PHYSICAL NEEDS 



starches and! sugars, are taken in excess by a very 

 large number of persons. So true is this, that an in- 

 ordinate fonudness for candies, and for rich cakes, pas- 

 tries, and <c preserves" might be said to be almost a 

 national American vice. The habit of eating candy 

 between moals even though the candy in itself be 

 entirely wholesome is almost sure to lead to a cloyed 

 appetite, through which the varied diet of the regular 

 meal will bej neglected. 



If, on the: other hand, candy is eaten after the regu- 

 lar meal, th-e body is thereby supplied with an excess 

 of fuel that it does not need; with the result that an un- 

 necessary st Tain is put upon the digestive and assimila- 

 tive apparatus. Either this apparatus suffers in con- 

 sequence, at id the food is badly assimilated, or the ex- 

 cess of carl xmaceous matter is stored away as fatty 

 tissue, to the detriment of the individual's health, 

 comfort, ar id aesthetic appearance. 



The sarrje line of reasoning applies, obviously, to 

 rich pastries; and desserts taken in excessive quantity 

 after a mea I that has already supplied all the nourish- 

 ment that th e body requires. Persons prone to obesity 

 will do well to omit this course altogether, or to sub- 

 stitute cheese- and fruits after the manner of the Latin 

 races; and tl le same rule might wisely be followed by 

 whoever has eaten heartily of starchy vegetables be- 

 fore the des:j2rt appears. The great danger of this 

 rich dessert ex mrse at the end of a meal, is that it usu- 

 ally adds sup. 2 rfluous fat-forming material to a supply 

 already more ithan ample. 



Its merit, cfl'i the other hand, is the sheer sensuous 



