What a pity it is that often, when the greatest self-denial should be exercised, the stomach is crowded with a mass of unhealthful food, which lies there to decompose. The affliction of the stomach affects the brain. The imprudent eater does not realize that he is disqualifying himself for giving wise counsel, disqualifying himself for laying plans for the best advancement of the work of God. But this is so. He cannot discern spiritual things, and in council meetings, when he should say “Yea” and “Amen”, he says “Nay”. He makes propositions that are wide of the mark. The food he has eaten has benumbed his brain power. (2MCP 391.4) MC VC