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creature to be healthy when filth is its natural element, and when it
feeds upon every detestable thing. The flesh of swine is composed of
what they eat. If human beings eat their flesh, their blood and their
flesh will be corrupted by impurities conveyed to them through the
swine.—
How to Live, 58
.
765. Cancers, tumors, and inflammatory diseases are largely
caused by meat eating.... Flesh diet cannot make good blood.—
Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896
.
Impure Air
766. If the lungs are restricted, the quantity of oxygen received
into them is also limited, the blood becomes vitiated, and disease
follows.—
The Health Reformer, February 1, 1877
.
767. For fear of taking cold they persist from year to year in...
living in an atmosphere almost destitute of vitality. It is impossible for
this class to have a healthy circulation.—
Testimonies for the Church
2:526
.
768. Such can test the matter, and be convinced of the unhealthy
air in the their close rooms, by entering them after they have remained
a while in the open air. Then they can have some idea of the impurities
they have conveyed to the blood through the inhalations of the lungs.—
How to Live, 63
.
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769. By inhaling the impure air, the blood is poisoned, the lungs
become affected, and the whole system is diseased.—
How to Live, 61
.
Lack of Exercise
770. Inaction of any of the organs of the body will be followed
by decrease in size and strength of the muscles, and will cause the
blood to flow sluggishly through the blood-vessels.—
Testimonies for
the Church 3:76
.
771. The blood is not enabled to expel the impurities as it would
if active circulation were induced by exercise.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:529
.
772. The exercise of the brain in study, without corresponding
physical exercise, has a tendency to attract the blood to the brain, and
the circulation of the blood through the system becomes unbalanced.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:138
.