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Counsels on Diet and Foods
subject? The people of the world are generally far in the opposite
extreme of indulgence and intemperance in eating and drinking; and
as the result, lustful practices abound.
There are many now under the shadow of death who have prepared
to do a work for the Master, but who have not felt that a sacred obli-
gation rested upon them to observe the laws of health. The laws of
the physical system are indeed the laws of God; but this fact seems
to have been forgotten. Some have limited themselves to a diet that
cannot sustain them in health. They have not provided nourishing food
to take the place of injurious articles; and they have not considered
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that tact and ingenuity must be exercised in preparing food in the most
healthful manner. The system must be properly nourished in order to
perform its work. It is contrary to health reform, after cutting off the
great variety of unwholesome dishes, to go to the opposite extreme,
reducing the quantity and quality of the food to a low standard. Instead
of health reform this is health deform.—
Testimonies for the Church
6:373, 374, 1900
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Importance of Instruction in Preparing Wholesome, Appetizing
Food—See Cooking Schools in Section XXV
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