p. 12 | An Important Matter

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Sep 22, 1904

An Important Matter

Is it a fact that the peace of the home, and even that of states and nations, is affected for weal or woe by the diet of the people? An exchange believes this to be true, and says:—

“Bad cookery, bad food combinations, late suppers, indulgence in alcoholic drinks,—one or all of these may be, and frequently has been, the underlying cause of serious troubles in the home, the business, or the state life.

“A fermented state of the digestive organs produces a like fermented and irritated condition of brain and nerve; and while under the influence of this auto-intoxication, this self-manufactured poison, the individual may give vent to language that will separate chief friends, and result in life-long estrangements.

“ ‘Divorced, because of hasty words uttered while suffering from indigestion,’ might truthfully be reported as the chief cause of more than one divorce.

“ ‘Plunged into war because of a bilious attack upon the part of a leading diplomat,’ might truthfully be recorded also as the cause of war and bloodshed.

“ “Happy is that nation whose princes, noblemen, and diplomats, recognize this principle, and who ‘eat in due season for strength, and not for drunkenness.’”