SWEETS AS A DIET.

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1929, Page 6

SWEETS AS A DIET.

DAILY USE RECOMMENDED. Candy (American for sweets) shouh have its place in ou r daily diet be cause it is a food, a \~ry highly nourishing food, according to Dr Heiman N. Dun desen, president of tin AmericWa Publie Health Association and Health Director of the Saniiary District of Chicago. Analysing th< ingredients of candy recently, he saici to a representative of the New Yorli Times:—

“Sugar is a great source of heat and ■energy; it is quickly utilised. That is generally known and conceded. Som people think that it is fattening, but candy is like everything else; it isn’t the use of a thing that harms, it is the abuse. Chocolate is rich in pro teiiis. It has a certain amount of fat. a large quantity of carbohydrates and minerals, and a small quantity of iron and lime. How many mothers know that when they ar e feeding chocolate to their children they are feeding iron, lime, phophorus, proteins, carbohydrates, and fats? Nuts are rich in proteins and fats. One of lhe richest sources of vitamin B, which is so necessary to build up resistance, are cereals, and nuts contain as much vitamin B as cereals. They are rich in proteins. Proteins build and repair tissues. < 1 Vitamin B is a very, very important element in food. Milk is rich in calcium, tremendously so, also in vitamin A. That is another one of ih e ingredients of chocolate. “Fruits are very important in furnishing a basic ash. In the modern diet, containing much meat, which forms an acid ash, and cereals, which form a neutral ash. alkeline ash foods are needed, and therefore fruits are welcome from that standpoint. Pineapple is a good source of vitamin A and B. Some other fruits used. in candy contain much vitamin A. Thi’ is true of cherries,, strawberries and oranges. Strawberries al-o furnish iron. Figs supply some lime as well as roughage. Dates also furnish roughage and some lime.