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Counsels on Diet and Foods
beneficial to consumptives, and it is healing to an inflamed, irritated
stomach.—
The Ministry of Healing, 298, 1905
583. The health food business is in need of means and of the
active cooperation of our people, that it may accomplish the work
it ought to do. Its purpose is to supply the people with food which
will take the place of flesh meat, and also milk and butter, which,
on account of the diseases of cattle, are becoming more and more
objectionable.—
Australasian Union Conference Record, January 1,
1900
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Replacing with Cream—586, 610
]
Not Best for Children
584. Children are allowed to eat flesh meats, spices, butter, cheese,
pork, rich pastry, and condiments generally. They are also allowed to
eat irregularly and between meals of unhealthful food. These things
do their work of deranging the stomach, exciting the nerves to unnat-
ural action, and enfeebling the intellect. Parents do not realize that
they are sowing the seed which will bring forth disease and death.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:136, 1873
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Butter a Stimulant—61
]
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Free Use of Butter by Children—288, 356, 364
]
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Discarding Butter from Principle—389
]
Free Use Obstructs Digestion
585. Butter should not be placed on the table; for if it is, some will
use it too freely, and it will obstruct digestion. But for yourself, you
should occasionally use a little butter on cold bread, if this will make
the food more appetizing. This would do you far less harm than to
confine yourself to preparations of food that are not palatable.—
Letter
37, 1901
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When the Purest Butter Cannot Be Obtained
586. I eat but two meals a day, and still follow the light given me
thirty-five years ago. I use no meat. As for myself, I have settled the
butter question. I do not use it. This question should easily be settled
in every place where the purest article cannot be obtained. We have