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it pursues its course sluggishly through the system.—
Testimonies for
the Church 2:525
.
750. Foul blood will surely becloud the moral and intellectual
powers, and arouse and strengthen the baser passions of your nature.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:404
.
Innutrition
751. Flesh meats, butter, cheese, rich pastry, spiced foods, and
condiments are freely partaken of by both old and young.... The blood
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making organs cannot convert such things into good blood.—
Christian
Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 47
.
752. In order to make a good quality of blood, we must have the
right kind of food, prepared in a right manner.—
Testimonies for the
Church 1:682
.
753. A poor quality of food, cooked in an improper manner, and
insufficient in quantity, cannot make good blood. Flesh meats and
rich food and an impoverished diet will produce the same results.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:368
.
Errors in Diet
754. Anything which is taken into the stomach and converted
into blood, becomes a part of the being. Children should not be
allowed to eat gross articles of food, such as pork, sausage, spices,
rich cakes, and pastry; for by so doing their blood becomes fevered,
the nervous system unduly excited, and the morals are in danger of
being affected.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:141
.
755. Indulging in eating too frequently, and of too large quantities,
overtaxes the digestive organs, and produces a feverish state of the
system. The blood becomes impure, and then diseases of various kinds
follow.—
Spiritual Gifts Volume 4a, 133
.
756. Catarrhal difficulties, kidney disease, headache, and heart
troubles are the result of immoderate eating.—
Unpublished Testi-
monies, August 30, 1896
.
757. Your health is greatly injured by overeating and eating at
improper times. This causes a determination of the blood to the brain....
You are in danger of apoplexy; and if you continue to disobey the laws
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