Why should you avoid eating just before bedtime?—"Because, while I am asleep, the stomach cannot do the work of
changing the food as it ought to be changed; because the stomach should rest with the other parts of the body."
Why should you breathe pure air?—"Because pure air helps to make pure blood, which the stomach needs to make it strong and healthy."
Why should you sit, stand, and walk erect?—"That the stomach may not be crowded out of its place, or pressed upon by other parts of the body."
In what way does tobacco hurt the stomach?—"It poisons the saliva and prevents it from preparing the food to enter the stomach."
What harm does tobacco do inside the stomach?—"It weakens the stomach and makes it unfit to change the food into chyme."
How will wise children treat tobacco?—"Let it alone. They will not chew, snuff, or smoke the vile weed."
Is alcohol food or poison?—"It is poison."
How do we know it is not food?—"Because it cannot be changed into blood."
How has this been proved?—"Alcohol has been found in the brain, and other parts of drunkards, with the same smell and the same power to burn easily which it had when it was taken into the mouth."