I was just reading an article from npr Gut Reaction: Overeating Can Impair Body Function and came to this paragraph quoted below and in particular the sentences I have highlighted in red.



Reading this brought to mind what Ellen wrote along these lines:



I haven't researched the subject, but this is the first time that I have come across anything other then Ellen's statement on the ill effects of ice water with meals. Has any one else read anything on the subject?

Overeating

Thanks Crater for the info on the subject. I am new here and am anxious to get involved in one of my favorite subjects: Our health message.

Here is info I have gathered on the subject:

* Overeating ages people. Let's Live, Oct. 1995.

* Gross overeating in human subjects (gluttony) is quite prevalent. Let's Live, Nov. 1995.

* Ben Franklin: "Mankind eats twice as much as nature requires."

* More die in the U.S. of too much food than of too little. LL. Jan. 1995.

* After a high-fat meal, the body produces an excess of the hormone insulin, which locks fat in the fat cells, contributing to a pot-belly. Higher insulin levels also stimulate the appetite which leads to overeating...Processed foods like sugar and high-fat foods can overstimulate insulin production and appetite. --LL. June 1995.

* Some folks with high cholesterol--above 300--get it up ther by "sheer gluttony." Some people pigging out on foods like steak for breakfast, lunch and supper.

* Overeating is just as dangerous to the heart and arteries as a high-fat diet.

* Large meals put the heart through digestive stress tests. They force the pancreas to crank out lots of insulin. These high insulin levels help clog the arteries. --Prevention, May 1995.

* "More people are killed by overeating and drinking than by the sword." --Sir William Osler.

* Don't overload the circuits by pigging out. Stuffing with too large meals makes you tired. The blood is diverted from the rest of the body, including the brain to help the stomach deal with the log jam of food. --Prevention, March 2002.

* "Big Meal, Bad Heart" - When you consume 50 grams of fat at one sitting--easy to do at one big meal--the arteries lose flexibility for the next 4-hours, a period of time called the heart attack danger zone.. As we get older we need less calories. --Prevention Sept. 2000.

* "Eating too many calories--possibly America's most deadly dietary vice." --Prevention Jan. 2004.

* "When Christ accepted invitations to feasts and gatherings, He did not partake of all the food offered Him, but quietly ate of that which was appropriate for His physical necessities, avoiding the many things that He did not need. His disciples were frequently invited with Him, and His conduct was a lesson to them, teaching them not to indulge appetite by overeating or by eating improper food. He showed them that portions of the food provided could be passed by and portions chosen." Ellen White, 7 Manuscripe Releases, p. 412.

Comment: Overeating is just plain old gluttony, a term we don't hear or use any more. But by the grace and help of the Lord we can overcome in this regard.

Suzanne

Suzanne to the Maritime forums.

Looking forward to your health nuggets and whatever else in the various forums of Maritime.

Something I just read. Does it fit?

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint." ~ Mark Twain

I don't see how it fits here! Do you?

Dont be so upset, its just a thoughtprovoking quote and a question.

Yes, Thomas, it is a helpful warning to have one's health facts accurate.

Gluttony is unwonted, certainly.

Need clarification on one thing: "...a high fat meal...an excess of...insulin..." Is this meal a meal too high in fat while having a majority of carbohydrates - such diets/meals as is officially warned against by government health advice, or a low carb higher fat and mainly protein diet/meal? Two vastly distinct diets, after all: which one is being addressed here?

Also, while cholesterol is largely necessary for the body - cholesterol lowered enough (not sure of the 'level' below average) is a cause of heart disease! - insulin converts excess glucose to fat tissue, not dietary fat to fat tissue! Insulin also extracts fat tissue back to glucose doesn't it, for energy purposes when the dietary supplied glucose is exhausted - that's when one gets a stitch while exercising, after all.

High fat is not automatically gluttony - not if balanced with low carbs for example, so that the food groups aren't imbalanced.

Ensuring good health, if not optimal health, is our task, indeed.

In Malaysias "the sun" daily, obesity is reported as a risk factor for increased mortality in the pig flue.