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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods
the disturbance created is often the beginning of disease that ends in
death.
The Ministry of Healing, 384
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 digestive
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 Facts of Faith 2:129-130
The stomach becomes weary by being kept constantly at work,
disposing of food not the most healthful. Having no time for rest, the
digestive organs become enfeebled, hence the sense of “goneness,”
and desire for frequent eating. The remedy such require is to eat less
frequently and less liberally, and be satisfied with plain, simple food,
eating twice, or at most, three times a day. The stomach must have
its regular periods for labor and rest, hence eating irregularly between
meals is a most pernicious violation of the laws of health. With regular
habits, and proper food, the stomach will gradually recover.
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
nuts between their meals, and thus impose too heavy burdens upon
the digestive organs. Some eat three meals a day, when two would
be more conducive to physical and spiritual health. If the laws which
God has made to govern the physical system are violated, the penalty
must surely follow.
Because of imprudence in eating, the senses of some seem to be
half paralyzed, and they are sluggish and sleepy. These pale-faced
ministers who are suffering in consequence of selfish indulgence of
the appetite, are no recommendation of health reform. When suffering
from overwork, it would be much better to drop out a meal occasionally,