Saccharine/master disease
Thomas L. Cleave, Director of Medical Research of the Institute of Naval Medicine in the UK, said that "the saccharine disease" was "the master disease". He explained that this master disease incorporated diabetes, coronary diesease, varicose veins, E coli infections ect.
--- Is "saccharine disease" disease caused by too much intake of saccharin? There are two words "saccharin" and "saccharine" and that's why I'm not sure about the meaning of this?
Also: does "master disease" just mean "disease number 1" or "most important/deadly disease"?
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"saccharine disease" is apparently a term coined by that author. html , especially the following parts: From this it is argued that all the conditions discussed are really the manifestations of a single master-disease, the understanding of which disease is held to be of decisive importance to the Westernized nations, so that a large amount of suffering and disablement can be prevented and in many cases alleviated. The author considers that the most accurate name for the master-disease referred to is the 'Refined-carbohydrate Disease', but because the main refined carbohydrate involved is sugar, and because the starch from white flour is converted in the body into sugar, he has, as already stated, introduced the term 'Saccharine Disease', which is a much more convenient one.
- "saccharine disease" is apparently a term coined by that author.
- html , especially the following parts: From this it is argued that all the conditions discussed are really the manifestations of a single master-disease, the understanding of which disease is held to be of decisive importance to the Westernized nations, so that a large amount of suffering and disablement can be prevented and in many cases alleviated.
- The author considers that the most accurate name for the master-disease referred to is the 'Refined-carbohydrate Disease', but because the main refined carbohydrate involved is sugar, and because the starch from white flour is converted in the body into sugar, he has, as already stated, introduced the term 'Saccharine Disease', which is a much more convenient one.
- The word 'saccharine', meaning 'related to sugar', should, however, follow the Oxford English Dictionary and be pronounced like the river Rhine, so as to distinguish it sharply from the word for the chemical sweetener, which is pronounced 'saccharin' or 'sacchareen'.
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