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Healthful Living
852. The brain-nerve energy is benumbed and almost paralyzed
by overeating.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:414
.
853. Your health is greatly injured by overeating and eating at
improper times. This causes a determination of the blood to the brain.
The mind becomes confused, and you have not the proper control of
yourself. You appear like a man whose mind is unbalanced. You make
strong moves, are easily irritated, and view things in an exaggerated
and perverted light.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:501
.
854. If the stomach is burdened with too much food, even of a
simple character, the brain force is called to the aid of the digestive
organs. There is a benumbed sensation upon the brain. It is almost
impossible to keep the eyes open.... The brain is almost paralyzed
in consequence of the amount of food eaten.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:603
.
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855. Nature bears abuse as long as she can without resisting, then
she arouses and makes a mighty effort to rid herself of the incum-
brances and evil treatment she has suffered. Then come headache,
chills, fever, nervousness, paralysis, and other evils too numerous to
mention.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:69
.
856. Children should not be allowed to eat gross articles of food,
such as pork, sausage, spices, rich cakes, and pastry; for by so do-
ing their blood becomes fevered, the nervous system unduly excited,
and the morals are in danger of being affected.—
Testimonies for the
Church 4:141
.
857. Some animals that are brought to the slaughter seem to realize
what is to take place, and they become furious, and literally mad. They
are killed while in this state, and their flesh prepared for market. Their
meat is poison, and has produced in those who have eaten it, cramps,
convulsions, apoplexy, and sudden death.—
How to Live, 60
.
Stimulants
858. The appetite for liquor is encouraged by the preparation of
food with condiments and spices. These cause a feverish state of
the system.... The effect of such food is to cause nervousness.—
The
Review and Herald, November 6, 1883
.
859. To a certain extent tea produces intoxication.... Tea draws
upon the strength of the nerves, and leaves them greatly weakened....