The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
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The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2
Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association)
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On page 92 of the same work von Noorden tells us that of the
carbohydrates dextrose is the worst, with maltose almost as bad (in
spite of the fact that Kellogg exploits his “Meltose,” the “new
carbohydrate,” as of special value for diabetics). He also says that
levulose increases glycosuria only about half as much as dextrose,
when used occasionally, but with long use it is as bad as dextrose and
starch.
Page 5. The company refers to sugar as “possibly also causing
diabetes.” Sugar or any other carbohydrate may under diabetic
conditions cause an increase of glucose in the urine, but I do not
believe that any food or any diet can cause diabetes.
Page 7. “That the large use of meat and eggs is not only detrimental
but positively dangerous in many cases of diabetes is now a well known
and recognized fact.” The dietaries of well known authorities on
diabetes are not in harmony with this statement.
Page 13. “It has been discovered that the complete suppression
of carbohydrates from the dietary is not only unnecessary but is
highly detrimental and even dangerous.” “The complete suppression of
carbohydrates from the dietary” is the only means the physician has to
determine the diabetic’s carbohydrate tolerance. If carbohydrate-poor
foods are so “highly detrimental and even dangerous,” why does the
company exploit foods like “Pure Gluten Flour” and “Pure Gluten
Biscuit,” whose chief claim to excellence is their comparative freedom
from carbohydrates?
Page 17. “Cream is an emulsion, and, with the exception of egg yolk,
is the only form in which animal fat is found in an emulsified state.”
Milk, Nature’s most wonderful emulsion, is apparently overlooked.
Page 19. “... these foods ... will be found of great value ...
especially as substitutes for the breads and meats which are the most
objectionable features of the ordinary diet, and which should, as far
as possible, be interdicted in this class of cases.” This is simply
special pleading for the Kellogg vegetarian diet.
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