SUGAR IS GOOD FOR YOU.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20596, 21 June 1930, Page 31 (Supplement)

SUGAR IS GOOD FOR YOU.

By a Physician. The great value of sugar, both, in the treatment of certain abnormal conditions and in the maintenance of sound health, is comparatively a recent discovery. People are surprised when a doctor recommends sugar in large quantities in the. dietary* of a- child. . ■ Nowadays there are other frequent occasions when we make use of the "virtues of sugar in .the treatment'.of the, young. • One of these is in connection with operations and the taking of anaesthetics. *lt has been ' found that to feed the child with an extra amount, of sugar for the day or two days preceding operation is a safeguard against certain dangerous symptoms to which children are liable after taking anaesthetics. Sugar on these occasions is used not only as a preventive, but also after operation as a cure, should severe sickness or shock ensue.

Then we put the much-needed sugar directly into circulation in the form of glucose solution. The fact .is..that sugar is probably tho most easily and rapidly absorbed -of all real food elements. This gives it its great value in: post-operation Tho' patient's tissues can take up and benefit by the sugar put into his veins, in the form of glucose. Sugar is such an important factor in our body-life that tho main function of our largest gland—the liver—is to ■ store sugar. From its storo it releases sugar to feed the musModorn ." views on the training .of ®th* letes take this fact into, account. The trainer, knows that sugar is a direct and effective muscle food,'and he allows sugar in-amounts that would.have horrified the old, raw beefsteak trainer of the past. Moreover, those who engage in feats of athletic endurance know from exp?nenco that a,little sugar,.generally in the form of chocolate, is th*.finest thing to carry, for. small .quantities suffice to keep one going.