Health Notes.
The Nose.

Teeth and skin reflect the care and attention given them, and the shape of the nose is also influenced by the diet in the formative years of childhood.

Children need large amounts of calcium and phosphorus. Without it they develop rickets and incidental weaknesses.

Sometimes the cartilage of the nose that separates the nostrils fails to toughen because of a lack of the needed minerals. The nose as a result often becomes one-sided and distorted.

Children can be safeguarded against bone softness and deformity with plenty of milk and orange juice.

Pastries, bread, biscuits and cake are poor in calcium, so before the child satisfies his or her appetite on these foods it is as well to see that the correct quota of milk and orange juice is provided.

Adenoids are traced to the deficiency in the diet of minerals and vitamins. Children are often given too much starch, sugar and fat foods, so they have not space for the proper amount of milk, fruits and vegetables that are so rich in the minerals and vitamins.

Too much starchy food will have a brightening effect on the nose of an adult. The nose becomes shiny and red, and all efforts to hide these blemishes will be unavailing. At the first change of temperature the nose becomes more or less of a beacon.

Sugar and starch, too, have an effect on the liver. If these foods are taken in excess over a long period they cause a slowing up in the liver's ability to work. This causes a congestion of the veins all over the body, and the nose “tells the world” of the trouble within.