ADVANTAGES OE THE SUGAR SHORTAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1920, Page 1

ADVANTAGES OE THE SUGAR SHORTAGE

(London “ Daily Mail. ) There are some, cases in which the sugar shortage is a downright blessing —not in disguise, but in actual .a*,... They arc cases of various kinds of ailments which can be relieved and very often absolutely cured by lessening the quantity of sugar taken or doing without. it altogether. A CURE EFFECTED.

Here is a letter the writer lias received It will be a great help to many a mother whose baby is troubled with that most tormenting ailment—eczema. I ho mother who writes it says: “ My baby suffered when an infant from tins terrible ailment. I took her to our doctor who treated her for three months, but with no good result. Finally I consulted a specialist, who said, ‘Stop the rise of sumir in her food altogether. I did so, and to my great relief tlirn effected a cure in a very short time The child is now the picture of health, and a strong, healthy 7 girl. Truly this is good news these days, and holds some consolation for us in our simar worries. \N UNDESIR ABLE COMPLAINT. Then there is that troublesome ailment intestinal worms, from winch manv’ children suffer. The discontinuance of all sweets for a time will often cure this. . . . „ Very often the baby who is given too much sugar suffers from skin eruptions, and the same is true of young people even of seventeen or eighteen, these latter are much addicted to chocolate creams or other “goodies tho re-

sult is often “spots” on the face. Let them go “sugar-short” for a time and note the result on the spots. RHEUMATISM. Most people know that an ucid condition of the blood has more than a little to do with the production of rheumatic affections, but they often do not know that the acid condition is sometimes a consequence of too great a consumpoi in of sweets. What is 1 sweet in the mouth has often ail awkward trick of.becoming sour during its sojourn in the stoma u This naturally affects, the blood. If you are of “rheumatic tendency” "bless the sugar shortage. Headaches are often the children of sugar. Many people learn this fa t from experience, but if the idea lias not occurred to you, try the “no sweets” cure for a time.