Number of Meals
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appetite can not be satisfied. In the morning, these slaves to appetite
often have impure breath, and a furred tongue. They do not enjoy
health, and wonder why they suffer with pains, headaches, and various
ills. Many eat three times a day, and again just before going to bed. In
a short time the digestive organs are worn out, for they have had no
time to rest. These become miserable dyspeptics, and wonder what
has made them so. The cause has brought the sure result. A second
meal should never be eaten until the stomach has had time to rest from
the labor of digesting the preceding meal. If a third meal be eaten at
all, it should be light, and several hours before going to bed.
The Review and Herald, July 29, 1884No. 31 (Healthful Living, 84)
It is quite a common custom with the people of the world to eat
three times a day, besides eating at irregular intervals between meals,
and the last meal is generally the most hearty, and is often taken just
before retiring. This is reversing the natural order; a hearty meal
should never be taken so late in the day. Should these persons change
their practice, and eat but two meals a day, and nothing between meals,
not even an apple, a nut, or any kind of fruit, the result would be seen
in a good appetite and greatly improved health.
The Ministry of Healing, 304
For persons of sedentary habits, late suppers are particularly harm-
ful. With them the disturbance created is often the beginning of disease
that ends in death.
In many cases the faintness that leads to a desire for food is felt
because the digestive organs have been too severely taxed during the
day. After disposing of one meal, the digestive organs need rest. At
least five or six hours should intervene between the meals; and most
persons who give the plan a trial, will find that two meals a day are
better than three.
Testimonies for the Church 4:416-417
Our preachers are not particular enough in regard to their habits of
eating. They partake of too large quantities of food, and of too great
a variety at one meal. Some are reformers only in name. They have
no rules by which to regulate their diet, but indulge in eating fruit or