Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

into good blood, clogs the machinery, for it cannot
be made into either flesh or blood, and its presence
burdens the liver and produces a morbid condition
of the system. The stomach is overworked in its
efforts to dispose of it, and then there is a sense of
languor which is interpreted to mean hunger, and
without allowing the digestive organs time to rest
from their severe labor, to recruit their energies,
another immoderate amount is taken into the
stomach, to set the weary machinery again in
motion. The system receives less nourishment from
too great a quantity of food, even of the right
quality, than from a moderate quantity taken at
regular periods....
It is impossible to have clear conceptions of
eternal things unless the mind is trained to dwell
upon elevated themes. All the passions must be
brought under perfect subjection to the moral
powers. When men and women profess strong faith
and earnest spirituality, I know that their profession
is false if they have not brought all their passions
under control. God requires this. The reason why
such spiritual darkness prevails is that the mind is
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