Advice to Dyspeptics by Evangelical Messenger

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Nov 13, 1879

Advice to Dyspeptics.

By Evangelical Messenger

Avoid pork, fat meats, grease, gravies, pastries, spices, confectionaries, tea, coffee, alcoholic drinks, beer, malt liquors of all kinds. Let your food be plain, simple, wholesome—chiefly fruits and vegetables. Let your bread be made of unbolted wheat meal. Take your meals regularly; if three, let the supper be very sparing. Eat slowly, lightly, and chew your food thoroughly. Beware of hot food and drinks. Avoid luncheons by all means.

Exercise freely in the open air; never sit moping, but turn your mind entirely from your disease and troubles. Keep regular hours; rise early; exercise half an hour gently before breakfast. Bathe frequently; keep the skin clean and the pores open. Keep the feet dry; let the soles of your shoes be thick, that no dampness may penetrate them. Keep your sitting and sleeping rooms well ventilated. Impure air is enough to kill a well person—it kills thousands. Wear loose-fitting garments, especially about the regions of the lungs and waist. Banish the pipe, quid, and snuff-box, as the plague, forever. Of all the dyspepsia breeders and promoters, nothing exceeds the use of the "Indian Weed." Keep away from the apothecary; avoid all quack medicines and nostrums. Finally, keep a conscience void of offense; pray God to forgive your past sins of gluttony and intemperance; for no one who lives temperately, as he should live, will ever be troubled with dyspepsia. The violation of the law cries out for vengeance—and vengeance it has, sooner or later.—Evangelical Messenger.