Chapter 20—Stimulants
General Statements
482. The use of unnatural stimulants is destructive to health, and
has a benumbing influence upon the brain, making it impossible to
appreciate eternal things.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:549
.
483. Never be betrayed into indulging in the use of stimulants; for
this will result not only in reaction and loss of physical strength, but in
a benumbed intellect.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:214
.
484. It is these hurtful stimulants that are surely undermining the
constitution and preparing the system for acute diseases, by impairing
nature’s fine machinery, and battering down her fortifications erected
against disease and premature decay.—
Testimonies for the Church
1:549
.
485. Because these stimulants produce for the time being such
agreeable results, many conclude that they really need them, and
continue their use. But there is always a reaction. The nervous system,
having been unduly excited, borrowed power for present use from its
future resources of strength. All this temporary invigoration of the
system is followed by depression. In proportion as these stimulants
temporarily invigorate the system, will be the letting down of the power
of the excited organs after the stimulus has lost its force.—
Testimonies
for the Church 3:487
.
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486. Excitement will be followed by depression.—
The Review
and Herald, May 8, 1883
.
Tea and Coffee
487. Tea has an influence to excite the nerves, and coffee benumbs
the brain; both are highly injurious.—
Testimonies for the Church
4:365
.
488. Tea, coffee, and flesh meats produce an immediate effect.
Under the influence of these poisons the nervous system is excited, and
in some cases, for the time being, the intellect seems to be invigorated,
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