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Extremes in Diet
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will injure you. Do not think about it at all. Eat according to your
best judgment, and when you have asked the Lord to bless the food
for the strengthening of your body, believe that He hears your prayer.
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Then relax and be at rest.
Principle requires us to discard those things that irritate the stom-
ach and impair health, but we should remember that an impoverished
diet produces poverty of the blood. Cases of disease most difficult to
cure result from this cause. The system is not sufficiently nourished,
and chronic indigestion and general debility are the result. Those
who use such a diet are not always compelled by poverty to do so,
but they choose it through ignorance or negligence, or to carry out
their erroneous ideas of reform.
Eat Well to Keep Well
God is not honored when the body is neglected or abused and is
thus unfitted for His service. To care for the body by providing for it
food that is relishable and strengthening is one of the first duties of
the householder. It is far better to have less expensive clothing and
furniture than to stint on the supply of food.
Some householders stint the family table in order to entertain
visitors lavishly. This is unwise. In the entertainment of guests there
should be greater simplicity. Let the needs of the family have first
attention.
Unwise economy and artificial customs often prevent the exercise
of hospitality where it is needed and would be a blessing. The regular
supply of food for our tables should be such that the unexpected
guest can be made welcome without burdening the housewife to
make extra preparation.
All should learn what to eat and how to cook. Men, as well as
women, need to understand the simple, healthful preparation of food.
If they have a knowledge of cookery, they can use it to good purpose
when their business calls them where they cannot obtain wholesome
food.
Carefully consider your diet. Study from cause to effect. Culti-
vate selfcontrol. Keep appetite under the control of reason. Never
abuse the stomach by overeating, but do not deprive yourself of the
wholesome, palatable food that health demands.