I Like Desserts! Don’t You?

I have stewed fruit of some kind and sometimes lemon pie. ^{17Counsels on Diet and Foods, 491.}LASW 132.1

We have always used a little milk and some sugar. This we have never denounced. The time has not yet come for sugar and milk to be wholly abolished from our tables. ^{18Counsels on Diet and Foods, 330.}LASW 132.2

Far too much sugar is ordinarily used in food. Cakes, sweet puddings, pastries, jellies, jams, are active causes of indigestion. Especially harmful are the custards and puddings in which milk, eggs and sugar are the chief ingredients. The free use of milk and sugar taken together should be avoided. Use simple, wholesome food. No one can have a clear brain who will eat largely of sweet cookies and cream cake and all kinds of pies, and partakes of a great variety of food at one meal. ^{19Counsels on Diet and Foods, 333, 334.}LASW 132.3