When my children were younger, I always worried that they would get sick from eating too much candy after trick or treating. I wondered - how much candy is too much? And, should I be firm and ration the candy they'd collected? . . . or was it okay if I let them binge? Here's what a hundred-year-old home economics textbook says:
Small children are better without candy, but it may be used by older persons if it is eaten in reasonable amounts. Candy is more easily digested at the end of a meal than between meals. Candy contains a large proportion of sugar, and sugar when eaten alone is irritating to the digestive organs.
Elementary Home Economics (1921) by Mary Lockwood Edwards
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