SWEET-EATING HABIT.
THE PERILS OF SUGAR. [FEOM OUR own CORRESPONDENT.] SYDNEY, Oct. 31. 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 to his dictum, children should never be given sweets at bed-time. He points out that an over-supply of sugar sets up acid-osis 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 overindulgence in biscuits and white bread, out of which, he says, essential lime salts have been milled. "Gat back to plain foods," he says. "And if yon arc over 40, slow down on your meat diet. For. this age meat hardens the arteries and increases the blood pressure."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18551, 8 November 1923, Page 11
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