TO BE UNDERWEIGHT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1939, Page 8

TO BE UNDERWEIGHT

« IS BEAUTY DESTROYING. ty ... To be definitely underweight is just as beauty-destroying : and much more alarming, than to be overweight. When your are unaerweignt your cheeks are sunken, the collaroones arc. apparent, the complexion is sallow, ana your domes, no matter how well they may he cut, wilt lack grace, and win not give you the poise which should he yours. People who are over-weight usually exercise and diet so that their proportions are reduced, but under-weigh* persons usually exclaim that they eal everything that is placed before them, but still do not put on weight. This may be quite right, but it does not necessarily tollow that because you eat a Dig meal you will become fat. It is not. the quantity consumed which increases the weight, but the very careful selection of the foods eaten.

The diet must be kept well balanced, with a plentitude of light sweets made from milk, lightly-cooked vegetables and meat, and a glass of warm milk whenever possible. You must also avoid indigestion, which is a frequent complaint with thin people. If youi food is not properly digested it will be impossible for it to make blood, muscle, and fat. Of course, sudden fattening cannot be expected. The increase will be gradual, and if you follow the advice given below you will find that the completely balanced diet cannot fail to bring you increased weight, new happiness, and a more promising outlook on life. Eat all the fresh greenstuff you can omitting the use of vinegar, and substituting olive oil wherever possible. Fruits and meats should be taken in sufficient quantities to balance the greenstuff, and the meals should never be heavy. It is far better to eat often than to eat heavily, and then wait a long while for the next meal. Little and. frequent should be your motto. Whenever the opportunity occurs, drink a glass of warm milk and nibble a biscuit, and each night before retiring take either a spoonful of malt, olive oil, or a glass of cocoa or one oi those patent food drinks.