Organs of Digestion
139
Regular Habits
693. The stomach must have its regular periods for labor and
rest.... With regular habits and proper food, the stomach will gradually
recover.... Efforts should be made to preserve carefully the remaining
strength of the vital forces, by lifting off every overtasking burden.
The stomach may never fully recover health, but a proper course of diet
will save further debility, and many will recover more or less, unless
they have gone too far in gluttonous self-murder.—
How to Live, 57
.
694. A second meal should never be eaten until the stomach has
had time to rest from the labor of digesting the preceding meal.—
How
to Live, 55
.
695. The stomach becomes weary by being kept constantly at work;
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.—
How to Live, 56
.
Rest
696. 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.—
Unpublished Testimonies, August 30,
1896
.
Exercise
697. Exercise will aid the work of digestion. To walk out after
a meal, hold the head erect, put back the shoulders, and exercise
[170]
moderately, will be a great benefit.... The diseased stomach will find
relief by exercise.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:530
.
Air
698. He has not had the vitalizing air of heaven to help in the work
of digestion.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:374
.
699. Pure, fresh air ... excites the appetite, renders the digestion of
food more perfect, and induces sound, sweet sleep.—
Testimonies for
the Church 1:702
.