SWEETS AS A DIET

Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1929, Page 2

SWEETS AS A DIET

DAILY USE RECOMMENDED

Candy (American for sweets) should have its place in our daily diet because it is a food, a very highly nourishing ■food, according to Dr Herman H. Bun desen, president of the American Bub lie Health Association and Health Director of the Sanitary District ol Chicago. Analysing the ingredients of candy recently, he said to a representative of the New York Times:— '• Sugar is a great source of heat and energy" it is quickly utilised. That is Mumrallv known and conceded. Some 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 proteins. It has a certain amount of iat. a large quantity of carbohydrates and mineral and a small quantity of iron and lime. “ Mow many mothers know that when they are feeding chocolate to their children they are 'feeding iron, lime, phosphorus, proteins, carbohydrates, and fats? Nuts are rich in proteins and fats. One of tlm richest sources of vitamin B, which is so necessary to build up resistance, is cereals, and nuts contain as much vitamin B as cereals. They are rich in proteins, Proteins build and repair tissues. “ Vitamin 1* is is ft very, very important element in food. Milk is rich in calcium, tremendously so, and also in Vitamin A. That is another one of the 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 eeieals, wluci form a neutral ash, alkaline ash ioods are needed, and therefore fruits are welcome 'from that standpoint. 1 meapple is a good source of vitamins A „„ r l |{. Some other fruits used in eandv contain much vitamin A. Tins is true of cherries, strawherries, and oranges. Strawberries also furnish ironFrns" supply some lime as well as roughage. Dates also furnish roughage and some lime.