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Show Sugar Gives Spurt Of Energy to Heart I have spoken before of the experiments ex-periments conducted by Harvard re-learch re-learch workers during the running Df the Boston Marathon several years ago. The results showed that the amount of sugar present in the blood at the end of the race Indicated Indicat-ed the condition of the runner. The greater the amount of sugar present In the blood, the better was the physical phys-ical condition of the runner and the nearer he was to being among the leaders at the finish. By having certain cer-tain runners take more sugar daily during the following year and during the race of that year, these runners not only finished in better condition put were higher up In the race than Ihey were the previous year. Why is sugar dextrose so helpful help-ful in giving energy to the muscles? In the Cincinnati Journal of Medicine, Medi-cine, Dr. Edward Podolsky, Brooklyn, Brook-lyn, states that treatment by dextrose dex-trose is one of the most valuable procedures in the treatment of heart disease. The chief reason why dextrose dex-trose is so helpful in heart disease Is that it supplies so readily the necessary nec-essary food for the hard working heart. Another reason is that dextrose dex-trose helps to dilate or open up the blood vessels so that it requires less effort for the heart to pump blood-through blood-through them. Fortunately dextrose can be taken hv mouth: the natlpnt taWa fo-n nr three ounces of sugar dissolved in a glass of water or weak tea three or four times daily for a period of two to three months. This produces a "lasting" effect. When sugar cannot be given by mouth or by hypodermic injection It may be given in the form of an enema. Another method often used In hospitals is injecting the dextrose tnto a vein. The thought, then, when we are tired from muscular exercise or work, or in cases of a weak or failing Heart is to use sugar or candy to supply "quick" nourishment to the heart QUESTION BOX Q. Please give me some details on the cause and cure of malaria. A, The bite of certain mosquitoes Jeposits a parasite which destroys red blood cells. There are varieties Df malaria according to the time between be-tween attacks. Quinine is the treatment treat-ment Q. What should the blood pressure pres-sure be for a person 47 years old? A. 100 pins the age is considered I gait rnl. |
