Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1907 — Candy and Alcohol. [ARTICLE]

Candy and Alcohol.

Dr. A. C. Abbott, health commissioner of Pennsylvania, ias advanced the theory that^*the^appetjj|g

petite for candy are fundamentally the same, the choice of one or the other indulgence being determined by the temperament of the individual.” In support of this, the fact is cited that there has been a falling off in the amount of alcohol consumed per capita during the past few years, and a material increase in the consumption 6f sugar in Its various forms. It is further stated that chemically sugar and alcohol are similar, and their physiological action is in part, the same, and both to some extent supply the demand for a concentrated and quick acting fuel for the body. Much of the prejudice which formerly existed against the use Of candy has disappeared, and it Is now used, especially in the form of chocolates, by exhausted business men, and even by soldiers on the eve of battle.