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Show YOUR HEALTH GV OR. B. H. DISHOP. j 4 4 WHEN TO EAT CANDY Children like candy not only became be-came It is sweet but also because .their nature demand lots of food and ! candy Is food, though a greatly con-jeenfrated con-jeenfrated one Children usually will , , eat a lot more candy than their stom-jnch stom-jnch and digestive apparatus can take. I care of properly Hence, children should be given candy sparingly. Women of sedentary habits aro usually the great candy eaters, and they aro Just .the ones that should leave sweets alone Business women, I who use up a great deal of energy in their active daily life, might safely ' indulge in moderately large amounts I of candy without any harm. When we eat candy we are taking in food at a fearful rate. A chocolate caramel or a square inch of fuge contains con-tains almost 100 calories or food units. People whose lives are more or less inactive do not require nearly as many I food unlta to keep them fit as people who do hard manual labor all day and use up their body tissues at a high rate. Ten chocolate caramels during the day are Just the same as an extra meal. A person who eat that amount ' should skip a meal to give the stoni- 1 ach a chance to catch up. If you eat candy Instead of the third meal you are taking your food in too concentrated a form and it is Irritating to the stomach. Candy, fur thermore. does not contain vitamines and minerals, which are essential to ' good health If you must eat candy, tho best time to eat it Is at the end of a tneal when the stomach contains other food, but J even then it should be followed by fruit, so that the harmful effect of the candy on the teeth may be decreased. To be healthy it is well to take your candy nr our sugar in moderation and well diluted. nn |