chocolate,
coffee and even milk be hard on the
wind?
There is no answer upon scientific
ground. 1t is just one Of those old
Yankee customs. I believe some fus-
tan charlatan conceived the notion
that certain foods coat the interior
OF the esophagus and stomach with
mucus or something and-well, that's
enough for our wiseacre mind.
Milk is a rather bulky food for
emergency use. One must take a
quart of milk in order to get the same
amount of nourishment (calories) one
gets by eating less than four ounces
of milk chocolate or sweet chocolate.
It is not advisable to take such a
large quantity of liquid into the
stomach in the midst of test of en-
durance or strength. 1t might en-
barraSs the free action of the dia-
phragm and hence the return circu-
lation and seriously handicap the
athletic performance.
The coaches betray their gullibility
or credulity when they sanction the
eating of sugar in the form OF can
died fruits or in the form of the nat
ural fruit or in any other particula:
form, if they Go not approve Of eat
| ing plain cane sugar or candy Or milk
chocolate. In this funny notion they
probably follow the precepts of GER
tain charlatans who like to pretend
they have some inside knowledge CT
nutrition not vouchsafed to pfysi.
cologists, chemists or physicians
These hocus-pocus merchants are for
ever telling suckers that honey, fruit
sugar, etc., or even unrefined OF
brown sugar, is healthful in the diet
but refined white sugar is just terri
ble That's all applesauce.
The plain truth is that children OF
young persons who are physically ac'
tive, who play or work hard. require
and should have liberal rations Oh
sweets in desserts, such as candies
cakes, ice cream, buildings, etc. Oh
the other hand, namby-pamby folk
young or old. who get by without &C.
tually participating in the game o.
doing any real playing or working
fans, sports, spectators, old fogies
lazy people. and those who for AM
reason can't play or work hard
should go easy with sugar and sweets