文档介绍：Food for
Thought
By
Susan Jen
Hartland Publications
A Division of Hartland Institute
Box 1, Rapidan, Virginia 22733, USA
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Food for Thought
Introduction iv
1. Nature’s Harmony 8
2. Nature’s Life Force 16
3. Nature’s Pharmacy 51
4. Nature’s Lament 80
5. Nature’s Rejuvenators 94
6. Epilogue — Light and Enlightenment 118
Chapter Endnotes 122
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TO ALL WHO are seeking to attain wisdom; that it
might be applied to personal development and
aspirations and to nurturing a gracious relationship
toward our fellowman and the we live upon.
Education is not that one knows more– But that one
behaves differently.
John Ruskin
Men and women must be taught to take a careful
review of every habit and practice and to put away
those things that cause an unhealthy condition of the
body and thus cast a dark shadow over the minds.
Ellen White
The body is the only medium through which the
mind and soul are developed for the upbuilding of
character.
Ellen White
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Introduction
THIS BOOK IS not only about food, but is also a thoughtful evaluation of
what governs our food choices. What is your unique template in choosing how
you will be nourished? This is not a small or casual decision. It passes life
and death consequences. It is food which sustains plex interplay of
mind, body, and soul. As science seeks to better understand the microscopic
metabolic processes involved in how diseases develop, it is ing clear that
the kind of food we eat, especially fat, and particularly saturated animal fat, has
impact not only upon such things as hormonal regulation and immunity, but also
has the potential to damage our DNA. To alter DNA is to make an assault on the
major control switch of every cell, which obviously would have critical and
enormous repercussions, one of which may be the ic legacy we pass to
future generations. When we damage our own DNA and weaken our resistance
to disease, how does that influence our children? I have often h