Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

organs are put in motion again, to perform the
same round of labor through the sleeping hours.
The sleep of such is often disturbed with
unpleasant dreams, and in the morning they awake
unrefreshed. When this practice is followed, the
digestive organs lose their natural vigor, and the
person finds himself a miserable dyspeptic. And
not only does the transgression of nature’s laws
affect the individual unfavorably, but others suffer
more or less with him. Let anyone take a course
that irritates him in any way, and see how quickly
he manifests impatience. He cannot, without
special grace, speak or act calmly. He casts a
shadow wherever he goes. How can anyone say,
then, “It is nobody’s business what I eat or drink”?
Evils to be Avoided
It is possible to eat immoderately, even of
wholesome food. It does not follow that because
one has discarded the use of hurtful articles of diet
he can eat just as much as he pleases. Overeating,
no matter what the quality of the food, clogs the
living machine and thus hinders it in its work.
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