“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 KJV). “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat” (Genesis 1:29 KJV). “And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered” (2 Kings 20:7 KJV).
An important part of the nurse’s duty is the care of the patient’s diet. The patient should not be allowed to suffer or become unduly weakened through lack of nourishment, nor should the enfeebled digestive powers be overtaxed. Care should be taken so to prepare and serve the food that it will be palatable, but wise judgment should be used in adapting it to the needs of the patient, both in quantity and quality. In times of convalescence especially, when the appetite is keen, before the digestive organs have recovered strength, there is great danger of injury from errors in diet. MH 221.2
https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/135.1093#1094
Absorption and Handling of Food
Agatha M. Thrash, M.D.
Preventive Medicine
Each meal should contain some raw fruit or vegetable. This will ensure an adequate intake of vitamin C. While vitamin C may not have as many benefits as some have indicated that it has, there is no doubt that it is valuable on many counts. The antioxidant property of vitamin C helps to protect us from high blood cholesterol, increased aging, cancer, and from certain diseases. Perhaps the common cold is in this category. It is preferable that vitamin C be obtained from foods and not from pills. Every element of nutrition that we need both to maintain health and to recover from disease can be found in a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Therefore, it should not be necessary for healthy people to take pills to supplement the diet. In the very rare case where there is some kind of malabsorption, that problem should be dealt with on an individual basis.
Each item of plant food has its particular bouquet of flavors and its complement of phytochemicals. The more foods that one adds to individual dishes, the more likely it is that a chemical warfare will occur in the stomach or bloodstream. Chemicals interact with each other and with the chemicals that comprise the digestive juices, the blood, and the very cells of the body. These interactions often cause a loss of valuable nutrients, or they may produce toxic substances that injure the body. I have one patient who can always expect to get a headache if he eats an apple after a vegetable meal. Apparently, the combination of chemicals from the different classes of foods causes a reaction for him that brings on a toxic headache. Generally, fruits should be eaten at one meal and vegetables at another for the best results. The more complex the food, the more difficult it is for the stomach to digest and for the bloodstream and liver to handle the various nutrients in the meal. Do not forget that what is on your plate one minute is beginning to go into your blood the next. Use only the best quality of nutrients possible to nourish your body.
It is desirable to make our foods as beautiful as possible in serving; both the sight and the aroma will stimulate the digestive process. Garnishing and decorating the table and the food itself is useful, but food itself is beautiful. A single, large, ripe tomato, with perhaps a little mint sprig properly placed on a little salad plate with a sharp knife can make a very tempting dish.
In planning the meal, it is not necessary to balance all of the nutrients with each meal. As long as the foods present in the meals taken over a period of a week or so contain a wide variety of nutrients, the nourishment will be adequate. Studies show that we secrete into the bowel from the body stores a full complement of amino acids for the balanced absorption of the protein foods. By the day and by the week, one should eat a wide variety. The body stores all of the food elements sufficiently long that if a source of vitamin C is included in the daily menu and other nutrients are supplied by the week, one can be adequately nourished.
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Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for the provision of sound health through nuts, grains, fruits and vegetables. Please bless us to trust our body health to the wise counsel of our Creator, according to Your Word: the Holy Bible. Thank You for institutions that follow Your counsel in maintaining and in recovering health. And please forgive us for not seriously considering the body as Your temple. Thank You, for I ask in the name of Your Son Jesus. Amen.
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