PERILS OF SUGAR
An attack on the sweet-eating habit has been launched by Dr. George Payne Philpots^ the dental' surgeon of the Children's- Hospital, Melbourne. According tp his dfctuin, "children should never be given. sweets, at bed tinie, and parents,should.do all in -their- power tp prevent their . -youngsters, ■becoming sugar-drunkards.". He points .out.that an. oyer-.supply-of sugar sets up acidosis in the blood, lowering the resistance' of the body .to "disease, 'and" injuring the teeth. The doctor is a strong advocate of; wholemeal bread,', and thinks that the national health is endangered by over-indulgence_ in: biscuits and .white bread, - out of which, he says, essential lime salts have been milled.. "Get back to plain foods," he says: "And if yon' are over 40, slov down on your meat diet. For. at this age meat' harden/ tne; artenes and increases the blood pressure.".' '■ - '■'•■■-'•'■■■.;' „ ;
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 111, 7 November 1923, Page 9
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141PERILS OF SUGAR Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 111, 7 November 1923, Page 9
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