282 ' The Sugar-Beet in America 
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. 
“Pfliiger, 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. 
“Tts use by mountain climbers is well known. The 
1U. S. Dept. of Agr., Off. Exp. Sta., Bul. No. 175. 
