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your stomach will feel disturbed. Notwithstanding this, you should
not yield the point; you should educate your stomach to bear a more
solid diet.
Testimonies for the Church 2:364
And what influence does overeating have upon the stomach? It
becomes debilitated, the digestive organs are weakened, and disease,
with all its train of evils, is brought on as the result. If persons were
diseased before, they thus increase the difficulties upon them, and
lessen their vitality every day they live. They call their vital powers
into unnecessary action to take care of the food that they place in
their stomachs. What a terrible condition is this to be in! We know
something of dyspepsia by experience. We have had it in our family;
and we feel that it is a disease much to be dreaded.
Testimonies for the Church 2:374
Again: When we eat immoderately, we sin against our own bodies.
Upon the Sabbath, in the house of God, gluttons will sit and sleep
under the burning truths of God’s word. They can neither keep their
eyes open, nor comprehend the solemn discourses given. Do you
think that such are glorifying God in their bodies and spirits, which
are His? No; they dishonor Him. And the dyspeptic—what has made
him dyspeptic is taking this course. Instead of observing regularity, he
has let appetite control him, and has eaten between meals. Perhaps, if
his habits are sedentary, he has not had the vitalizing air of heaven to
help in the work of digestion; he may not have had sufficient exercise
for his health.
Testimonies for the Church 6:343
Needless worries and burdens are created by the desire to make
a display in entertaining visitors. In order to prepare a great variety
for the table, the housewife overworks; because of the many dishes
prepared, the guests overeat; and disease and suffering, from overwork
on the one hand and overeating on the other, is the result. These
elaborate feasts are a burden and an injury.