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Counsels on Diet and Foods
Strict Temperance a Remedy for Disease
462. When a physician sees a patient suffering from disease caused
by improper eating and drinking or other wrong habits, yet neglects
to tell him of this, he is doing his fellow being an injury. Drunkards,
maniacs, those who are given over to licentiousness, all appeal to the
physician to declare clearly and distinctly that suffering results from
sin. Those who understand the principles of life should be in earnest
in striving to counteract the causes of disease. Seeing the continual
conflict with pain, laboring constantly to alleviate suffering, how can
the physician hold his peace? Is he benevolent and merciful if he does
not teach strict temperance as a remedy for disease?—
The Ministry of
Healing, 114, 1905
The Best Food Needed
463. Physicians should watch unto prayer, realizing that they stand
in a position of great responsibility. They should prescribe for their
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patients the food best suited for them. This food should be prepared by
one who realizes that he occupies a most important position, inasmuch
as good food is required to make good blood.—
Manuscript 93, 1901
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Olives As Laxative—614, 615
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Remedial Value of Eggs—628, 629, 631
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