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ur irm oundation
The 7th Day Sabbath
Immutable Law of God
Non Immortality of
the
Soul Three Angels Messages The Sanctuary
Vol.
No 7
May 1986
Special Edition Health
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ditori l
We have
come
to a most interesting
time in t he h is to ry of our world. Th e
junk food bus ines s is b ig bus iness.
Billions
of
dol la rs a re spent each year
because we ar e a hurried generation
who have
no
time
to
eat, and have the
drive-through
window accommoda t-
in g
ou r
fast, h u
rr
ie d pace. Caf-
feinated cola
drinks,
hamburgers,
an d
potatoes prepared in
grease
have be-
come a l i festyle in our
hurried,
crisis-
packed
twentieth
century.
In the beginning
God
created a
beautiful, perfect
world
and two pe r-
fect people to inhabit it ; yes to take
c ar e o f it ,
an d
to mul tiply the ir k ind
until
the
earth was
to
be filled with
happy , hea lt hy ,
perfect
people. He
gave
them
fruits,
grains,
nuts and
herbs of
th e
f ield (vegetables)
to
s trengthen them
in body,
mind
and
soul.
permi ss ion was not granted to
ea t
flesh until after
t he f lood ,
and im-
mediately
th e life
span
was
re -
markably shortened. Whereas Noah
an d many o thers lived
till
t he y wer e
past 900 years, Abraham, well known
in Bible h is to ry , died at 175 and
Dav id liv ed only h is th ree -sco re
an d
ten.
Today we see
that
70 years, with
a few exceptions, is t he t ime most .Jay
down l if e s b ur de ns to awai t
a
resurrection.
In a far-off count ry , j us t a little
speck
of
geography
at
the
foot of th e
great
Himalayan
mounta ins, border-
ing China,
the
Hunza people ea t an d
pract ice a lifestyle
that
gives many
added years beyond he
norm.
Some
ar e still very active past their
hundredth birthday.
The Bible, God s inspired Word
gives
this
impor t n t counsel :
Whether
therefore
ye eat, or
drink,
or wha tsoeve r ye do do all to th e
glory
of
God. I Corinthians 10:31
An inspi re d
writer
of the nine-
teenth and twent ie th centuries , Ellen
G. White, directs o ur minds to
th e
natural
healing processes through
proper d iet, pu re air , sunlight,
rest,
exercise, water and trust in Divine
power. Pure a ir , su nlig ht, ab -
s temiousness, res t,
exercise, proper
diet, the
use
of
wat er , t ru st i n divine
power,-these
are the true remedies.
Ev er y person should have a knowl-
edge of nature s
remedia l agenc ies
and
how
to apply them. It is essential
both
to understand the princ iples in-
volved in
the
t re atment o f
the
sick
and to have a practical training that
will enable one righ tly to use
this
knowlectge.
The us e of natural remedies
requires
an amoun t o f
care
and
effort
that many are
no t w ill in g
to give.
Nature s process of hea li ng and
building is
g rad ua l a nd
to the
patient it seems slow.
The
surren
of hur t fu l indulgen es
requi
sacrifice.
But
in
the
end
it will
found that nature , untrammeled ,
d
her
work wisely an d well.
Those
persevere in obedience to he r l
will reap the
reward
in
health
body
and heal th of mind.
Ministr
Healing
7
Those who ar e looking and pray
fo r
th e return
of
our Lord
Saviour Jesus Christ, will be
wil
to
follow the co un sel of Div
i
nspira tion.
We
must
remember always that
bodies ar e
th e
temple of th e li
God.
Know ye
no t
that ye ar e
temple
of
God, and that the Sp iri
God dwelleth
in
you?
If
any man defile th e temple
God, h im sha ll
God
destro y; fo r
temple of God is holy, which tem
ye
are.
I Corinthians, 3:16,17
The
reason fo r
t hi s speci al he
edition of
Our
irm
oundation
m
zine is to point the
reader
to the
style ordained
by God to prepare
people
fo r
Heaven. May God
b
you as you
read.
RON SPEARnEDITOR
God has cau sed t o grow ou t of th e
ground
herbs f or th e use o f man , and
if
we understand
t he natur e
of these
roots and
herbs , a nd make a
right
use o f t hem,
there
would not be
th e necessity
of running
for the
doctor so
frequently,
and people would be in much bet te r hea lth than
they
are today.
Medical Ministry
230 231
There ar e simple
herbs
that
can be used
fo r
the recovery of
th e
sick,
whose effect
upon
th e system
is very
different from
that
of those drugs that poison th e blood and endanger
life.
MS. 73 1908
would h av e been better
if
from
th e
first
a ll d rugs ha d been kept
ou t
of
ou r
sanitariums, and use
made of
such simple
remedies
as a re found in pure water, pure air,
sunlight,
and some of th e simple herbs growing in the
field. These would be
just
as e ff icac ious
as th e drugs
used under mysterious
names, and
concocted
by
human
science, and t hey would leave no
injurious
effects in the system. S 115 1903 (written September 4,1902)
The
Lord
has
given
simple
herbs
of the field t ha t a t
times
are
beneficial;
and if
every family understood
how
to use t he se herbs in case of s ickness, much suffering might be prevented, and no doctor need be called. These
old-fashioned,
simple
herbs, used intelligently, would have recovered many s ick,
who have d ie d
under drug
medication. MS. 162 897
Th e light was first
given to me why
institutions should
be established, that is
sanitariums
were to reform
medical practices of
physicians.
This is God s
method,
the
herbs
that grow fo r th e benef it o f man, and t he l it tl e
handful o f h er bs kep t and steeped and used fo r sudden ailment s, have served tenfold, yes one hundred fold bet -
ter purposes than al l
th e
drugs hidden under
mysterious
names dealt ou t to
th e sick.
Testimony B 69 1898
There
are simple herbs and roots that every family may use fo r themselves, and need not c al l in a physician
any sooner
than
they would call a l awyer. Tes timony
C-17a,
1893
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able ontents
Duty
to
Know Ourselves
Ellen
G.
White
Taken
from
t he f ir st
issue of the Health
Reformer
It is the miSSIOn
of
Hope
Interna-
tional
and the
editors
of
Our
irm
Foundation
to
give the
straight tes-
timony and to present Christ
and
Him
crucified.
The
days
that
ye t
remain
of
this world are
few, and wha t we
do we
must
do
quickly.
We must
boldly proclaim the
truths
that place
us
on
so firm a foundat ion in
the
midst
of
this troubled
world.--
THE
EDITORS
Vol.
I , No .7
ARTICLES
May, 1986
4
Messenger of Wholeness Vernon Shafer 5
Inspired counsel
on mind and body relationships
Editor Ron
Spear
Managing Editor Dave
Fiedler
Associa
t e Edi to r Vern Jennings
Assistant Editor
Joseph
Leatherman
Copy Editor Lila
Rae Freder ick
Editorial Secretary
Clarissa
Fiedler
Contributing Editors
Colin
Standish,
Ralph Larson,
Dennis Priebe
Art
Director Bob Bresnahan
Layout Sharilyn Kendall
Typography Phyllis Covington
Circulation Joseph
Leatherman
Le t Me
Introduce
You to
Yourself
Betty Spear
A look a t the
inner
you
The
Role of Medical Ministry Ron
Spear
Why is
the
Lord conce rned w ith hea lt h work?
Ellen White And
Th e
Medical Mission Dave Fiedler
The s ta rt ing, and
restarting, of a great work
Ellen
G.
Whi te And Medical
Science Vernon Jennings
An enviable
track
record from a century ago
8
14
18
Health And The
Dinner
Table Warren Peters,
Gayle Wilson
The f ront
lines
of
the
battle
against
disease
The
Physician-An Educator Ellen G. White
A
sometimes
neglected
role,
clearly
defined
Food For Body, Mind, And Soul
Ellen
G.
White
A diet
of
health,
happiness,
and
holiness
Disease And It s Causes
A
basic
rationale
fo r
health
work
25
27
26
24
20
22
David
Ramsey
Ellen G. White
.
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u y ow
urselves
llen
White
Many have inquired
of me What
course
shall
I take to
best
preserve
my
health? My
answer is ,
Cease
to
transgress the laws
of
your being;
cea se t o
gratify a depraved appet ite;
ea t
simple food; dress healthfully,
which wil l
require
modest s implicity;
work
healthfully;
and
you wil l
not be
sick
Many are suffering in consequence
of
the
transgression o f their parents.
They cannot be censured
fo r
their
parents
sins;
bu t
is
nevertheless their
duty to
ascertain
wherein their
parents violated the
laws
of their
being,
which
has
entailed upon their
offspring
so
miserable an inheritance;
an d
wherein their
parents
habits
were wrong, they
should change the ir
course,
and
p la ce th emse lv es by co r-
rect
habits
in
a
better
relation to
health.
O ir Firm Foundation
May,
1986
Men
an d
women should
inform
themse lves
in
r egard
to
the
philosophy of health.
Th e
minds
of
rational beings seem shrouded
in
darkness in
regard
to their own
physical structure,
and how
to
preserve
it
in
a healthy
condition.
The p res en t g ener a tio n have
trusted
their bodies
with
th e doctor s,
and
their souls with
the ministers.
Do
they
not p ay the minister
well
fo r
studying
the
Bible fo r
them,
that they
need not
be to
t he t roub le ?
and is it
not his
business to tell them what t hey mus t
believe, and to
settle all
doubtful
questions of theology
without
special
in
vestiga tion on t he ir pa rt?
they
are sick
they send fo r the doctor-
believe
whatever
he may tell,
and
swallow
anything
he may prescribe;
f or do they not pay
him a
liberal fee,
and
is it
no t
his
business
to under-
st and t he ir
physical a ilments,
and
what
to prescribe to
make them
well,
without thei r
being
t roub led with the
matter?
Chi ld ren a re sent
to school to be
taught the sciences;
bu t
the
science
of
human life is wholly
neglected.
That
which is of the most vital importance,
a tr.ue
knowledge
of themselves,
without which
all
other
science can
be
of
b ut li ttle adva nt age, is
no t
brought
to their
notice.
A
cruel
and
wicked ignorance is tolerated in
regard to this
important
question. o
closely
is h ea lt h r el at ed
to our
happiness,
that we cannot have the
latter
without
the former. A
practical
knowledge of t he sci ence of human
life
is
necessary in
order
to glorify
God
in
our bodies. It is therefore
of
th e h ighe st importance,
that
among
the
s tudies selec ted for childhood,
physiology
shoul d occupy the
first
place.
How
few
know anything
about
the
s truc tu re and funct ions of their
own
bodies,
and
of
Nature s laws.
Many
are
d r if t ing a
bou
t
wi
thou t
knowledge,
like a
ship at
sea without
compass o r ancho r; a nd what
is
more,
they are no t interested to learn how
to
keep
their
bodies
in a
healthy
condition, and prevent disease.
The
indulgence of animal appetites
ha s degraded
and ens la ve d
many.
Self-denial , and a
restraint upon
the
animal apP etites, is necessary to
e leva te and e st ab li sh an improved
condition of
hea lt h and
morals,
and
purify
corrupted
society.
Every
viola-
,tion of principle in eating and
d ri nk ing , b l un t s
the percept ive
faculties, making it impossible for
them to
appreciate
or p lac e t he r ig ht
value upon eternal
things.
It
is
or
the
grea test importa ne e that man kind
should
not
be
i gnor an t i n r eg ar d to
th e consequence of
excess.
Tem-
perance in a ll t hi ng s is
necessary
to
health , and the development and
growth of a good Christian charact
Those who
t ransgress the
laws
God in their
physical
organism,
w
not
be less s low to v io la te th e l aw
God
spoken
from
Sinai. Those w
wi ll not , after
t he l ig ht
has come
them, eat and drink f rom princip
instead of being
controlled
by ap
ti te , wil l
no t
be
tenacious in regard
being
governed by principle
in
ot
things.
The agitation
of
th e subject
reform in eating
and d rink ing,
w
develop character,
and
will
une
ingly bring to light t hose who mak
god of their
bellies.
Parents should arouse, and
in
fear
of
God inquire,what
is truth?
tremendous
responsibility
rests up
them.
They should
be
practi
physiologists,
that they may kn
what
are,
and
what are not,
corr
physical habits, and be enabled the
by to
instruct
their children. T
great
mass are as
ignorant
and
ind
ferent
in
regard
to
th e
physica l
moral
education
o f th eir
children
the animal creation. And yet t
dare
assume
the respons ib il it ies
p are nts. Ev ery mothe r sh ould
quaint
herself with the
laws
t
govern
physical
life.
She should tea
her chi ld ren that the indulgence
animal appetites, produces a mor
action in the
system,
and weak
their moral
sensibilities.
Pare
should
seek f or li gh t and
truth,
as
hid
t reasures. To
parents is
commit
th e sacred charge of
forming
charac te rs of t he ir c hi ld re n
childhood.
They
should
be
to
th
children both t eacher and physic
They should und er st an d n at ur
wants and
nature s
laws. A
care
conformity to the laws God
has
planted in o ur be ing , will ins
health, and t he re
will
no t be a bre
. ing
down of
t he const itut ion, wh
will
t empt t he afflicted to
call
fo
physician to
patch
them up again.
Many
seem
to think they
hav
right to
treat
their own bodies
as
t
please;
bu
t
they
forget
that t
bodies are not their
own.
Th
Creator who formed them, has c la
upon
them that th ey c anno t
rig
throw o ff. E very
needless
transg
sion of the
laws
which God has es
lished in
our
being,
is virtuall
violation of the law
of
God, and
great a
sin
in the sight of Heave
to break t he t en commandment s.
norance upon
this
important
sub
is sin;
the
light is
now
beaming u
us and we are
without excuse if
do
not che ri sh the l ight ,
and
bec
intel ligent in
regard
to these thi
which it is our highest earthly in
est to understand.
The Health eformer August
1866
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A
merry
hea rt doe th
good like
a
medicine: bu t
a
broken
spi ri t d ri eth
up the bones, Proverbs
17:22
Th e ancient wise man
who
wrote
t he Proverbs in the Bible had an in -
sight into human nature
that
only
today are we
beginning to
appreciate.
There has been
a
growing flood
of
scientif ic
research
in
recent
years
demonstrating th e close relationship
between
the m in d
and our
body. It
has been
shown
that
the
way we
think can
profoundly affect
how our
body functions
fo r illness
or hea lt h.
t
is also
becoming
more
and
more
clear
that
the way we care for our
body
can have
a significant
influence
upon how our b ra in works, and
there-
fore upon
the
e ffec tiv ene ss o f our
th in king, an d th e k ind s of moods o r
feelings
we experience,
as
well
as
upon our moral and sp ir i tu l
sensi
bilities.
Again these
concepts
that
are
rela-
t iv el y new
to
us t od ay wer e r emark-
ably anticipated over one hundred
years ago by
a
woman known for
he r
k in dn es s but
who
spoke with the
authority
of a messenger
of God.
Wha t is
even
more
amazing, the
ideas
she
taught
were
so
revolutionary and
spelled ou t
so clearly that
they
ar e
st i l l as
dv n ed
as the l test
research.
Yet
this pioneer of th e
holistic
hea lt h movemen t
of
today
lived
in
an
age when there
was
very
limited
s ien t i f i knowledge of
physiology
and hygiene. Surrounded
as
she was
by
folk
remedies
and
myths,
patent
potions
and
har sh a nd
heroic
medical
practices,
she had the
uncanny ins ights
that
made it
pos
sible
for her
to
sort through
this
con-
fusion
of voices and
articulate
prin-
ciples
of he alt hfu l
living
that ar e
only
now being
verified
by
scientific
research.
This unheralded heroine
of natur al
healing was Ellen Gould
White. More
than
a
health reformer,
Ellen
White
is
accepted
by hundreds
of thousands
of
.
Christ ians today
as
one to
whom
was
given the prophe tic
gift as
promised
to
the
church in
I
Corinthians
12:10.
-Ellen
Whi te was
firmly rooted in
the
fundamental Protestant Christian
faith. She a lways point ed her reade rs
and
hearers
to
the Bible
as
th e
primary source of knowledge. In al l
of her
voluminous
writings there
is
always
that
high spiritual tone and
emphasis
reminding men
and women
that they are
the
precious sons and
daughte rs of the Creator .
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Ellen
White
took
a
very broad
but
s imple view
of
man and his condition.
Created
in the image of God,
man
was intended to enjoy unlimited
health an d abundance
of joyful
living,
bu t
this
could be possible
only
as
long
as
he would live in harmony
with the
natural laws of
his being.
These natural
laws
represent
guide-
lines for pos it ive
an d
optimally satis-
f ying l iv ing
and of
necessi ty must
encompass the physical, the mental
and the moral dimensions
of
life.
Th
us
these
rules
of life are
seen
as
insepara
ble.
Rather than arbitrary prohibitions,
t hese rules ar e safeguards to protect
and insure our
h ea lt h and
happiness.
we
i ndulge the
appetite
in
eating
foods or using substances
that
ar e
harmful
to
ou r
body,
then
we
must
expect
to
exper ience the unp le asan t
and dest ruc tive consequences of that
indulgence. In 1866 Mrs Whi te s ta ted:
God
ha s
formed
laws
which
govern our
constitutions,
and these
laws
which
He
has placed
in
our
being are d iv in e, a nd f or every t rans-
gression
there
is a
f ix ed p en al ty ,
which must sooner or
later be
realized. The majori ty of diseases
which
the
human f am il y
have been
and still
are
suffering under,
they
have created by ignorance
of
their
own organic laws.
They seem indif-
ferent in regard to the matter of
health,
and
work perseve ri ng ly
to
tear
themselves
to
pieces, and when
broken down
and debilitated
in
body
and
mind,
send
fo r
th e
doctor
and
drug
themselves to death. ,,2
The bottom line
of
Ellen White s
teaching
on health, put into
modern
Madison Avenue language, would
be
You
can t
fool
Mother Nature,
and
especially
would she
emphasize that
this fact
is
inescapa bly
true
in all the
dimensions
of
l i fe ,
including
th e
spiritual. But she would have pre-
ferred
to quote t he
New Tes tament
truism, which
she
did many times,
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brings prruisirnrss into
Be no t
deceived:
God is
no t
mocked;
for wha tsoeve r a man
soweth,
that
s ha ll h e a lso reap. Galatians 6:7
As a clinical psychologist
of
many
years exper ience I have
been
intrigue d and awed by
the
uncanny
accuracy wit h whi ch this
woman
an-
t ic ipated the findings
of
recent scien-
tific
research. She was very speci fi c
in emphas iz ing that to a large extent
we
a re wha t
we eat, an d
t ha t wha t we
eat
can have a profound effect
upon
how
our b ra in works.
Dr. H.
Newbold,3
psychiatrist , in
New York reported as many as 75 pe r
cent
of al l troubled
marr iages could
be
helped by
a dietary
change,
and he
points primarily to th e excessive
use
of refined
sugar.
Why is this? In on ly
r ecen t y ea rs
we have learned that
hypoglycemia, sometimes called hyper-
insulinism, is a condition
in
which
overindulgence
in refined sugar
puts
an ext ra s tr ain
on th e p ancr eas . Too
much
insulin is produced, result ing in
a n exce ssive drop in the level of
glucose
in
the bl ood . G luco se , or
blood sugar, is the sole energy supply
fo r t he b rai n. If th e brain does
no t
get
enough
energy, i t c annot
do
its
job.
Now, we each have two brains.
Our c iv il iz ed
brain
is the one that
does ou r
thinking
and remembering.
It
also
i nvol ve s j udgment ,
self-
control,
our s pi ri tu al values, con-
science
a nd c on tr ol
of
emotions. Th e
animal
b ra in runs
th e
machine ry o f
the body, th e
h ea rt , b re at hi ng ,
digestion,
and so on, and also is the
seat
of
emotions. The civilized brain
acts as a go ver no r an d can
override
and con trol t he
animal
brain.
When there is
not enough energ y
food
o r gl ucos e
in the blood, the
animal brain takes
its
share first and
the civilized brain gets what is left.
So we ac t like an animal--well, less
civilized.
The result is
that
we feel
nervous, irritable,
unreasonable
and
tired.
We
can t
think
clearly. We just
don t
care,
or we are given
to
unreasonable, angry ou t bu rs ts o r be-
come depressed, suspicious with lack
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of
sexual interest,
and in
over 80 pe r
cent
of cases
we
crave sweets, making
the p robl em
worse. It is easy to see
why
people
with low
blood
sugar
tcnd
to growl and f ight with each other.
I recall a
middle-aged
woman who
came
to me
with
a multitude of
problems. Nothing
seemed to
be
going
right fo r her. When I
asked
about
her
eating habits, I d iscove red she was
drinking
cans
of
pop
a
day.
Simply
correcting t ha t h ab it d rama ti ca ll y
changed her abil ity to cope.
A young mothe r was
referred to
me
because of anxie ty and depression.
He r home was unhappy. She was
dis-
couraged
with herself and life in
general. She was a sincere Christian,
bu t could not
understand
why her
relationship
with God did
no t
have
the
positive
effects
in her
l if e t ha t it
had in the
past.
We
discussed
what
she was eating
and some o f t he simp le p ri nc ip le s
of
healthful
eating. She
tried
th em an d
in a
short
time
she
was feeling so
well
that she said, Eating l ike thi s
would
be good fo r my family too I had
hoped
that
she would see that. So she
started being
more
careful about
what
and
when she fed her children
and
her husband.
I forgot to tell you that she had
two children
that
were a real trial to
her,
at least good
fo r
a
headache
or
two.
They
were irritable, whining,
f ight ing, s quabb li ng , ge tt ing
into
things, with poor
concentration
and
driving their mother
right
up the
walls. Well, she s tar ted feeding
them
differently. No
more
sweets to keep
them quiet, bu t a balanced
diet of
good wholesome
natural
foods. And it
began to payoff.
One day
Grandma
came to visit.
The chi ld ren were
playing quietly
on
the
floor
getting
along
with
each
other, no
fussing,
no whining, no
fighting. Grandma cou ldn t believe
these were
t he s ame
children.
Finally
she
said,
What have you
done
to
thesc chi ld ren? I ve
never seen
them
so
good. The
mot he r s r ep ly was,
I ve just been feeding them right.
As early as 1865 Ellen White
s peak ing out
about th e unhealt
effects of
sweets
an d in 1901
wrote, Sugar . . .
clouds
th e b
.and b ri ng s peevi shne ss into
disposit ion. ,,4 And
we
though
were
discovering something new.
In
1891 she said
sugar
in
the
tem
reduces
th e
body s power
of r
tance and it s
strength
to co
diseaseS
A
study
by Dr .
U
Register
6
at
Lorna
Linda
Unive
found that
excessive
sugar in
blood
stream
reduces
t he whi te
b
cel ls bi l i ty to
f igh t
inv d
bacteria.
In fact, a single
slic
chocolate cake can cut
the
b
germ f ight ing capacity by more
50 per cent fo r
up
to
eight
h
Again
Ellen
White
wa s r igh
target, generations
ahead
of her t
In 1870 Ellen White said, S
clogs the system. hinders the w
ing
of
th e
living
machine.,,7
Now
we
know that
if we hav
much
sugar th e l iver converts th
tra into
fat,
increasing t he lev
fatty
substances in th e blood w
has been pos it ively cor re la ted
coronary
heart d iseas e, w hich
volves clogging
of
the
arteries.
O
person with special insight could
known
that
fact
in
1870.
In
1868,
Ellen White
wa
aga inst the use
of anima l
fat.
s
T
years
later sh e
was
s ti ll adv
about t he
harmfulness of
fat s, s
tha t
God
had
given
special
ins
tion that they should
no t
be e
Why? Because,
she
answered, t
use would make a diseased
curre
blood in the human system. g
Dr. R. A. Swank
lO
did some
st
at the University of
Oregon obse
the
circulation
of the blood
in
tiny
capillaries
in
th e transpa
cheek
pouches
of
hamsters.
Unde
microscope he could observe the
re d blo od cells racing a long
carr
their
load
of oxygen. When these
flow
t hr ough t he t in y capillaries
have
to
squeeze
t hrough t ight
ters. Sometimes they even hav
fold over to get through. It is he
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rring
wlJat iEllrn WlJitr
was
tearlJing
ourr a rrntury brf
orr
th e capillaries that t he l if e -g iving
oxygen is supplied
to
the tissues of
the body.
But
Dr. Swank and h is assoc ia tes
discovered that when the
hamsters
had
been
given
free
fa t
in t he ir d ie t,
the fa t level in
the
blood increased,
and the
little
red
cells
began
to
stick
and
clump
together.
When the
cells
came to the opening of a capillary
they formed a traffic jam and none
of them could get
th rou gh, a nd t ha t
minute
area
became
starved fo r
oxygen.
At th e
same
tim e the
clump-
ingof the
cells reduced their
exposed
surface area so that
they
were 32 per
cent less able to carry o r exchange
oxygen and
c ar bon d io xi de .
Dr .
Swank thought if t hi s was
happening
in the
cheek
pouches
it
must be hap-
pening al l over
the
body and in the
brain too.
Dr.
Swank
then arrariged to test
the o xygen content of the brain of
these
animals.
He
found t ha t a ft er a
fa t meal
when
this c lumping o f
the
cells
occurred
there
was
a 62
per
cent
decrease
of
oxygen
in t he b ra in .
And
a brain without adequate
oxygen
just
cannot
do
its
job.
Two
to three
hours
after
the
hamsters
drank
their
meal
o f cr eam one
fourth of
the
capillaries
were total ly blocked. t was 72 hours
after
the fa t
meal
bef or e t he
oxygen
content
of the
brain was
back to 95
per c en t
of
capacity. Bu t
th e
average
American
does
not wait 72 hours
bu t
in
4 to 6
h ou rs eats another heavy
fat-laden meal.
But hamsters a re not people. So Dr.
Meyer Freidman
11
in San Francisco
tried a similar
experiment
on
forty-
f ou r h ea lt hy
f ir emen . I ns te ad
of
cheek
pouches
he examined the
cir-
culation
of blood in the white of
the
eye i.e. the conjunct ival c ircu la tion.
That
is wher e t he r ed is
when
one has
bloodshot eyes.
Dr. r iedman observed
very
similar capillary blockages after a
fatty meal. This blockage
was
just as
tru e w ith polyunsaturated fats as
with
saturated
fats. f the capillaries
in the eyes
ar e
blocked, we
ca n
be as-
sured
that this process of
oxygen
starva
tion
is
going on all
th rough the
body,
including
the
brain.
And a
brain
without adequate
oxygen can-
not
think
properly
and
is crippled in
its
sp ir itual and
moral judgment.
Ellen
White
warned
agains t
grease
of
al l kinds 12
because
it
causes
a
diseased
cur rent o f
blood in
the human system. IS Again she was
r ig ht on target over
a
hundred years
before it was
discovered
by modern
scientific research.
Aga in in 1868 the
same
writer
told
us Te a is
poisonous
to the system.
Christians
should
let it alone.
The in -
fluence
of coffee is
in
a
degree
the
same
as tea, but the effect
upon
the
system is still worse. 14
She
continued
to give
such counsel,
and in 1890 she
advised,
Coffee is a hurtful
indulgence. t
temporarily
excites
the
mind
to un-
wanted
action, bu t
the
aftereffect is
exhaustion,
prostration,
paralysis
of
the m ental,
moral and physical
powers.
The mind becomes enervated,
and unless through determined
effort
the habit
is overcome, the
act iv ity o f
the brain is permanently
lessened.
All
these
nerve
irr i tants ar e
wearing
away t he
life
forces,
and
the restless-
ness caused by sha ttered nerve s, t he
impotence, the mental feebleness, be-
come
a warriI1g
element,
antagonizing
to spiritual progress. IS
the February 12 1983 issue,
cienc e ews reported
the f i rs t
evidence
that
long-term consumption
of caf fe ine the
psychoact iv e i n-
gredient
of
coffee-causes
significant
changes in
brain tissue.
t was
fur-
.ther stated that
Nat iona l Ins ti tu te o f
Mental
Health
scientists
have fo und
that these brain
ch anges cause ab-
,normal sedation and result
in
a
greater
craving for caffeine. They
also
found o ther
changes involved in
th e
brain;s
capacity to deal
wIth
anxiety.
Meanwhile another group
of
scien-
tists at
Prince
Henry s Hospital in
Melbourne, Australia,
have
dis-
covered
another
compound present
in
both regular and
decaf fe ina ted
coffee, bu t
not in tea
or cocoa. They
observed
that one cup of coffee
con-
tains
five times
the
active dose of
this
s ub st ance , wh ich
affects be -
havior by altering the brain s ca-
paci ty
to
deal with pain and
depression.
Here again scientists a re just dis-
covering
what
Ellen
White was. teach-
i ng over
a century
before.
And
these
are
just
a
few
examples.
f s he was
so
well
on
target
in
her advice regard ing
the natural laws
of phys ical
hea lth, i t
just m ight mak e sense
fo r
us to take
seriously
what
sh e
ha s counseled
regarding the
s pi ri tu al a nd t he
moral
dimensions
of
ou r
lives
as well.
This movement has become largely
associated with Eastern mysticism which
is
not the Seventh-day Adventist meaning
of the term.
2 Ellen G White
Coullsels
Diet alld
Foods 9
3 H.L. Newbold in
Let s Live
January
1981 117
4
Coullsels
Diet alld Foods
332 337
5 Ibid.
327
6 Reported in The Ullsweetelled Truth
About
ugar GIld ugar
Substitutes
by Dave
Schwantes Walla Walla
WA
Doubletree
Press Inc. 1975
7
Coullsels Diet alld Foods 327
8 Ibid. 393
9
Ibid.
10
R.A. Swank A Biochemic al Bas is of
Multiple Sclerosis. C C Thomas Publishers
Springfield IL
1961
11 M Friedman et aI
Effect
of
Unsaturated Fats Upon Lipemia and
Conjunctival Circulation. JouTIlal
the
Americall Medical ASSII.
193: 882-6 1965
2 Coullsels
all
Diet alld Foods 314
13.
Ibid.
393
14
Ibid.
421
15
Ibid.
421 422
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Let Me
Introduce
ou to
Yourself
Si nce th e m ind
and
the soul find
expression
through the
body, both
men ta l a nd
spiri tual vigor are in
great
degree
dependent
upon
physical
strength
and
activity;
whatever
promotes physical
health
promotes the
development of
a
s trong mind and
a
well-balanced character.
Without
health,
no one
can
as dist inct ly un-
derstand or as
completely fulfill his
obligations
to himself, to
his fel low-
beings,
or
to
his
Crea tor. Therefore
the health should be as faithfully
guarded
as the character A
knowledge
of
physiology
and
hygiene
shoul d be th e bas is
of all educational
effort. l
With understanding of
the mar-
v elo us way we
function
comes a
realization
of
the wonder of God's
love and a
new respect
fo r
ourselves.
Then we feel more inclined to exer-
cise
our w il l- power
to
make
any
changes necessary
in our
lifestyles
to
gain
and main ta in optimum health.
We have had such a wealth
o f i nf or -
mation
at
hand, Ellen White
books
as well as
the Bible ,
that
we
should be
fa r
advanced over
what
we
a e. But
we
either
don't
read-or read very
l i t t le or we zero
in on one
area
wit hout b al anc ing i t o ut
by
studying
what was really s aid over the whole.
The end result
is th e
same
whether
we are too l iber al o r to o s tr ic t, ( fo r
we have been cautioned many times
to avoid
extremes ).
We end
up just
taking life
fo r
granted and
never ap-
preciating the blessing of
good
health
until
we l ose i t.
So many
know
nothing
of
t he in -
fluence
of
the body
u pon
the
.mind
and
of
the mind upon the body. The
mind, whi ch allies
finite
with infi-
nite
they do not seem
to understand.
Every organ of the body
was made
to
be servant to t he m ind.
The
mind is
the capital
of
the body. 2
Why?
Your
brain, a two- to
three-
pound
computer, in work output
and accuracy is fa r
greater
than any
computer man can produce. It
was
progra mmed
by
God Hi
msel
f, to
receive
nerve messages from every
part of your body
to
r el ay th em
to
the correct section
of
the
bra in , and
to
send
back a proper
response
to the
originating area. And
there
is
a
protective reflex a rc
in
the
spinal
cord f or j ust such t imes as when you
touch
a ho t
stove,
that jer ks you r
hand away even
before
t he pa in sen-
sors
sending
a
message
through
the
brain cause you to f ee l t he pain.
Some twelve
billion
nerve un
called neurons, carryon the
fanta
invisible
switching
and
shu tt ling
an
est imated thr ee
bil lion impu
pe r
second
r ac ing a round ins ide
and through your brain
at
a
speed
somewhat
more
than
two
hund
miles per
hour. Your
healthy
br
doesn 't make mis takes e ithe r.
Tr a
veling
of
impulses
is carried
by
electrochemical
processes
w
changes
occurring one thousand
ti
per
second. Because one neuron is
directly connected to another, m
sages
a re shunted
across tiny sp
gap relays, called synapses Chemi
at
ea ch synap se
carry
th e imp
flow smoothly.
Every
system
in your body
wo
on a counterbalance, to protect
from
to o
much or
too
little.
There
also
protective
mechanisms,
ri
whe re needed,
to
trigger warni
and measurements to the brain
the
nervous system, to
speed
up
slow down,
move up or
down,
or
in
out,
and
to keep you r
heart
beat
your-
breathing
adjusting,
and
y
body balancing. At the same ti
your brain is
receiving
and reac
to countless impulses
related
seeing, hearing, feeling,
smelling,
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tasting. All of these a re taken
care
of
utom ti lly
in
b ra in c en te rs
designed fo r this
purpose--because
God
knew
you
could never manage it
all consciously.
Your b ra in
is
the
marvelous, com-
plex
control-board of your
body. It ,
in
turn,
is affected by
your
physical
condition,
by
diet,
and
by emotional
reactions. All of
this
affects your self-
con tr ol , r ea soni ng , j udgment , and
decision-making ability. The m ind
and
body
are so closely associated
that whatever affects
one,
affects the
other.
The brain
is
the
only way God
can
reach us. anything dulls it so that
it can
no
longer discern spiri tual
t hi ngs o r
right
or wrong, we wil l not
be
prepared
to
meet the Lord
when
He returns. How important it is that
we gain a knowledge of how
our
bodies
function,
so
that
we
can
keep
ourselves i n opt imum hea lt h
and
our
minds clear to d isc er n. God w ill
no t
do this for
us.
He cooperates with
us
bu t
expects
us to make the effort-
then He will guide.
So the
mind
is
t he con trol cen te r.
What about the rest of the
body?
Each system works together with the
whole in
harmony.
The Respiratory System
The average adult breathes
more
than twelve-thousand quarts of air
each day. And
before
each
breath
re ac he s th e
lungs, it
is
f i l tered,
warmed or cooled , and moistened to
just
t he ri gh t t empe ra tu re and
humi-
dity needed by the
lungs.
This
air-
conditioning s ys tem beg in s in the
nose (mouth
breathing won t
do it )
where hai rs help screen
dust
particles.
Deeper passages moisten
and warm
th e air
(one
quart of water pe r
twenty-four
hours is
added
to
the
ai r
we breathe),
and
a
special blanket of
sticky mucus, moving back l ik e an es-
calator
(a t a
rate of
one
i nch eve ry
three minutes), is continually re -
placed by var ious g lands to catch,
screen,
and protect from infection.
The whole
respiratory tract is lined
with a
special
mucous membrane with
thousands of tiny
hair-like
projec-
t ions , a ll
moving t hi s l ayer
of
mucus
y from the lungs to
pro tect them
from du st
and irritating particles.
Smoking
interferes with
this
protec-
tive
movement.
As we breathe,
th e
lungs are ex-
panded
and contracted
by movement
of the diaphragm a large
muscle)
and
the cage,
which .force
ai r
in and
out similar to a bellows. The lungs
cling
to the chest
wall
because of a
vacuum-like pull,
and
are
contracted
and expanded
at
an
average rate
of
eighteen
times
pe r
minute-about
twenty-five thousand
diaphragm
con-
tractions per day .
The
lungs have no
muscles of
their
own, but th ey con-
tain
some f ou r hundr ed
million al-
veoli
(terminal
ai r sacs resembling
microscopic clusters of grapes.
the
walls
of
al l these
ai r
sacs
could be
spread out, they would cover a
sur-
face
the
size of a
tennis court, yet
this immense
surface
is
compacted
into the small spacc:.,.of two
lungs.
The
walls of each ai r
sac
are-incredibly
thin-just one microscopic cell
thick-
as
are the
walls
of t he cap il la ri es
lacing t hem. Gas
molecules
can
move
t hrough the
walls,
and
oxygen
from
air
we breathe
is picked up by
hemoglobin
in our
re d
cells, and
transported
to everyone
of
the
tril-
lions of body cells. At each
cell
oxygen is exchanged fo r wastes
from
metabolism,
which are carried back
to
the lungs
as
carbon
d io xi de a nd
exhaled.
can help
by
s it ti ng and st and-
ing correctly,
and tak ing
deep
breaths
of f res h air . However,
the
lungs are
only
the beginning
of
respiration.
The Heart
The heart is another
marvelous
organ.
Not so complex
as
some others,
it
is essentially a tough,
hollow
muscle about the size of a man s
fist.
But it does an incredible
amount
of
work-beginning to
beat
less
than
one
month after
concept ion and cont inu-
ing fo r a lifetime. It squeezes
and
relaxes at an ave rage ra te of seventy
times
per minute, and
pumps
the
blood around a closed
system
of
blood
vessels sixty-thousand to
one-hundred
thousand miles in length in
ap -
proximately one minute.
For
every
pound of excess weight the body adds
one more mil e
of
blood vessels.
The heart
speeds
up when
you are
active, slows when you rest. It pumps
about f ive ounces
at
each stroke in an
adult
and
one beat at a time, pumps
about four
thousand
gallons per day.
T he work done by
th e
heart in
twelve hours cou ld
lift
a
sixty-five
ton
weight one foot in the air. Or in a
year,
lift
it s
owner
one hundred miles
from the ground.
us
Don t forget
that
man
was
designed for
activity, and
regular
exercise brings many
benefits
Duri ng exe rc is e
great changes
occur. Light exercise
requires
four
times
more oxygen than
resting.
Strenuous exerc ise (heat producing)
requires ten t imes more oxygen, and
the blood is
then
shunted to
th e
skin
for
cooling.
These increased demands
for
oxygen
ar e met
by
a decreased
flow
of
blood
to
the a bd om in al
organs.
Fo r t hi s
reason
strenuous
ex-
ercise shoul d be
avoided
right
after
eating.
At that time
th e
abdominal
organs
are
busy
with
digestion
and
need mo re
oxygen,
so b lood f low to
the extremities is decreased. you
exercise too much at this time you
may feel
faint, nauseated, or
ex-
perience leg cramps.
But don t forget that man was
designed
f or a ct iv it y. Regul ar
exer-
cise
brings many benef it s;
it
tones
muscles, increases circul t ion
strengthens the hea rt ( if it
is aerobic
exercise),
lowers
cholesterol
levels,
and even dec re ases the
amount
of in-
sul in needed by diabetics.
If you
don t
exercise,
your
body
deteriorates. Muscles
become
flabby,
weight increases,
and
blood vessels
lose el ast ic it y. The efforts o f
the
body
to repair weaknesses may resul t
in p laques
fo rm ing in
blood vessels,
possibly
resulting
in
hea rt a tt ack,
embol ism (moving- b lood clot) or
stroke,
depending
on
what happened
where.
When
blood
vessels
become hard-
ened
and nar rowed,
the
condition
is
called Atherosclerosis. Young people
as well as older ones may have it. It is
often
related to a high saturated-fat
diet.
High bloo d p re ss ur e, d iabe te s,
heredity, cigarettes , sedentary living,
stress, obesity, even too much
coffee
and caffeine
influence
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The Skin
You
are
the loser if
you don t do
your
part
and chew
you
food
What
is the outside inside of y
Tr y
to guess before looking.
I
love
ask t hi s when gi vi ng h ea lt h
lectu
no one has ever guessed correct ly,
though
medically trained peo
could if they
thought about it.)
Can something
inside
you rea lly
outside of you? Yes, it
can. Your
gestive
tract is. It is an
open-en
muscular t ube whi ch passes thro
your body.
Wastes
passing through
rec tum, have
never
been
inside
y
only
surrounded by your body. O
what passes
through
the wall
of
digestive tract gets inside.
This remarkable ,
continuous t
is more than
thirty
feet long, and
various
bulges,
turns, and reg
with special
names.
Muscu
mechanisms propel material along
course, and valves regulate deliv
Here
and there
chemicals
a re in
duced th rough connect ing
tubes
surfaces right where
needed.
Digestion
is
a p ro cess o f
c
tinuous
chemical s impl i ficat ion
materials
entering
the mouth. Spe
work
is
carried on in each area
one does not
do
the work of
anothe
you
don t chew your fo
properly,
t he p tyal in
(first
of a
se
of catalyt ic
e nzymes which p rod
chemical processes) cannot split
starches
you
eat into
s imple sug
and digestion of starches
will
not
complete.
You
are
the
loser if
don t do your part and chew. As s
as you
swallow,
a kneading, milk
process called perista lsis begins. T
muscular
action
will
continue
length of the esophagus and
t hr ough t he bowels. It
propels
f
along
by
relaxing muscles ah ead
constricting
muscles behind
in rh
mic waves.
The
Outside,
Inside
against sunburn, and fac tors
manufac tu r e v it am in
D.
Isn t
fantastic? Yet
God has done
so
mu
more in the human
body.
see only
th e
outside covering
that
wraps
everything inside
our
skeletal structure-our skin. Did you
know
that your skin is the largest or-
gan of your body? It wraps an adult
with
approximate ly twenty
square
feet
of one
thirty-fifth
to
one-eighth
inch
thick
tissue,
and
weighs
about
seven pounds.
But
it is
much more
fascinating
than
just being the largest.
Draw a o ne -ha lf inch square on
t he back
of your hand.
Now
think of
this:
in
this small one square cen-
timeter
of
skin
you
have
four
yards
of nerves to carry impulses, one
yard
of blood vessels to carry nourishment,
ten
hairs,
two sensors
to detect
cold,
two s ensor s to det ec t h ea t, fifteen
sebaceous glands to keep skin suppl e,
twen ty -f iv e p re ss ur e
organs
fo r
touch,
one
hundred
sweat
glands to
carry
away
impurities, and
two
hundred
nerve
endings
to record pain.
You also have protective mechanisms
(A) Epidermis,
(Il)
Dermis,
e
Artery, (D)
Sweat
Gland,
(E ) Subcutaneous,
(F)
Pain
Nerve
Ending,
(G)
Cold
Nerve End ing,
(H)
Oil Gland,
I
Hair
Muscle, J Heat
Nerve
Ending, (K) Hair Follicle,
(L) Touch Nerve
Ending,
(M) Pressure
Nerve Ending.
in
water
they develop
tiny
electrical
(posi t ive and
negat ive) charges.
These,
along
with the tiny but
very
important amount
of
hydrogen
in
ou r
bodies, maintain a chemical balance
(called acid-base balance). Any devia -
tion
too
fa r
f rom normal
in
either
direction
can cause unconsc iousnes s
o r even
death.
There
is a
cons tant exchange be-
tween extracellular (outside
cells),
and intracellular
( inside ) f lu ids. I t s
a
gigantic task
to
keep
t his ext ra
cel-
l ul ar f lu id
volume
constant so that
every cell ca n keep working. Yet
we
aren t
aware
of
all
this mysterious,
awesome, activity
because
we don t
see
or
feel it.
F
G
H
I
J
C
K
L
M
Body
Fluids
Your red blood cells
carry oxygen to all
sixty
trillion body
cells
Your
blood
is
truly
a river of
life within you. Your
red
cells carry
oxygen
to
all
sixty trillion body cells
and
carry away waste products (as
before mentioned).
The
blood
also
de-
livers
nutrients
to
proper
centers un-
ti l
needed. White cells
are the
guardian
soldiers. They stand
guard, and also patrol the
body-
through the
blood
vessels, to
surround
and destroy any germs.
If
an
infec-
tion or wound
is present
somewhere,
some white cells can leave
the b lood
vessels and travel to the
site-in in-
c reased numbers , to fight infection.
Their
ability is
seriously
reduced
by
refined
sugar.
It
rai ses blood-sugar
levels, an d can attach to the
red
cells,
where it remains for the life
of
the
cell,
making
the cells sticky so
that
they
have
a
tendency
to
clump
toge ther. Remember
reading Ellen
White s s ta tement about s ug ar clog-
ging
th e
system? This is another
s ta tement which medical s ci ence has
proved
to be true.
Platelets
(one
fourth the size of
red
cells)
help in
clotting blood and
healing
wounds.
All
of
th e body s cells
ar e
bathed
in
a sea of fluids
consisting mostly
of
water and certain dissolved
sub-
stances
(sa lt a nd
minerals) called
electrolytes.
When these
ar e
dissolved
terol
levels.
you have one
of the
above c ondi tio ns , you r r is k
of
heart
attack is increased four times.
If your cho le st erol
level
is two
hundred fifty or above,
you
double
the
risk
of
heart
attack.
are
what
we
ea t (even though
we hate
to
admit that ), and we can
do much
to improve our heal th
by
im-
proving our eat ing hab it s and
exercis-
ing
regul rly Try it and see-you
will
feel so much more live that you
won t
ever
think
of it as sacrifice
or
self-denial,
bu t
will
regard it as a
great
benef it and a
blessing-which
it
is.
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Th e
stomach
is th e largest bulge
along
this
tract.
has
valves at
either
en d
to prevent
backflow,
an d
ejects
partially
d ig es te d c on te nt s at
inter-
vals of every fifteen minutes,
bu t
takes an average
of three to
five
hours
to churn, liquefy, and dis-
charge
an
average meal. Th e
gastric
juices
found
in
th e
stomach
are very
s tr on g. O ne
drop
on
y ou r s ki n could
really burn.
T h i r t y - f i v e
million
glands and special cells in
th e
stomach
p ro du ce a ll these: Hydr o-
chloric acid, Pepsin which works
only in an acid
m ed iu m a nd
digests
protein), R en ni n w hi ch has the
sole
task
o f c ur dl in g milk), a factor which
ena
bles B I2 to be dissolved through
th e intestinal wall further
on, plus
mucus
and other substances which
help digestion.
Th e stomach is
protected
from
be ing di ge s te d
by
gastric juices
by
a
lin in g o f slick muc ous membr anes
with a protective film o f mucus
an d
by
th e
f ac t t ha t h yd ro ch lo ri de
is
diluted
in
proportion
to stomach
contents.
Most
digestion
takes
place
in the
small intestine.
Soon
after
l ea vi ng t he
s t o m a c h
th e
a c i d
ontents a r e
changed
to alkaline
by bile,
pancre-
atic
juice,
a nd o th er
l oc al s e cre ti ons
in
th e
first
section of
th e
s ma l l i nte s -
tine which
loops like a
horseshoe
c al led t he
duodenum).
As
it leaves
t hi s a re a,
it passes
on
to
t he g re at er
area
of the
small intestines. T he
whole
of this
area is
lined w ith
a
mucosal lining
raised
in cir cular
folds. You have
an
estimated
five
m i l l i o n
r o u n d - e n d e d
f inger l ike
pr oj ect ion s called v il li which feel
like velvet), w i th g la nd s a t t he ir bases
to
secrete enzymes,
mucus, an d
other
constituents of
t he a lk al in e i nt es ti na l
juices. Because of
these
villi, there is
five times th e area of the ski n sur-
face in
which to w or k, a nd w ork t he y
do Th e
v il li s wa y,
leng then , s h or ten ,
swell, s hr in k, a n d a gi ta te . S em il iq ui d
contents ar e c h ur n ed a ro u nd so much
t would take
chemists weeks or
months
to do what
your digestive tract
accomplishes in few
hours
that yo u ca n
sometimes
hear the
r um bl in g. I t
isn t
your stomach that
growls-it s th e villi.)
Th e
walls
of th e
small
intestine ar e
impermeable to lar ge
molecules-so
specific enzymes
perform
specific
tasks. On e can t
do
another s work,
but they work together to complete
the
whole. Lipases split fa ts , prot ea se s
s pli t prote i ns , a m yl as e s s pli t s t arc h.
We
ta ke calm ly,
an d
usually
comf
orta bly,
t he se s ta gg er in g
feats.
Ye t
chemists.
to apply
high temperatures,
pressures,
an d
cr us hin g p r ocedu r es in to ler able to th e
body, fo r
weeks or months,
to
do
w h a t y o u r d i g e s t i v e
tr t a c-
complishes
in a
f ew h ou rs .
Th e
d ig es te d e le me nt s
of
car-
bohydrates
a n d p ro te in s
ar e ab so r bed
into
networks
of blood
vesse ls by th e
bloodstream,
an d
carried to
th e
liver.
Fatty
e le m ent s m os tl y enter th e
Iym-
phatic c ha nn el s t hr ou gh th e
central
A)
Mouth, B)
Phnrynx,
C) Esophagus,
0 )
S to m nc h , E )
L iv er , F )
P n ne re n s, G ) S mn ll
Intestine,
H)
Large
Intestine,
I Rectum.
lymphatic
vessel
in e ac h v il li
before
going
into
th e
bl ood s tre am .
W at er y f o od w as te s
enter
t he l ar ge
intestine
w he re t he re a re no
villi, an d
peristalsis
is
slower. t ak es t we lv e t o
fourteen
hours, usually,
fo r
passage
through
to th e
rectum. Very
little
ex-
cept
water is
absorbed
fro m t he l ar ge
in testine.
Th e iver
Ou r
bodies
have efficient
chemists.
Th e largest solid organ
we
have
is
th e
l iv er , l oc at ed just below th e dia-
p hr ag m o n y ou r r ig ht .
weighs
about
four p ou nd s
and
is
an e f f i c i e n t
chemical
p la nt , p er fo rm in g
more
functions
than
an y
other
organ.
ca n
m odify lm os t
ny hemi l
structure.
plays
a major role in
detoxifying
toxins , o r p oi so ns , or
drugs. manufactures cholesterol,
pproximately one
thousand seven
hundred qu rts
of
blood
flow
through
the
kidneys each day
enzymes,
p rot ei n, v it am in A from
c ar ot en e) , b lo od
coagulation
factors,
an d bile.
It acts
as a reservoir
fo r
blood, an d
stores
some vitaJl.lins.
It
converts
g lu co se to
glycogen
and
stores it u nt il n ee de d
to
sustain
blood
sugar levels. T he liver
also
plays a
p art in t he s to ra ge of iron, destroys
old
blood c e lls , a n d
c o n v e r t s
hemoglobin
to
bilirubin
t h e p ri n ci p le
pigment of bile).
T he P an c re a s
T he p an cr ea s is a narrow organ,
about six inches long, lying mostly
behind th e
stomach.
It serves a double
purpose.
Some of it s g la nd s p ro du ce
insulin, which it secretes
into
th e
blood stream to help
w it h t he u ti li za -
tion of sugars.
Entirely
different
cells
pr oduce
a
clear pancreatic juice
whi c h
enters th e duodenum
along
with
bile
a nd c on ta in s
enzymes
fo r
splitting
proteins,
fats,
an d carbo-
hydrates.
All of t he se o r ga ns
an d
digestive
processes are m arvelous in their
timing
an d
control mechanisms.
Th e Kidneys
Last
b u t c e rt a in l y
no t least, ar e
a
pair
of vital organs e s se nti a l to life--
th e kidneys. These bean- s haped
organs, each the size
of a
s ma ll f is t,
weighing
a bo ut o ne -h al f
pound,
ar e
th e master chemists of th e body.
They
monitor th e q u al it y o f th e blood,
an d
a re c on st an tl y
filtering
various
sub-
stances from th e blood to reabsorb
useful ones an d to concentrate wastes
i nt o u ri n e to
be
passed fr om t he body.
T he ki dne ys r egu la te t he
composi-
tion of t he bo dy
fluids so
that no or-
ga n is p oiso ned by h a r m f u l
en d
products
of i ts o wn m et ab ol is m.
Th e
entire body
fluids
pass through th e
kidneys
about fifteen
times
each
day
A p p ro x im a te ly o n e
thousand seven
h u nd r ed q u ar t s of
blood flow
through
the kidneys each day.
About
on e
h u nd r ed e ig ht y q u ar ts
of
filtrate pass
Olltilluedoll
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The
ole
o
edical
n st ry
Ron
Spear
For decades the term
medical
missionary
wa s
common usage in
Adventis t pulpits
and
institutions. In
recent years t he t erm has fal len f rom
such
h igh f avor , and is heard less
frequently now.
Commonly
used
or
not,
it
is important that
we
under-
s tand wha t God
was
trying to teach
His Church by
these
words, for we
are assured that we have come to
a
time when
every
member
of the
Church
should
take
hold
of
medical
missionary work.
The wor ld is a lazar
house
filled with victims of both
phys ica l
and sp r tu l disease.
Everywhere people
ar e
per ishing for
lack
of
knowledge
of
the
truths
that
have been
committed to us.
Members
of
the
Church are in
need
of
an
awakening, that they may realize
their
responsibility to
impart
these
truths. Testimonies vol. 7, 62
What
is
medical missionary work?
Is it just a Christian doctor
in his of-
fice
and in the hospital
diagnosing,
trea
ti ng d ise ase ,
a nd d isp en si ng
drugs? And more
than that, w hat is
t he purpose
of
the Lord s interest in
ou r
health ? What
is
to be the
end
result
of
the
health
message ?
The Bible
makes
it clear that our
bodies are the temple of the living
God, and if
we
knowingly
defile
ou r
bodies
by
intemperance,
we
are held
accountable to Him.
See I
Corin-
thians
3:16, 17; 6:19, 20 By defiling
our bodies we
a re des troy ing
our-
selves
fo r
this
life and
also
fo r
eternity.
Health
reform
is a
balanced way
of living which
brings
our
lives
into
perfect harmony with the gospel of
O r i rm
oundation May,
1986
salvat ion. By practIcIng
gospel
t empe rance, t he mind becomes clear,
perceptive, and responsive to th e
Holy Spirit s
voice.
The
regeneration
of man s
spir itual nature is
the
final
goal of
the
care
given
to
his physical
nature.
Ellen White said it clearly: t
should
ever
be
kept
prominent tha t
th e g re at ob jec t
to be
attained
through
t hi s channel [heal th ins ti tu -
tions and heal th re fo rm] is not only
health,
bu t
perfection
and
the
spirit
of
holiness,
which cannot
be
attained
with diseased
bodies
a nd m in ds.
Testimonies
vol. I, 554
Here
is the
link
that binds together
the
work of health reform and the
true medical missionary.
The
gospel
invitation
to
receive the power to live
a life
of
holiness
is to
be
prominent
in
our minds
and
in
ou r
work.
By
fol-
lowing
God s
p lan , m ed ica l
mis-
sionaries
ar e
able--by their own
care-
ful l ifes ty les
in
Bible temperance--to
teach
this
beautiful
lifestyle to all the
world.
As bodies
a re r es to re d
to
hea lth, minds
will be able to
receive
and live the
great
Bible
truths
by
the
power
of
God
in the f in al hours of
this earth s
history.
This is a work
of
the greatest
importance, for
eternal
int er es ts , in
addition
to physical
health, are at
stake.
Surely the Lord would not
leave
us to blunder
along b lind ly in
a
work such
as this.
No,
He hasn t. God s last-day
mes-
senger
tells us in
Testimonies
vol. 9,
172, L et our min is te rs ,
who
have
gained
an experience in
preaching
the
Word, learn
how
to give simple
t re a tment s, and
then
labor
in
l igent ly as
med ic a l m i ss ion
evangelists.
Those who labor in
ou r
c
f
erences
as ministers
should
bec
acquainted w it h the work of mi
tering to the sick. No minister sh
be
proud
that
he
is ignorant
wher
should be
wise.
Medical missio
work
connect s man with
his
fe
men and wit h
God.
MS. 33, 1901
The great
cities
of th e
world
e
cially can
be reached only
by the
medical missionary work. Again
spiration revea ls God s truth on
important subject.
Intemperance has filled
world, and medi ca l missions
sh
be
established
i n eve ry
city.
By
th
do
not mean
that expensive ins
tions should
be
establi shed, cal
for
a
large
outlay of
means. T
missions are to
be
conducted
in s
a
way
that they.
will
not be a
he
drain on
the cause ;
and t he ir wo
to prepare the way
fo r
the
es
lishment
of present truth.
Med
missionary work should have its
resentatives
i n eve ry
place in con
tion with the establishment of
churches.
The r elief o f bodily su
ing
opens
the way for the healin
the sin-sick
soul.
Let ou r
pe
awake to th e
importance
of
work. S
88, 1902
Henceforth medical missio
work is to be
carried forward
wit
earnestness with
which it
ha s
n
yet been
carried. This work is
door through whiCh the truth i
find
entrance
to the large cit
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To my
ministerial brethren I would
say, Prosecute this work
with
tact and abi li ty Se t
to work the young men
and
the
young
women in our churches. Combine the medical missionary work
with
the proclamation
of
the
third angel s
message.
Make regular
organized
efforts
to
lift
the
churches
out
of
the
dead level int o
which they have fallen and have remained for years Send into the
church
workers who
will se t
the
principles of health reform
their
connect ion with
the third angel s message before ev ery family and
individual Encourage all to take a part work for their fellow
men,
and see if
the
breath of life will
not
quickly return to these
churches. Letter 54 1898
A s a means o f o ve rc om in g
prejudice
and gaining access to
minds , med ic al mis si onary work mus t
be done,
not in one or
two p laces
only,
bu t
in many places
where
the
truth
has
not
yet been proclaimed.
We
are
to
work as gospel medica l
missionaries, to hea l the s in-s ick souls
by giving them the
message
of
salvation.
This work will break
down
prejudice as nothing else can. ibid.,
211
H e
designs that t he g re at subj ec t
o f hea lth r eform
shall
be agita ted and
the public mind deeply
stirred to
investigate. Testimonies vol. 3 162
Medical
missionary
work is in no
case to be divorced
from
the gospel
ministry. The Lord has
specif ied that
the
two
shall
be
as
closely connected
as
the arm
is with the
body. Without
this union nei ther p ar t o f t he work is
comple te . The medica l miss ionary
work
is
the
gospel in i l lust ra t ion.
Testimonies vol. 6 240 241
For the success of
Hi s work,
God
has
combined with the gospel
the
na tural healing ministry of medical
missionary work.
As might
be
logi-
cally expected,
true
medical
mission-
ar y
work
is to be taught in our
medi-
cal schools.
The
medical
school at Lorna
Linda is
to
be of
the highest order,
because those who
are in the school
have the p ri vil eg e
of
maintaining
a
l iving connection
w ith the
wisest
of
al l
physicians,
from
whom
there is
communicated knowledge
of
a
supe-
rior
order. Lorna Linda Messages 33
Tho se who place themselves un-
der the
instruction of
the
great Medi-
ca l
Missionary,
to
be workers together
with
Him, wil l
have a knowledge that
the
world,
with all its traditionary
lore, canno t s upp ly . ounsels On
Health
7
At Lorna Linda the re is
to
come
to
the physicians
and teacher s a
new
understanding of t he pr in cip le s t ha t
must govern the
medical
work. An
education
is to
be
given that
is
al-
together in harmony with the teach-
ings
of the
word
of God. Medical
Evangelistic Library vol. 9
Clear ly the Lord has out lined for
us a distinct
line
of labor
for our
fel-
low men.
More than
distinct,
it
is
said
to be
superior. From
a
s t ric tly human
point
of
view this would be
bordering
on arrogance and snobbery. But
when
has the work of the Lord ever
been
understood from a str ictly human
po in t o f
view?
should not surpr is e
us
then that there would
be
dif-
ferences between
the
medical
mis-
s ionary work
and
the usual practice
of
medicine.
T he purpose
o f our h ea lt h
institu-
tions
is
not
f ir st a nd
foremost
to be
that of hospitals. The hea lt h i ns ti tu -
tions
connected
with
the c losing work
of the
gospel in the earth stand fo r
the
grea t principles
of
the gospel
in
al l
its
fullness.
Christ is
the one
to
be
revealed in all
the ins ti tu tions
con-
nected with the
c losing work ,
but
none o f t hem can do it so fully as the
health
institutions
where the sick
and
suffering
come
for r el ie f
and deliver-
ance
f rom both
physical
and spiritual
ailment.
Review and Herald October
29,1914
T he
Lord has given
instruction
that
th e
gospel is
to
be
carried
fo rw ard ; a nd
th e gospel
includes
health
reform in
all
its phases. Our
work
is to
enlighten the world; for it
is
b lind t o
the
movements which
are
t aking place ,
preparing
the way
for
the
plagues
which-
God
-will permit to
come
upon the wor ld . God s faithful
watchmen mus t gi ve t he
warning
is
the
Lord s
design
tha t
the restor-
ing
influence
of hea lth r eform shall
be a
part
of the
last
great effort to
proclaim
the gospel message. Coun
sels
on
Diet
and
Foods
75
Great
blessings
ar e
always suscep-
tible of
abuse. Agai n
the
Lord has
marked out the points of danger, that
we
may be
on
ou r
guard.
In
perfect and compl et e
unity
with th e
gospel ministry,
t he work
of
health
reform
will
reveal
its God-