THE CARBOHYDRATES
Composed of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen in varying proportions supply energy for work, play and other forms of vital activity, and furnish fuel to maintain heat. This element of food consists mainly of starches and sugars. Starches are derived principally from cereals or grains in all forms, potatoes, sweet potatoes, bananas, peanuts, carrots, turnips, cassava or yam.
Roughly about two-thirds of the body's energy is normally derived from the Carbohydrates class.
An over consumption of starch has a tendency to cause constipation, flatulence, digestive disorders, enlarged tonsils, colds, etc.
The food sweets of all kinds are: maple sugar, syrups, candies cane sugar, fruits like grapes, sweet apples, and ripe bananas.
Candy and cane sugar taken in excess tend to produce gastric catarrh, hyper acidity, diabetes and torpid liver.