A BEAUTIFUL FACE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22824, 7 March 1936, Page 25

A BEAUTIFUL FACE

Every day more and more experts are being enrolled in the science of beauty culture, both here and abroad. Medical men in London are taking the matter very seriously, and it is now agreed on all sides that by eating the right foods, taking the right exercise, and by the choice ot scientific skin creams, lotions and cosemtics, women may enormously improve their good looks, and retain them to an ustonishing age. , Beauty experts certainly go beneath the skin these days, and the question of over-acidity in the blood and its effect on the complexion is the latest thing for u 8 all to think about (say 9 an Australian writer). Over-acidity, from which apparently so many of us suffer, will ruin our looks we are told, unless we get on to Its track early and do a little of the judicious dieting laid down by the specialist. Thi s over-acidity gives the skin that dull, sallow look. It also makes it dry and causes early winkles to appear. Rheumatism and want of suppleness in the joints are both due to an acid sur-, plus—so all who belong to the " acid type had better get busy right away. It is particularly easy to counteract acidity in this country, where fruits arc so cheap and plentiful, for certain fruits have powerful anti-acid properties. Pineapple, for instance, is enthusiastically prescribed', and it should be eaten three times a wee.k at least. Do not eat it with meals, but at any time you fancy, when no other fruit i 3 being taken. And, above all. eat pineapple without sugar. Many people have an idea that lemons are, a s they say, " too acid." This is quite a mistake. Lemons are not acid at all once they have mixed with the digestive juices. On the contrary, they have a wonderfully cleansing effect on the blood, and produce in the system health-giving and slimming salts. So, if your skin is sallow, or if you are tired and languid in the morning—another over-acid sigh —take a lemon cure and acquire, at the same time, rosy cheeks, a slim figure, and abundant energy. " Drink the mice of four lemons a day, for a month, says the expert. " One should be taken half an hour before each meal, and the last one before going to bed. Squeeze the juice into a largo giassful of hot water and drink it slowly without sugar." Potatoes form another drink greatly recommended at present by (he beauty-by-diet experts in London. Potatoes have long been known as powerful skin beautifiers if eaten —or drunk —in the right way. As in so many fruits and vegetables, the valuable mineral salts and vitamins lurk directly under the skin of the potato, and this is the part to bo used. Thoroughly scrub three large old potatoes. Cut off the peel about an inch thick and put this peel on to boil with six cupfuls of water. Allow it to boil for thirty or forty minutes. Then strain off the juice and drink it cold or warm between meals. A course of this potato water will clear acid out of the system wonderfully and whiten and generally improve the complexion. Here is a list of foods excellent for reducing the acid content of the blood: Prunes stewed without sugar, grated raw carrot, grapes and grape juice, cress, tomatoes, lettuce, apples.