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HEALTH
TIPS! (Page 2b)
Causes
Of Digestive Disturbances (Continued)
Improper
dress: -- "When the extremities [arms and legs], which are
remote from the vital organs are not properly clad, the blood is
driven to the head, causing headache or nosebleed; or there is a
sense of fullness about the chest producing cough or palpitation of
the heart, on account of too much blood in that locality: or the
stomach has too much blood, causing indigestion. "(24) How to
Live (HL) pg. 125. We need equalized circulation to have good
digestion. "In order to maintain equal circulation, there should
be an equal distribution of clothing, which will bring equal warmth
to all parts of the body."(25) Ibid., p. 69. Try feeling
your chest area, then feel your legs and/or arms. They should all be
of the same warmth if an equalized circulation is to be maintained.
Most of us wear clothing enough, but many fail to give every part of
the body its due proportion.
Lack
of physical exercise, combined with constant brain labor: --
"The stomach is closely related to the brain: and when the
stomach is diseased, the nerve power is called from the brain to the
aid of the weakened digestive organs. When these demands are too
frequent, the brain becomes congested. When the brain is constantly
taxed, and there is lack of physical exercise, even plain food should
be eaten sparingly."(26) Ministry of Healing (MH) pi. 306
Newly
raised breads: -- "The use of soda or baking powder in
breadmaking is harmful and unnecessary. Soda causes inflammation of
the stomach, and often poisons the entire system."(27) Counsels
on Diet and Foods (CD) pg. 342. "Hot biscuits raised with
soda or baking powder should never appear upon our tables. Such
compounds are unfit to enter the stomach. Hot raised bread of any
kind is difficult of digestion."(28) Ibid., p. 343.
"When hot, or new/ raised bread of any kind is difficult of
digestion. It should never appear on the table. This rule, does not,
however, apply to unleavened bread."(29) Ibid., p. 316.
"Zwieback, or twice-baked bread, is one of the most easily
digested and most palatable of foods."(30) Ibid., p. 317.
"Bread which is two or three days old is more healthful than new
bread. Bread dried in the oven is one of the most wholesome articles
of diet."(31) Ibid., p. 317. Science has discovered that
yeast has a volatile action, which is not eliminated until after 2-3 days.
Overeating:
-- "Excessive eating of even the best of food will produce a
morbid condition of the moral feelings . ..Everything that conflicts
with natural law creates a diseased condition of the soul."(32) How
to Live (HL) pg. 41. "If we overeat, the brain power is
taxed to take care of a large quantity of food that the system does
not demand, the mind is clouded, and the perception
enfeebled."(33) Ibid., p. 88. "Some make themselves
sick by overwork. For these: rest, freedom from care, and a spare
diet, are essential to restoration of health."(34) Ministry
of Healing (MH) p. 236. "Overeating, even of the most
wholesome food, is to be guarded against. Nature can use no more than
is required for building up the various organs of the body, and
excess clogs the system. Many a student is supposed to have broken
down from overstudy, when the real cause was overeating. While proper
attention is given to the laws of health, there is little danger from
mental taxation; but in many cases of so-called mental failure it is
the overcrowding of the stomach that wearies the body and weakens the
mind."(35) Education (Ed) p. 205.
Soft
Drinks: -- Containing at least 25 natural and synthetic
flavorings: colorings, sweeteners, in addition to anti-foaming
agents, color fixatives, sequestrants, buffers, preservatives,
anti-oxidants, oils, sugar, etc., one would wonder why they are even
ingested. Many of the harmful additives and ingredients contained in
soft drinks are hurtful to the digestive organs.
Spices,
Irritants: -- "Mustard, pepper/ spices, pickles, and other things of a like character, irritate the stomach and make the blood feverish and impure. The inflamed condition of the drunkard’s stomach is often pictured as illustrating the effect of the alcoholic liquors. A similarly inflamed condition is produced by the use of irritating condiments."(36) Counsels on Diet and Foods
(CD) pg. 339. "Our tables should bear only the most wholesome
food, free from every irritating substance. The appetite for liquor
is encouraged by the preparation of food with condiments and spices.
These cause a feverish state of the system and drink is demanded to
allay the irritation."(37) Counsels on Diet and Foods
(CD) pp. 339, 340. "Spices at first irritate the tender coating
of the stomach, but finally destroy the. natural sensitiveness of
this delicate membrane."(38) Counsels on Diet and Foods
(CD) pg. 341. "Persons who have indulged their appetite to eat
freely of meat, highly seasoned gravies, and various kinds of rich
cakes and preserves! cannot immediately relish a plain, wholesome,
nutritious diet. Their taste is so perverted they have not appetite
for a wholesome diet of fruits, plain bread, and vegetables. They
need not expect to relish at first food so different from that in
which they have been indulging."(39) Ibid, p. 341.
"Do not eat largely of salt,(Bio-Salt is a nutrient and in the
same category as herbs - see information in this book Recipe
Background), avoid the use of pickles and spiced foods, eat an
abundance of fruit, and the irritation that calls for so much drink
at mealtime will largely disappear."(40) Ibid, p. 344.
"The salads are prepared with oil and vinegar, fermentation
takes place in the stomach, and the food does not digest, but decays
or putrefies; as a consequence, the blood is not nourished, but
becomes filled with impurities, and liver and kidney difficulties
appear."(41) Ibid, p. 345.
Eating
too great a variety at one meal: -- "Rich and complicated
mixtures are health destroying."(l8) How to Live (HL) pg.
91. "So many varieties are introduced into the stomach that
fermentation is the result. This condition brings on acute disease,
and death frequently follows."(l9) Counsels on Diet and Foods
(CD) pg. 110.
Unripe,
spoiled or overripe food: -- All are difficult of digestion and
will cause digestive problems.
Very
cold food or drink: -- "Food should not be eaten...very
cold. If food is cold, the vital force of the stomach is drawn upon
in order to warm it before digestion can take place. Cold drinks are
injurious for the same reason."(42) Counsels on Diet and Foods
(CD) pg. 106. "Vitality must be drawn from the system to warm
the food until it becomes of the same temperature as the stomach
before the work of digestion can be carried on."(43) How to Live
(HL) pg. 91. Cold food and drink act as an excitant, suspending
digestion and drawing blood to the stomach to equalize the circulation.
Very
hot food: -- "Very hot food ought not to be taken into the
stomach. Soups, puddings, and other articles of the kind, are often
eaten too hot, and as a consequence the stomach is debilitated. Let
them become partly cooled before they are eaten."(44) Ibid,
p. 91. Hot foods tend to have a sedating influence on the stomach,
which would slow down digestion.
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