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    Danger of Overeating

    Today it is well recognized that overeating and overweight produce much ill health. This is one of the few areas in which all professional nutritionists agree. Mrs. White wrote, “There should not be a great variety at any one meal, for this encourages overeating and causes indigestion.”—The Ministry of Healing, 299. “Abstemiousness in diet is rewarded with mental and moral vigor.” “At each meal take only two or three kinds of simple food, and eat no more than is required to satisfy hunger.”—The Ministry of Healing, 308, 310.NADEGW 7.3

    Throughout the whole period spanned by Mrs. White’s life it was customary to eat elaborate meals upon the weekly holy day. She wrote, “We should not provide for the Sabbath a more liberal supply or a greater variety of food than for other days. Instead of this the food should be more simple, and less should be eaten in order that the mind may be clear and vigorous to comprehend spiritual things.”—The Ministry of Healing, 307. All thinking people will agree with this today, though many fail to practice it.NADEGW 7.4

    Today many people are restricting their use of salt in order to lower their blood pressure or in the hope of preventing high blood pressure. Attempts are made to keep the sodium intake low by using baked products made with yeast instead of baking powder. Mrs. White wrote, “Do not eat largely of salt.” “The use of soda or baking powder in breadmaking is harmful and unnecessary.”—The Ministry of Healing, 305, 300.NADEGW 7.5

    Today we teach home economics throughout our whole nation. Mrs. White wrote, “Cooking is no mean science, and it is one of the most essential in practical life. It is a science that all women should learn....To make food appetizing and at the same time simple and nourishing, requires skill.”—The Ministry of Healing, 302, 303.NADEGW 7.6

    Meals served in many courses have almost passed from the American home, due probably to the disappearance of maids rather than a comprehension of Mrs. White’s philosophy that all food should be put on the table at once, instead of in courses, so that one will know what is available and not overeat. (See The Ministry of Healing, 306).NADEGW 7.7

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