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A Controlled way to Lose Weight Naturally and Gradually
Regularity in Eating (Ellen G White)
After the regular meal is eaten, the stomach should be allowed to rest for five hours. Not a particle of food
should be introduced into the stomach till the next meal. In this interval the stomach will perform its work,
and will then be in a condition to receive more food.
Regularity in eating should be carefully observed. Nothing should be eaten between meals, no
confectionery, nuts, fruits, or food of any kind. Irregularities in eating destroy the healthful tone of the
digestive organs, to the detriment of health and cheerfulness. And when the children come to the table,
they do not relish wholesome food; their appetites crave that which is hurtful for them.
When we lie down to rest, the stomach should have its work all done, that it, as well as the other organs of
the body, may enjoy rest. For persons of sedentary habits, late suppers are particularly harmful.
In many cases the faintness that leads to a desire for food is felt because the digestive organs have been
too severely taxed during the day. After disposing of one meal, the digestive organs need rest. At least five
or six hours should intervene between the meals, and most persons who give the plan a trial will find that
two meals a day are better than three. CCh 223.10
Eat a Substantial Breakfast
It is the custom and order of society to take a slight breakfast. But this is not the best way to treat the
stomach.
At breakfast time the stomach is in a better condition to take care of more food than at the second or
third meal of the day.
The habit of eating a sparing breakfast and a large dinner is wrong. Make your breakfast correspond more
nearly to the heartiest meal of the day.—Letter 3, 1884
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