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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 a 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.
Unpublished Testimonies, August 30, 1896 (Healthful Living, 169)
The stomach must have careful attention. It must not be kept in
continual operation. Give this misused and much-abused organ some
peace and quiet rest.
Testimonies for the Church 4:502
Your children should not be allowed to eat candies, fruits, nuts,
or anything in the line of food, between their meals. Two meals a
day are better for them than three. If the parents set the example, and
move from principle, the children will soon fall into line. Irregularities
in eating destroy the healthy tone of the digestive organs, and when
your children come to the table, they do not relish wholesome food;
their appetites crave that which is the most hurtful for them. Many
times your children have suffered from fever and ague brought on
by improper eating, when their parents were accountable for their
sickness. It is the duty of parents to see that their children form habits
conducive to health, thereby saving much distress.
The Facts of Faith 2:132
The lives of many children from five to ten and fifteen years of age
seem marked with depravity. They possess knowledge of almost every
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vice. The parents are, in a great degree, at fault in this matter, and to
them will be accredited the sins of their children which their improper
course has indirectly led them to commit. They tempt their children to
indulge their appetite by placing upon their tables flesh-meats and other
food prepared with spices, which have a tendency to excite the animal
passions. By their example, they teach their children intemperance
in eating. They have been indulged to eat almost any hour of the
day, which keeps the digestive organs constantly taxed. Mothers have
had but little time to instruct their children. Their precious time was