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travelers would eat regularly of food that is simple and nutritious, they
would not feel so great weariness, nor suffer so much from sickness.—
The Ministry of Healing, 303, 304, 1905
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283. Regularity in eating should be carefully observed. Nothing
should be eaten between meals, no confectionery, nuts, fruits, or food
of any kind. Irregularities in eating destroy the healthful tone of the di-
gestive organs, to the detriment of health and cheerfulness. And when
the children come to the table, they do not relish wholesome food;
their appetites crave that which is hurtful for them.—
The Ministry of
Healing, 384, 1905
284. There has not been in this family the right management in
regard to diet; there has been irregularity. There should have been a
specified time for each meal, and the food should have been prepared
in a simple form, and free from grease; but pains should have been
taken to have it nutritious, healthful, and inviting. In this family, as
also in many others, a special parade has been made for visitors; many
dishes prepared and frequently made too rich, so that those seated at
the table would be tempted to eat to excess. Then in the absence of
company there was a great reaction, a falling off in the preparations
brought on the table. The diet was spare, and lacked nourishment. It
was considered not so much matter “just for ourselves.” The meals
were frequently picked up, and the regular time for eating not regarded.
Every member of the family was injured by such management. It is a
sin for any of our sisters to make such great preparations for visitors,
and wrong their own families by a spare diet which will fail to nourish
the system.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:485, 1870
285. I am astonished to learn that, after all the light that has been
given in this place, many of you eat between meals! You should never
let a morsel pass your lips between your regular meals. Eat what you
ought, but eat it at one meal, and then wait until the next.—
Testimonies
for the Church 2:373, 1869
286. Many turn from light and knowledge, and sacrifice principle
to taste. They eat when the system needs no food, and at irregular
intervals, because they have no moral stamina to resist inclination. As
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the result, the abused stomach rebels, and suffering follows. Regularity
in eating is very important for health of body and serenity of mind.
Never should a morsel of food pass the lips between meals.—[
Christian
Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 50
]
Counsels on Health, 118, 1890