Soda and Baking Powder
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makes it totally unfit for the human stomach. Saleratus in any form
should not be introduced into the stomach; for the effect is fearful. It
eats the coating of the stomach, causes inflammation, and frequently
poisons the entire system. Some plead, “I cannot make good bread or
gems unless I use soda or saleratus.” You surely can if you become a
scholar and will learn. Is not the health of your family of sufficient
value to inspire you with ambition to learn how to cook and how to
eat?
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 49
Some do not feel that it is a religious duty to prepare food properly;
hence they do not try to learn how. They let the bread sour before
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baking, and the saleratus added to remedy the cook’s carelessness,
makes it totally unfit for the human stomach.
Testimonies for the Church 6:243
The sick are to be healed through the combined effort of the human
and the divine.