Just as we want all the parts of our automobiles to be in good working order before a long journey, so are we to keep our bodies in a healthy condition, so that all parts of our living machinery can wok harmoniously through many years. Health is the most precious of all temporal possessions and God has given us laws of nature—which are the laws of God—to promote our well-being and happiness, and to do service for Him.
God knows what foods are best for us. In His original plan, grains, fruits, and nuts constituted the diet chosen for us by Him. He said, “I have given you every herb bearing seed…and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat” (Genesis 1:29). After the curse of sin, Adam received permission to eat also “the herb of the field,” or vegetables (Genesis 3:18).
How, what, and when we eat are all important to God. One of the most terrible abuses of the stomach is eating irregularly and between meals because the stomach is a muscle that must have regular periods of labor and rest. It is a habit for most people to eat a very sparing breakfast and a large dinner later in the evening, not to mention snacks in between. The very opposite would be the most beneficial to health.
Breakfast should be the heartiest meal of the day. It would not be logical to get into your automobile to start a long journey and fill it with fuel at the journey’s end. It needs to be serviced and “fed” with fuel at the beginning, just like the human body.
At breakfast time the stomach is in a better condition to digest more food than at the second or third meal of the day because it is literally breaking an overnight fast. Various scientific studies show conclusively that eating an adequate breakfast better sustains the body to do more work during the entire day with less tiredness and more energy, less fatigue, and better mental attainments. So make breakfast your heartiest meal, supplying at least 30% of the day’s calories and nutrients. Eat whole grain cereals, healthy waffles, and breads; soy or nut milk products, nuts or nut butters; and delicious fresh or dried fruits.
A hearty breakfast, taken early in the morning, can give you the energy for brain and muscle tissue required for the day. It will guard against the bad habit of snacking in between meals and will amply sustain mental and physical labor until the next meal, which should be at least five hours later. This will allow time for the stomach to perform its work completely and be in a condition to receive more food. Remember, the old adage “breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and supper like a pauper.”
We are to be workers together with God for the restoration of health to the body as well as to the soul: “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).
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Muesli
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