SOUTHWESTERN UNION
RECORD
The Temple of God—No. 5
IN SUPPLYING the blood with
building material for this wonderful
body temple we must take care not
only to select the proper foods, but to
combine them in such a way that they
are the most easily digested.
Dr. W. O. Atwater, nutrition expert
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, says, “How much harm
is done by injurious compounds some-
times formed from ordinary whole-
some food is seldom realized.”
The science of food combinations
is not a complicated one. The follow-
ing principles will enable one to avoid
most dangers along this line.
1. Variety. “There should not be a
great variety at any one meal, for this
encourages overeating and causes in-
digestion.” Ministry of Healing, p.
299
Foods are like people, the more you
get together in one place the more
difficult it is for them to agree.
“Do not have too great a variety at
a meal; three or four dishes are
plenty. At the next meal you can
have a change. The cook should tax
her inventive powers to vary the
dishes she prepares for the table, and
the stomach should not be compelled
to take the same foods meal after
meal.” Review and Herald, No. 21,
1884.
“Here is a suggestion for all whose
work is sedentary or chiefly mental;
let those who have sufficient moral
courage and self-control! try it: At
each meal take only two or three
kinds of simple food, and eat no more
than is required to satisfy hunger.
Take active exercise every day, and
see if you do not receive benefit.”
Ministry of Healing, p. 310.
The custom of placing food on the
table in courses is a bad one. ‘Not
knowing what is coming next, one may
eat a sufficiency of food which perhaps
is not the best suited to him. When
the last course is brought on, he often
ventures to overstep the bounds, and
take the tempting dessert, which, how-
ever, proves anything but good for
him. If all the food intended for a
meal is placed on the table at the be-
ginning, one has opportunity to make
the best choice.” Ministry of Healing,
p. 306.
leaves and
2. Fruits and Vegetables. “It is
not well to eat fruit and vegetables
at the same meal. If the digestion
is fezble, the use of both will often
cause distress, and inability to put
forth mental effort. It is better to
have fruit at one meal, and vegetables
at another.” Ministry of Healing p.
299, 300.
Too often we find those who are
attempting to be health reformers
finishing off a vegetable dinner with
apple pie, peach cobbler, fresh or can-
ned fruit, or some other dessert made
from fruit. This is especially harm-
ful on the Sabbath, when our minds
should be clear to receive spiritual
instruction. Notice carefully the
above statement from the Spirit of
prophesy concerning the effect of this
combination on the mind.
If a fruit dessert is desired the fol-
lowing foods may be used for the
main course, as they combine well
with fruit: corn, peas, squash, maca-
roni, rice and all> other cereals,
Vegetables include roots, tubers,
stems. When these are
served; the dessert (if any is desired)
may consist of plain cake, pumpkin
pie, or simple cookies.
I have known a number of cases
where people who were troubled with
headache, “sour stomach” and “gas,”
experienced definite relief after learn-
ing to carry out this principle, eating
fruits at one meal and vegetables at
another.
3. Milk and Sugar. “The free use
of milk and sugar taken together
should be avoided. . Especially
harmful are the custards and pud-
dings in which milk, eggs and sugar
are the chief ingredients.” Ministry
of Healing, p. 302.
Disregarding this instruction often
results in fermentation in the stomach,
causing “heart burn,” “gas,” head-
ache and other unpleasant symptoms.
In carrying out these three great
principles concerning combinations
we should keep in mind that desserts
should be simple, not rich and com-
plicated. They should be occasional,
not a regular article of diet.
In a later article we shall discuss
a balanced diet and give sample
nienus.
W. D. FRAZEE.
Could You be Baptized?
IN A recent Review and Herald,
Elder Bartlett, of Kenya Colony, Af-
rica, reports that “One of the ques-
tions put to every candidate (for bap-
tism) was, ‘How many people have
you won to Christ?”
If you were asked that question as
a prerequisite for your baptism, would
you have been qualified for that rite?
Suppose that you were asked that
question now after all these years of
being a member, would you qualify?
HENRY F. BROWN.
COLPORTEUR REPORT FOR
WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 16, 1935
Ark.-La., D. A. McAdams, Sec.
Hrs. Value Del,
Mrs. M. A. Gillon ........ 43 17.00 5.00
J. E. McBride . .............40 20.50 1.50
C. E. Anderson ............ 36 6.50 ......
Allene Vance ............. 36 22.50 50
C. L. Pope ........ perenne 33 19.00 .....
Leola McDuell ............. 14 10.75
Mrs. L. D. Campbell .12 16.25 3.00
Audrey Reese ............... 4 1.50 6.50
I. A. Christian ........... 3.00 - 3.00
Pearl Pride ................... 5, 80 3
Ruth Johnson -............ 25
Gretchen Williams ...... 25 28.95 5.00
Emily Wright ........... 25 23.85 1.75
Total cco. 273 160.10 37.80
Oklahoma, W. L. Kinder, Sec.
W. H. Johnson .............. 40 29.25  .....
Annie Dingman ............ 32 40.25
Castella Tucker ............ 32 10450 .....
C. R. Hickman .......... 30 46.50 cee
Mrs. S. G. Payne ........ 27 26.75 cree
Leroy Tuttle .................. 20 22.75 rn
Linnie Hymphreys ........ 8 4.75  .....
Mrs, J. W. Grout ........ 40 18.00 7.50
Total ...cocveennnn. 229 292.75 7.50
Texas, A. E. Van Noty, Sec.
Hdgar Jones ............... 27 18.50 14.75
J. B. Church ........... 27 12.75 750
Glenn Cox ..ccocoeveenn. 18 42.25 © 27.90
M. M. Ashley ............ 5 18.50 3.50
Edgar Jones ................ 2 LL. 3.00
G. M. Jorgenson ..... 9.00 9.00
Mrs.. J. O. Chisholm .. 90 80
Total... 79 101.90 65.65
Texico, F. B. Moore, Sec.
Z.H. Ham ................. 48 53.75
Mrs. W. D. Glass .......30 38.00
Mrs. I. D. Linville ..... 20 38.00 .....
Aunie Eubank ....... 21 14.25
H. E. Chavez ............. 23 15.00 .....
F.J. Perea .................. 30 20.25  .....
Sam Mec Cullam ....... 12 18.75 .....
Mathias Vargas .... 30 7.35  .....
Total ....ccoocvvev 214 20535 ....
Grand Total ........... 795 760.10 110.95