The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-07-20
CONFUSION REGARDING SUGAR

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CONFUSION REGARDING SUGAR
Inquiry formerly frequent, now,
for some reason, noticeably rare,
was whether person with diabetes
could take honey in place Of sugar.
Another inquiry which Is compar-
atively rare nowadays was whether
this or that vegetable or fruit, con-
tanning carbohydrate Starch or
sugar. could be used in the dia-
betic's diet.
These older decisions are fading
from popular fancy, but new ones
are succeeding them. Among them
is the delusion that certain kind
of sugar is superior in some vague
way to beet or cane sugar. Nutri-
tionally, physiologically, scientific
ally, actually, honestly there is not
an iota of difference between such
sugar and ordinary sugar. There
is no evidence that particular
kind of sugar is more readily d.
gested, assimilated or converted into
heat or energy in the body of in
FAINT, child, adult, athlete, i'll or we'll,
than is any other kind of sugar.
Recently this appeared in this
column:
What Causes Diabetes?
Is the use of cane sugar not the
chief cause of diabetes? Would
not the substitution of honey for
cane sugar in the everyday diet
prevent diabetes? %. M. s..
Answer-Main causes Of dia-
betes, in my judgment are Cd
heredity, CD overeating, CD ha-
bitual deficiency in intake OF vita
min B-complex, and a. INSULT
Gent daily exercise. I believe 1t
makes no difference whether beet
sugar, cane sugar, syrup, 'lasses,
sorghum, honey or some other
kind Of sugar is used. Send ten
cents and three cent stamped en-
velope bearing your address (do
not send clipping) for booklet
Training for Diabetes"
In nearly everything I write for
this column must endeavor to pack
the idea or teaching I seek to con-
vey into the smallest possible space,
and sometimes the final version may
not be so clear as the original
thought was in my own mind.
A number of readers have taken
the meaning of the answer to be
that I think a person with diabetes;
or one with potential diabetes, pre-
diabetes, one in training for dia-
betes may eat any or all of the
sugars mentioned. What I meant to
convey, of course, is that one kind
of sugar is as good or bad as an
other, and that's all. One with di-
abetes must take some carbyhodratc
food daily Starch or sugar., within
his or her individual tolerance,
which only the individuals physi-
clan can determine. Calory for
calory it makes no difference which
kind of sugar the individual takes.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
X-ray Treatment Versus Operation
Six year old son had enlarged
tonsils and adenoids. Doctors adj
yised operation. But DR.. gave
him several X-ray treatments re-
duced tonsils almost to normal. and
I suppose the adenoids too. Now the
doctors who examine him say he is
O. k. MRS. r. H.
Answer-X-ray treatments in the
hands of a physician who is skilled
in that field, give most satisfactory
results in many such cases, especial
ly when the child has some ear
trouble or deafness from the adenoie,
or tonsil enlargement.
The Little Glass Stick
Your comment on the use of "the
little glass stick In the home hit
the spot. At the least sign of any
illness my boss (the wife, makes me
take the little glass stick. Keep your
good work up-I never miss one
-. (SigneO -.
Answer-There is no good reason
for taking anybody's temperature
unless it is specifically requested by
the attending physician.
Heart and Arteries
Have you anything on diseases of
heart and arteries, that an ordinary
layman can understand? Doctor
tells me I have chronic myocarditis
but they use so many Latin terms
I can't follow their explanations.
&C. F. p
Answer - Send ten cents and
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress, for booklet "CVD." We take
refuge in such language when we
don't know enough about it to eX-
plain to an intelligent person.
SOmersaults
Rolling somersaults for past ten
years. Feel fine. Physician exam
ined me recently found blood pres
sure 166 Q'm 60 years old, advised
me not to roll somersaults.
IT. B. ~
Internationally the doctor had
some reason for so advising you, but
1 have no idea what it may be.
Copyright, 1913, John F.. Ollie Co..
was. In the beginning he may have
believed that Hitler would win the
war and that an administrator who
stood by Hitler's friends in Vichy
would be rewarded. When this be-
lief faded what kept him going?
Was it human reluctance to ad-
NIT himself mistaken? We don't