Show The Truth About Diet By iut DR MORRIS FISHBEIN You You- needn't begrudge your child or yourself any candy If it either of you has a n. sweet tooth But you should be careful that It does docs not replace the themore more ore Impo important nt foods in your diet Ca Candy dY should be eaten in addition addition addition addi addi- tion to the tho essential foods not in place of them Too much of such sweet s substances will modify the nutrition seriously Taken after a ameal ameal ameal meal however sweets and sugars produce a sensation of satisfaction and do no harm The desire of the average child for sweets may be simply the natural natural nat nat- ural demand of its cells for carbohydrates carbohydrates carbo carbo- h hydrates dU due to fatigue or to the fact that the childs child's body is growing growing grow grow- growing ing rapidly But you should remember also hat that tho the child gets most of its carbohydrates carbohydrates car car- fr tram from m cereals potatoes mot most vegetables and other important important tant food materials For years doctors thought that the eating of candy caused decay of f teeth Candies that are extremely extreme extreme- ly sticky and and hard to chew maybe may maybe maybe be bad for tor teeth and gums But generally there is considerable doubt that the tile eating of sugars is in anyway any anyway way way related to tooth decay Manufacturers rs of candy have found that 52 per cent of the materIal material ma ma- used in ih such sweets is sugar and the remaining 48 per cent contains contains contains con con- gelatin cornstarch corn molasses nuts fruits eggs butter milk mille chocolate and similar sub sub- stances Many dietary experts suggest that we use the least sugar which will produce an acceptable flavor One specialist points out that sugar creates an appetite not for other foods but for itself The candy eater cater asks for more candy y not for bread and butter TODAY'S HEALTH QUESTION Q Are Arc twins hereditary It is likely that a man who is a brother brotherto to twins will be father of twins A. A Twinning is is' hereditary but seems gradually to disappear from tHe toe stock In certain family pedigrees grees twinning occurs about five times as frequently as in the general general general gen gen- eral population It seems fair to say that a man who is a brother of twins is about five times as likely to have twin children as is a n. man with no twins in his immediate family connection |