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showed that large quantities of cookies, cakes, molasses, 

 and sugar were eaten, sugar of all sorts supplying on an 

 average 10 per cent of the total energy of the diet. 



"The value of sugar in cold climates, where foods con- 

 taining starch are not available, is evident, and in the 

 outfit of polar expeditions sugar is now given an important 

 place. 



"Oriental races are very fond of sweets, as often noted 

 by travelers. Certain forms of confectionery are very 

 popular in Turkey and other regions of the East, and in 

 tropical lands the consumption of dates, figs, and other 

 sweets is very large. In a discussion ^ of the food of the 

 natives of India the great value set on sweetmeats or 

 sugar by the Hindoo population of all classes is pointed 

 out. Large quantities of brown or white sugar are used 

 to sweeten the boiled milk, which is a common article of 

 diet, and sugar is also used with sour milk, rice, cheese, 

 and other foods. It has also been said that the employer 

 who will not furnish the native laborers with the large 

 amounts of sugar they desire, in their daily ration, must 

 expect to lose his workmen. 



"Certain rowing clubs in Holland have reported very 

 beneficial results from the use of large amounts of sugar 

 in training. 



"Pfluger, who devoted so much attention to glycogen 

 and other carbohydrates, says that undoubtedly sugar in 

 the blood is heavily drawn on during violent exercise; 

 hence the longing for it in a form that can be rapidly 

 assimilated. 



"Its use by mountain climbers is well known. The 

 1 U. S. Dept. of Agr., Off. Exp. Sta., Bui. No. 175. 



