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Why is a potato like a lump of sugar?

1 Jan 1942

Why is a potato like a lump of sugar? This advertisement will appear in Mid-July and Early August Popular and Women's Weeklies Because a potato and a lump of sugar are both turned by your digestive system into exactly the same thing —glucose—fuel which your body "burns" to give you energy and warmth. All the starchy and sugary foods are alike in this. If you're short of rice or of jam, for instance, you can get your body fuel from potatoes. But, from the point of view of general health, there is a difference between the various starchy and sugary foods.
health nutrition cereals barley bread eggs fruit oats peace potatoes publications rice sugar vegetables welfare eating flour meals cooking food shortages recipes preparations for war domestic life preserves
Collection ID
HATOM
Document Reference
HATOM/10/126
Document Types
Ephemera
File Reference
HATOM/10
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.hatom.000010.126
Keywords
Barley Bread Cereals Eggs Flour Food Shortages Fruit Meals Nutrition Oats Potatoes Preserves Publications Recipes Rice Sugar Vegetables
Language
English
Note
Advert located on right-hand side of page.
Pages
1
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
History of Advertising Trust: O&M wartime book no 10
Themes
Domestic Life Preparations for War Peace Eating Cooking Health Welfare

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