HOW DIGESTION AIDS BEAUTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20650, 23 August 1930, Page 7 (Supplement)

HOW DIGESTION AIDS BEAUTY.

BY A DOCTOR. No woman who suffers from indigestion I can hope to be beautiful. ' The condition affects the eyes, tho coirtand the temper—and nothing is less attractive than a face wearing a peevish expression, with the corners of the lips drawn/down and tho lines of i discontent across the forehead. \ct most I women bring their indigestion on themselves. Tho woman who is devoted to_ sport may induce the/ condition by coming in from the golf links or the tennis court and eating - a hearty meal immediately. • The over-tired system has no relish for the meal. Taken as a matter of duty, - the food fails to digest properly, and the "kunfortunate cater, fatigued and overheated, promptly becomes tho victim of .& severe attack of indigestion. ''i Let half an hour elapse, spent in a \ restful posture, before the meal is tackled . i and the dyspepsia may bo avoided. • The roverse ' procedure—returning to violent pxercise immediately after a hearty •I meal—lias the same effect. " After dinner sit a while" is a homely axiom which • contains a pood deal of truth. • Sonrj women-are irregular about tho i, times of meals, And irregularity will.often 1/ give riso to indigestion. They havo a /snack "when they think of it." lliese /-; snacks at odd upset the regular action of the digestion just as much as tho equally pernicious habit of " nibbling between meals. / >. How can a woman expect her digestion v* to work properly if she never leaves it 3 alone? For at*least fout hours after a /meal' the digestive system should be nl- : lowed to carry on its work in peace and quietness. •; Indigestible foods, which should be | shunned by those of poor digestive powers, 1 include pork moose, duck, crab, lobster -and cheese. All fried foods are suspect; so are hot buttered toast, crumpots or Muffins, salted and dried meats and new 'bread. / Drugs and artificial digestants are only temporary palliatives. The way to avoid indigestion j's/simple: eat at regular inItervals; cut out "snacks;" tako a short lest before, and a longer ono after every meal; eat slowly and ignoro those foods which experience shows aro not easily digested.