Cosmetic Recipes - The Effect of Diet on Complexion

Effect of Diet on Complexion.

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As the color of the skin depends upon the secretions of the _rete
mucuosum_, or skin, which lies immediately beneath the _epedirmis_, or
scarf skin, and as diet is capable of greatly influencing the nature
of these secretions, a few words respecting it may not be here
entirely misplaced.

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All that is likely to produce acrid humours, and an inflamatory or
impoverished state of the blood, engenders vicious secretions, which
nature struggles to free herself from by the natural outlet of the
skin, for this organ is fitted equally, to _excrete and secrete_.
Fermented and spirituous liquors, strong tea and coffee should
be avoided, for they stimulate and exhaust the vital organs, and
interrupt the digestive functions, thereby producing irritation of
the internal linings of the stomach, with which the skin sympathises.
Water, on the other hand, is the most wholesome of all beverages, it
dilutes and corrects what is taken into the stomach, and contributes
to the formation of a perfect chyle.

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Milk is very nutritious, it produces a full habit of body, and
promotes plumpness, restores vigour and freshness, besides possessing
the property of calming the passions, and equalising the temper.

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Eggs are, in general, considered bilious, except in a raw state, when
they are precisely the reverse; this is a fact, now so universally
acknowledged, that they are always recommended in cases of jaundice
and other disorders of the bile.

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Spices, and highly seasoned meats import a dryness to the skin, and
render the body thin and meagre.

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Animal food taken daily requires constant exercise, or it is apt to
render the appearance coarse and gross. It should be combined with
farinaceous and vegetable food, in order to correct the heating
effects of a concentrated animal diet.

Excess as to quantity should be strictly guarded against. When the
stomach is overloaded it distributes a badly digested mass throughout
the system, which is sure to be followed by irritation and disease,
and by undermining the constitution, is one of the most certain
methods of destroying beauty.

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