Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-10-11 | Page 10 | Too Rich Food Often Causes Skin Blemish

Too Rich Food Often Causes j Skin Blemish By MYRTLE MEYEB ELDRED 1 I doubt If either boys or girls ao- cept with fortitude or philosophy the Your Baby eruptive complexions that seem an Inevitable accompaniment of adolescence. adoles-cence. The unbalanced condition of the glandular system Is probsbly largely large-ly to blame for the eruptive klns In those children who have here-tofore here-tofore been free from them. But whatever the cause, the excessive amount of oil, the pimples and blackheads are hard to bear when one Is so eager to appear at one's best In the eyes of the other sex. Acne Cause Ills Chronic aens Is recognised as a cause of extreme timidity, a sense of Inferiority or acuta unhapplnees, and every possible means should be employed to end It. Our "Diet for Adolescents" leaflet will insure balanced menus for young people. It may be had for a self-addressed, t-cent stamped envelope sent to Myrtle Meyer Eldred of the your baby and mine department of The Salt Lake Telegram. Because children are on their own and able to choose their own diets to some extent, they ars inclined to stuff themselves on starches and sweets, chocolate and nuts, because all such foods are delightful to the taste. It Is hard for a sociable ehlld to stick to three plain meals a day when there are so many tempta-tlons tempta-tlons to indulgs In mldmeal snacks In ths company of friends. Avoid Excesses Tst diet has a real connection with the condition of the skin. If food should be eaten to excess. If any food seems to disagree, that is, if the skin seems worse 8 hours after its sating, stop H altogether and note what-Its elimination will do. Meat, fish and milk, vegetables and fruits, both raw and cooked. and minimum amounts of bread and, potatoes should be the foundation diet. There has been an Increasing and successful use of X-ray treatments as a means of clearing up and putting put-ting the skin in a healthy condition. condi-tion. But whatever the medical treatment, treat-ment, children themselves must realise that soms self-restraint of their appetite for rich and sweet foods may bs needed for the time, ekss ths trsatment will have been in vain.