Show A sweet death because of bf the gluttony overeating indulgence of the palata with the taste of things not aclid for the stomach to reache it has been said that most men dl dig i g their graves with their teeth PP this is probably as true truo of americans today as it ever was of 0 any generation anywhere because never was there so much to eat and of such great variety or so attractively prepared for the table ij 31 we cat eat more than an estors ver v er did it i be i 0 wonder at nil as a matter of plain human r nature but it is not alono alone our teeth that arc are di digging giring our grit grieves ves in this ling country it in tho ariato shiell is lini in ill much of its work it does not mu th teeth at all drinks in a malti TO altitude tude of alluring forms and palatability arc also causing our downfall and thero there is ii another food winch which in the form used is neither cr meat nor drink which is credited by the medical profession with being a ansy agent of the grave this is sugar ten times as much su aarper gar per capita is now being consumed in lit this country as was a century ago ngo it goes into our food in a multitude ot of ways and in the form of candy alone we have tremendously increased our JT pr p r capita consumption doctors warn us that there is a very great increase in tt ti e die ease of diabetes one in which excess sugar taken into the system is the chief bauke a p the arat thing a physician prescribes for a diabetic id iia cht comm complete lete abandonment ot of sugar in all forms in food and drink wo we arc are to be sure constantly being told by the same authority tint thit the average man is healthier today than at any previous time in history and that the average span of life has been lengthened more than 12 years during the past quarter century because of the ganv things we do know which our forefathers did not know yet if wo were wei o to cut down largely our sugar coq consumption we would be still healthier and live still longer on the average especially the inactive business man aud the non exerting woman the very ono one cho irlin yields 4 to 10 the of her Is sweet tooth the most is warned li the present excess of sugar in the diet they do mt nt exercise chough to consume the fuel the sugar supplies to tho the ai etem an wl the excess does a L lot of harm there are very few of us alo iio would not profit much in the way of bodily health and longevity if we cut down our sugar consumption bt least one half to paraphrase the apple slogan no sugar today keeps tho doctor away 11 |