BE MODERATE | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 30, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 26.

BE MODERATE.

IN our correspondence and exchanges we notice that there is not a single article of food, however simple and harmless, but is condemned as unwholesome by somebody. Nuts are objected to as indigestible; rice and all cereal foods because of the starch they contain; pepper, salt, spices, and pickles of all sorts, are stimulating; milk, butter, and cheese are objected to as animal productions, etc.; fruit is objected to for its acidity; so that if we were to listen to all our correspondents, we could never publish a recipe, because there is not one that does not contain some of the articles objected to by somebody. All can give, of course, a scientific reason for their condemnation.

The truth is all food is injurious when taken in excess of the requirement of our nature, and causes unpleasant symptoms, and hence is condemned. We remember a countryman who, being unusually flush with money, thought he would indulge in the luxury of pickles like rich people; he bought a quart of pickles and ate all at one meal; the effect was a fit of indigestion.

Another man who almost lived on oatmeal porridge was afflicted with water brash; of course he now condemns oatmeal, and his doctors do the same. Now, by using a due amount of common sense and avoiding excesses, a person may partake in moderation of an agreeable variety of food and not be dyspeptic. It is always safe to take less than the appetite craves and take only such food as produces agreeable symptoms when taken slowly and in moderation.—Food, Home, and Garden.