DIET AND THE COMLEXION.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 27, 7 April 1905, Page 7

DIET AND THE COMLEXION.

8T is easily understood why diet should exercise an infl uonca on the oomplexion as well as the health. Tomatoes and celery are among, the vegetables that are recommended as purifying for the blood, and consequently good for the complexion, and watercress is also credited with similar virtues. Whether eaten raw or cooked, celery is excellent for tb.G"bk>od, and is said to be a brain-stimulant of great ;value,. and especially nourishing when stewed in milk. In a raw state it should .bo eaten slowly, or may prove indigestible. In fact, those of weak digestion may be counselled to avoid the raw article and eat their celery stewed. ' Another, virtue ascribed to the vegetabte is that it helps to cure irritability of the nerves : wherefore it is exoel-j lent for those engaged in brain- faggingj work, Tomatoes : are also a brain food,j though less stimulating than celery. On the other hind they are more easily' digested. A ripe tomato ; eaten raw before breakfast is -strongly recommended for the benofit of the. complexion, helping, to dear a « muddy? skin by acting directly upon the liver, and %»s warding off biliousness, which, as everybody knows, is a great beauty-destroyer. Potatoes, delicious as they are, do not seem to aot beneficially upon the skin, but they are very nourishing when mashed and beaten up with milk, and in this way are, excellent food for certain invalids or delicate children.. ■Onions are ' healthy 'vegetables,; and rice, lightly boiled, is one of the ; simplest and most nourishing of diets. • : ----