The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-25
THAT GONE SENSATION FOOLS SOME OF
 TIE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME

Appetite is the sum of pleasant sensations aroused through the nerves of taste and smell and in part through the sensory nerves In the
 lining of the stomach. It Is dependent on past associations of an agreeable character.
 Hunger is rather disagreeable sensation produced by contractions of the stomach when it is empty.
 Some persons experience "gone sensation" g feeling of faintness or weakness, instead of hunger. and this quite commonly few hours after a good meal. This gone sensation Is not at all like appetite or hunger and one may not recognize its nature at all That is too bad, for recognition and proper relief of the distress may save ones reputation and maintain good will
 For example young professional woman who is naturally the most charming and agree able person become strangely cantankerous and impatient, even quarrelsome, if by chance her regular meal time is postponed an hour. But few minutes after she takes food she is her own good natured self again. The gone sensa- tion' in her case simply takes the form of irrit- ability.
 In some instances 1t takes the form of restlessness, mental confusion, a kind of | lethargy stupor. Probably the basis of the "gone feeling" in all cases is temporary shortage in the quantity of sugar in the blood ately tcaspoonful of sugar (glucose) in the blood An adult has gallon of blood. The gar in the blood is the fuel which keeps the vital organs going as well as the fuel for all | muscular work. It is derived from the store of glycogen .n the liver. The liver contains per- hnos haf of
 
 food is converted into glycogen by digestion. Only when an excess is taken is it converted into fat.
 The secretion of insun by cells in the pan- creas controls the burning of this fuel If there is more insulin secreted than is normal, the supply of sugar in the blood will be more the blood falls below the normal level, and that shortage of blood sugar accounts for the gone sensation or the weak spell or the strange stupor or confusion odd behavior. iS inn diat te food. Almost any food, but preferably some- thing containing carbohydrate-starch or su- gar Even sweetened tea is fine. Milk is too. Orange juice. Chocolate Ice cream Gum drops. Any kind of candy.
 The lowering of blood sugar Is technically called hypoglycemia. If it falls much below O.07 per cent Cor miIligrams of sugar to 100 c.c. of blood) the patient may lose conscious ness. Something like that happens to marathon | runners and other contestants in gruelling en- durance races unless they receive carbohydrate | in some form along the way. Persons subject to mid-forenoon mid-aft- ernoon hypoglycema will do well to limit the | fruit uice skim milk lest the habitual con- sumption of extra food bring on obesity in time.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Economical Vitamin ID What Is the best source of Vitamin D for poor people? IT 1t is in cod liver oil, what is the cheapest way to buy 1t? Mrs s. Al Answer-The yolk of egg. Second to that, fresh butter. Crude cod liver oil is one of the richest known sources of Vitamn D, and other fish oils such halibut oil. may be still better | sources. A few old fashioned drugstores that still carry a line of drugs have crude cod liver oil in any quantity you desire-and I believe | this is the best kind for medicinal use. l Youth should Grow Being a youth of 17, would you say strcnu. | Ouy exercise will 4tunt my growth? Is sleep in. striImentaI in increasing weight? (N. T) | Answer-WelI I'm a little more than IT. but | still I'd say strenuous exercise will rather favor
 your growth. especially if 1t is outdoor exercise tCopyright 1883, John F. DiIle Col