PRESERVING YOUTH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23018, 21 April 1938, Page 3

PRESERVING YOUTH

DIET AND BEAUTY

SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT INDIVIDUALITY IN MAKE-UP The importance of diet in defying the ravages of time was a point emphasised by Mrs. M. Bernard, an overseas visitor, when discussing yesterday the way in which women could retain their freshness and charm even into old ace. "Women should decorate the world," said Mrs. Bernard. "They can look perfect at 40 and young at (50 if they only care for their skin, keep their contours perfect and do not allow themselves to develop such deficiencies as a scraggy neck and double chin. Women should be their own beauty experts and should learn to look young and attractive by bringing out their own personalities, understanding their own type anil dressing and making-up aecordinglv." Premature Old Age Three causes of premature old age, according to Mrs. Bernard, were a sedentary life, fatigue from mental and physical overwork, and too much food. The frequent use of motor-cars instead of the feet was another cause of an early old age. She advised taking alcohol and tobacco in moderation and suggested the cultivation of calm and relaxation. Being beautiful was still one of the main preoccupations of modern woman, busy though she might be with a career or a social life. Beauty culture had to be scientific. It was useless adopting a style of make-up that did not suit the individual.. In Europe, she continued, women got as much outdoor life as possible, but they also took every precaution to protect their skins.

Mrs. Bernard said she found Australian women were apt to overlook this precaution, while some of the young girls made up in a haphazard way without paying any attention to facial contour. Many women failed to realise* that the contour began to alter around the age of 25 years. Imiiortance of Diet In speaking of dieting, Mrs. Bernard, who has worked in close collaboration with scientists and doctors, said she did not approve of long drawn-out, weakening, reducing diets, and considered it inadvisable to lose more than one or two pounds a week. Before beginning any regular diet, she recommended special elimination diets to rid the system of poisons.

One of these elimination diets was a new vegetable bouillon, a glassful to be taken every two hours, with a large bowl for luncheon and dinner, for three days. "To make two quarts of the bouillon, enough for one day's cure," Mrs. Bernard said, "use BJoz. carrots, 4oz. potatoes, 3Joz. turnips, 2 or 3 onions, several beets, 2 to 3oz. white dried beans, 2 to 3oz, split peas, 2 to 3oz. of lentils and 4 quarts of water, with salt to taste.

"Cut the vegetables into small pieces, cover with water and simmer for four hours in a tightly covered vessel." Fruit Porridge

For breakfast Airs. Bernard recommended a porridge of crushed fruits, 10 or 15 of them being mixed together in a bowl. She also advised the following one-day elimination diet. On waking, drink a glass of hot water to which the juice of half a lemon has been added. Between 8 a.m# and 9 a.m. drink Boz. of orange juice; at 11 a.m. drink a glass of any other fruit juice; at 2 p.m.'take a glass of tomato juice; at 5 p.m. a glass of orange and grapefruit juice, or pineapple juice, with one or two sticks of celery; at 7.30 p.m. a glass of limejuice or grape juice, and at 10 p.m. drink a glass of buttermilk or skim milk.

Mrs. Bernard said that this diet took off from one to two pounds, but its main purpose was to cleanse the system.