G.K. Abbott
By G. K. ABBOTT, M.D., Sanitarium, California
Articles by G.K. Abbott
Daily Nutritional Needs*
November 1939
Fasting for short periods is physically beneficial and health promoting for those who overeat. Were it not for overeating, fasting would be largely unnecessary, and entire abstinence from food would be harmful.…
Overloading the Living Machine
October 1939
There is much misunderstanding of the causes of overeating. Certain classes of food, because of stimulating qualities, tempt to overeating and result in perverted appetite. These foods contain nutritional elements which…
Maintaining Rhythm in Digestion*
September 1939
No laws of physiology are more commonly disregarded than those upon which the statements and advice given in this section are based. The first of these laws, concerning the necessary time between meals, is a matter of common knowledge to…
Faulty Food Habits and Disease—No. 2
July 1939
The animal experiments reported in the previous article compared the effects of the diets of India with those of the various classes of the English nation. It seemed from these experiments that the diets of the English…
Faulty Food Habits in Relation to the Incidence of Disease*
June 1939
The following statements show that the universal laws of cause and effect apply also to disease, that man has largely disregarded this inevitable relationship, that he is willingly ignorant in the presence of great light…
Our Duty to Study Physiology*
March 1939
Practically applied physiology is what is evidently meant by the following statement in the book, "Counsels on Diet and Foods:" "Since the laws of nature are the laws of God, it is plainly our duty to give these…
The Matter of Man's Original Diet
January 1939
As announced in these columns last month, it is our plan to provide statements and discussion from a scientific point of view that will parallel and amplify the various subjects found in the Spirit of prophecy,…
Avoid Narrow Views and Deficient Diets
July 1940
Discarding all dairy products and eggs is another extreme which a few overzealous persons have in the past advocated. Fortunately the large majority of Adventists have used good sense and moderation in this…
Avoid Narrow Views and Deficient Diets
June 1940
The history of Christianity is filled with extremes, both fantastic and fanatical. Satan chooses to have it so, and those whom he cannot persuade to reject the word of God he delights to push over into such inconsistencies…
Avoid Narrow Views and Deficient Diets
August 1940
It is also interesting to note the statement from the Testimonies in regard to the use of milk in the preparation of food. "Do not remove milk from the table or forbid its being used in the cooking of…
Infantile Paralysis and Fomentations
April 1942
Those who were trained and able to give hydrotherapy treatments during the great pandemic of influenza of 1918 and 1919, saw many lifesaving results from these simple methods. In 1941 hydrotherapy was again to astonish…
The Wisdom of the Human Body
April 1943
Dr. Richard C. Cabot, professor emeritus of clinical medicine in Harvard Medical School, made this statement before the Massachusetts Medical Society: "A considerable period of residence on the surface of this earth…
Studies in Nutrition and Food
May 1944
One of the most frequently quoted statements -from the Spirit of prophecy on the principles and objectives of healthful living is this: "To make plain natural law, and urge the obedience of it, is a work that accompanies the third angel's…
Studies in Nutrition and Food
June 1944
We read the following illuminating statements from Counsels on Diet and Foods regarding preparation for the second coming of Christ :
"God's people are not prepared for the loud cry of the third angel. They…
Advance Information in Science
March 1946
Forty years of medical and surgical practice, together with much study of the results of research work, has left me with some very settled conclusions regarding the reliability of scientific statements made in…
Now It's the Glands
November 1948
"Formerly, when a child didn't turn out as well as it…
Health Education in Conference Work
March 1938
In the organized work of the conference, health education may be carried on in many different ways, all of which may be made very effectual, and each of which may have its own special advantages. Organized instruction…
Testimonies Scientific Before Science
September 1933
Many principles of health were pointed out in the Testimonies years before science could explain them. What science had demonstrated that whole-wheat bread was more wholesome than white bread as early as the sixties,…
Normal Versus Perverted Appetite
September 1938
Those who try to conform their habits of eating to right principles may often be inclined to think of appetite as something to be controlled, curbed, or denied. But perhaps they do not stop to think that God did…
Our Dual Commission
December 1931
Early in Christ's ministry, He ordained twelve, and "sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick." Special power was given to these chosen ones to fit them for their work. When Jesus sent them out, He…