BEAUTY HINTS

Ladies' Mirror, Volume 3, Issue 5, 1 November 1924, Page 56

BEAUTY HINTS

HOW TO GET THIN r J' , HE tendency to put on flesh is in some eases hereditary, but more often than not it is due to lack of proper exercise, coupled with the wrong kind of diet; not necessarily over-feeding fat people, as a matter of fact, eat very little, hut the foods they do take are frequently of a fattening nature. Diet Essential Diet is essential if fat is to be reduced, and it can be reduced. In the first place, all sugary foods, pastries, bon-bons, and so forth, should be eschewed, also vegetables containing sugar, such as carrots, beets, and dates. Starchy foods should be rigorously cut down. Potatoes and white bread are particularly fattening. Crusty bread and toast should be taken instead of crumb. Stodgy, thick soups ought to be left out of the menus of anyone trying to get rid of superfluous flesh, and only strong meat broths partaken of. Beer, stout, spirits all tend to fatten. A little red wine, claret, or chianti is permissible, but as far as possible liquids should not be taken with the meals, and only moderately betweenwhiles. Suitable Foods Now, as regards the foods which may with safety be eaten. Lean meat, of course, ranks first, but a wholly meat diet should not. be followed unless the kidneys are in a perfectly sound state and the subject is healthy in every other way. Poultry and game can also be included in the dietary. Fish is exceedingly useful, but it should be of the non-oily kind, e.g., soles, plaice, etc. Animal food lias the merit of producing muscle without superfluous fat, and is therefore exceedingly advantageous in a fat-reducing dietary. Sweets should be mainly of the stewed fruit order, and not milky. In the matter of exercise, care should be taken to start gradually, as it frequently happens that slight heart weakness may accompany unhealthy fat, owing to a superabundant collection of fatty tissues round the region of the heart. Violent exercise is therefore not to be recommended. Walking is the ideal form of exercise. Baths are very useful, and should be followed by a brisk “rub down” afterwards. Turkish baths ought only to be taken under a doctor’s advice.