Vital Vigor and Energy
47
their vital powers are exhausted in throwing off the excess of food.—
Testimonies for the Church 3:490
.
198. This is the way you treat the stomach. It is thoroughly
exhausted, but instead of letting it rest, you give it more food, and then
call the vitality from other parts of the system to the stomach to assist
in the work of digestion.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:363
.
Overworked Stomachs
199. The poor tired stomach may complain of weariness in vain.
More food is forced upon it, which sets the digestive organs in motion,
again to perform the same round of labor through the sleeping hours.
[50]
In the morning there is a sense of languor and loss of appetite; a lack
of energy is felt through the entire system.—
How to Live, 55
.
200. And what influence does overeating have upon the stomach?—
It becomes debilitated, the digestive organs are weakened, and disease,
with all its train of evils, is brought on as the result. If persons were
diseased before, they thus increase the difficulties upon them, and
lessen their vitality every day they live. They call their vital powers
into unnecessary action to take care of the food that they place in their
stomachs.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:364
.
201. Those who are excited, anxious, or in a great hurry would
do well not to eat until they have found rest or relief, for the vital
powers, already severely taxed, cannot supply the necessary gastric
juice.—
The Review and Herald, July 29, 1884
.
Improper Clothing
202. She should not call vitality unnecessarily to the surface to
supply the want of sufficient clothing.—
Testimonies for the Church
2:382
.
Rearing Children
203. Everywhere you may look you will see pale, sickly, care-
worn, broken-down, dispirited, discouraged women. They are gener-
ally overworked, and their vital energies exhausted by frequent child-
bearing.—
How to Live, 31
.