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MH 309.1
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Many writers and speakers fail here. After eating heartily, they give themselves to sedentary occupations, reading, study, or writing, allowing no time for physical exercise. As a consequence the free flow of thought and words is checked. They cannot write or speak with the force and intensity necessary in order to reach the heart; their efforts are tame and fruitless.
Engaging in sedentary work immediately after a heavy meal without physical exercise checks the free flow of thought and diminishes communicative force. Asserts a direct causal link between heavy meals followed by sedentary work and impaired cognitive or communicative output.
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C19480 · Engaging in sedentary mental work immediately after eating heartily without physical exercise checks the free flow of thought and words, resulting in tame and fruitless efforts.
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MH 309.2
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Those upon whom rest important responsibilities, those, above all, who are guardians of spiritual interests, should be men of keen feeling and quick perception. More than others, they need to be temperate in eating. Rich and luxurious food should have no place upon their tables.
Individuals holding important responsibilities and guarding spiritual interests should practice strict temperance and avoid rich, luxurious food. Preserves ethical and spiritual counsel regarding leadership standards and dietary temperance.
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MH 309.3
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Every day men in positions of trust have decisions to make upon which depend results of great importance. Often they have to think rapidly, and this can be done successfully by those only who practice strict temperance. The mind strengthens under the correct treatment of the physical and mental powers. If the strain is not too great, new vigor comes with every taxation. But often the work of those who have important plans to consider and important decisions to make is affected for evil by the results of improper diet. A disordered stomach produces a disordered, uncertain state of mind. Often it causes irritability, harshness, or injustice. Many a plan that would have been a blessing to the world has been set aside, many unjust, oppressive, even cruel measures have been carried, as the result of diseased conditions due to wrong habits of eating.
Proper physical and mental care, including strict temperance and a healthy diet, strengthens the mind, whereas a disordered stomach causes mental uncertainty, irritability, and poor decision-making. Makes specific empirical assertions relating digestive health to mental state, cognitive processing, and emotional regulation.
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C19500 · A disordered stomach produces a disordered, uncertain state of mind, often causing irritability, harshness, or injustice.
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C19501 · The mind strengthens under the correct treatment of physical and mental powers, gaining new vigor with taxation if the strain is not excessive.
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