European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse To your health Good news for those who eat Sweet by Gayle Young United press International a recent report from a food and drug administration task i Rcd was Good news a those who want to indulge in chocolate without guilt. The panel concluded that a daily dose at sweats Doss not cause any serious health problems in the average american except Tor possibly contributing to tooth decay. But nutritionists still caution that Loo much sugar in the diet can be unhealthy. Sugar Doans 1 cause obesity and sugar does t cause malnutrition said nutritionist Christina Stark of Cornell University in Ithaca. . But these Are potential problems in people who consume a lot of currently americans on average consume 11 percent of their calories in the Lorro of sugar according to or. Walter Glinsman Ohhet Fra s Center for food safety and applied nutrition he said High sugar Consumers derive about 20 percent of their total calories from the Sweet stud. The United Stales department of agriculture recommends a 10 percent goal. Most people think of sugar As table sugar Stark said. Actually there Are a lot of Dilfer enl types of sugar. And pro Emad Roods Are loaded with Corn syrup dextrose maltose All sugars she said. Nutritionists say table sugar is processed from sugar Cane and sugar Beels and although natural is highly refined and devoid of any nutrients. Fruits and some vegetables also contain sugars such As Iru close. The difference in that fruits have nut plants also that you Don t find in the sugar she said. Brown sugar and Honey Are also refined sugars with Little or no nutritional value. Sugar Coos give he Bod Energy. Stark said As do starches protein at and alcohol omits group sugar is probably metabolized the fastest which is Why Many people feel a Rush of Energy Allor Ealing a Candy bar. When sugar enters the bloodstream it induces a Rush of insulin which promotes the movement of glucose from blood to muscle cells where furnaces Burn the sugar in a Complex chemical process. Some people have whew led that a Large dose of sugar causes an overload of insulin in some people resulting in a clean sweep of sugar out of the blood and into the body s cells. Stark said this reaction May cause an Energy High followed quickly by a crash. While the body needs Energy sugar May not be the Best source of it nutritionists say. Protein and starches not Only produce Energy but also provide the body with nutrients vitamins and minerals. Basically sugar is just empty calories Stark said. It is empty but not dangerous. Glinsman said the Fra sugars task Force study he directed showed sugar does not contribute to heart disease obesity gallstones or behavioural problems despite Papular misconceptions and theories. Glinsman also said americans consume less sugar per Day than had previously been estimated. He said in a report in Tom journal of Nutton that lha average american probably consumes 21 2 calories of sugar each Day compared to some estimates that put the number As High As 600 calories while sugar May contribute to the decay of Leech the Way in is consumed May be More important than How much is consumed according to the report Sticky candles that adhere to the Teeth Tor extended periods of time Are More Likely to cause a problem than a cookie washed Down with milk no need to tool guilty about an occasional Candy bar. According to a recant report a Dally Doaa not mum Hearth problems Tor Moat people. Remember the old Experiment where you put a tooth in Coke and it dissolved Stark asked. It was the acid that did that no the sugar. That Point got lost sugar in moderation is not even particularly aligning. Stark Eaid sugar starches and proteins All weigh in Al four calories per Gram whereas lat has nine calories per Gram it s no More fattening than protein she said. If you eat a lot of meal of pasta you la gain weight. Just like if you eat a lot of sugar you la gain weigh Slark said sugar s Only danger May be that ii makes up lha bulk of some people s daily diets. People who consume More than 20 percent of their calories in sugar Are foregoing the vitamins minerals nutrients and Liber they need to keep healthy if you eat 800 calories a Day in sugar out of 2,000, then that does t leave you much room to Gal the things you really who copes better with illness men or women Bonadine Brozan new York times t the first sign of a cold she lakes to har bed and remains there till in subsides. He on the other hand goes to the office no matter How hacking the cough How throbbing the head. She sprains her ankle but keeps her appointments he throws his Back out and cancels everything. He wants Chicken soup and conversation Dunn recuperation she yearns Only for isolation and Sil onco. How people treat themselves and i hair males during routine ailments those that do not pose any serious danger vanes of course according to individual temperament. But physicians say there arc some differences related to gender. To Many men it is almost an insult Loba sick and have to change i hair Eaid or. Elliott j. Howard an internist and cardiologist in private practice and on the stall of Lenox Hill Hospital n new York City. Theys Lill tend to deny that they Are sick and when they do give in to sickness they Don t handle the stresses and strains As Well As women women want to Lake Carool their obligations. Lot. Bul Are More ready a fallow medical some of the Milf frences Between men and women Are superficial in the View of or. Diane Sixsmith who has an internal Medicine practice in the Wail Street of Manhattan and is director of the emergency department at new York infirmary Beekman downtown Hospital. Women come to the doctor the first or second time they gel symptoms and men do nol but men can be just As anxious and they will Call me and plague me Lor lab results so Long As i am the Only one who hears them. They Ollen Kaep their complaints irom their wives friends and How do such observations play out in the sickroom at Home when Allan Klepper of Barrington r.i., general manager of a tape manufacturing concern had surgery on his loot he was advised to slay Home for two weeks and to elevate his loot Evory half hour. He was Back at work in less than a week said his dismayed wife Linda a remedial Reading specialist. What s More he got annoyed Al me when i offered to help Kleppart who faces an operation on his other foot said. While i appreciated the Dele Renca of people it took a while to warm up to it my Pride kept lading to that 1 was not that bad Oil. And Why nol go Back to work i did t have my brain operated on isl my Loo. And it did t hinder the recuperation " in other households it is the Man who gives m la pain and the woman who resists in. My husband is a bit of a hypochondriac said a woman who would divulge their Chi Llerenas but not their names. We Are just the opposite. Normally an Alfa to fellow he goes right to bed lakes his temperature constantly becomes Cranky and acts much sicker than f o tuesday March 3, 1987 actually is. When we were Al Rel married and he Gal sick i brought him a dish of applesauce and he became hysterical indicating that was trying to my him. Her error the applesauce was cold. As time passed the woman Learned More or less to ignore her spouse s entreaties Lor sympathy until one vacation when he complained of aches and pains i went out to the Beach every Day and ignored him until finally t look his she said. It was 105. Now i pamper him. I can never be casual in the household of Nan Miller a vice president of chemical Bank and or. Malcolm Gordon a geriatric psychiatrist at now York Hospital Cornell medical Center responses to illness Dilfer markedly. I Don t mind getting Slek Miller said bul i hate it if anyone is near me. It is wonderful to be sick though not Loo sick to read hat trashy Book or watch Tho a gel and i can t do Hal if anyone is figuring out How to tend to Gordon who says to complains More vociferously about trivial ailments than serious Onas. Is More come fax asked what he wants most when he is ill Gordon said first of All thai no one make demands on me. Then 3 measured amount of Sampai Pejic understanding but nol an excess the of o is never enough sympathy and a \ do get enough. Ihen i Leol guilty " perhaps the last word on sympathy comes Miroir Kurt Nash a Lood Industry exec Milivo asked a to pampers his wife. Gloria when she is sick to said sure Why nol i love her so Why would l i to solicitous the stars and stripes Page 17
