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The 7th Day Sabbath

Immutable Law of God

Non Immortality of

the

Soul Three Angels Messages The Sanctuary

Vol.

No 7

May 1986

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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

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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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brain

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

O r i rm Ollndation

May,

1986

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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rirntists ar

r tust bisr

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

May, 1986

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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

blood choles-

May. 1986 l l r i rm lllldatioll


10/32

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.

ll r

i rm llndation

May,

1986


11/32

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

May,

1986

Ollr

irm llndation


12/32

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

Testimonies

vol. 9, 167


13/32

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-

our firm foundation -1987_05

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