Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

danger of inflammation setting in. Condiments and
spices used in the preparation of food for the table,
and in the digestion (cause indigestion?) in the
same way that tea, coffee, and liquor are supposed
to help a laboring man to prepare his tasks. After
the immediate effects are gone, they drop as low
correspondingly below par as they were elevated
above par by those stimulating influences. The
system is weakened, the blood is contaminated, and
inflammation is the sure result.
The less condiments and desserts are placed on
our tables the better it will be for all who partake of
the food. All mixed and complicated foods are
injurious to the health of human beings. Dumb
animals would never eat such a mixture as is
placed in the human stomach. Hot bread and
biscuit, fresh from the oven, is not healthful. The
heated gases need to be evaporated. Hot soda
biscuits are often spread with butter and eaten as a
choice diet. But the enfeebled digestion can not but
feel the abuse placed upon it. Unhealthful habits of
eating are killing their thousands and ten
thousands. Food should be thoroughly cooked,
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