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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 9:45:02 GMT -5
Is it just a coincidence or does "the work" break down one's nerves creating nervous reactions to certain foods? I can think of a few workers who later married and the allergic reactions towards certain foods dissipated. I know there are a few health conscious workers who want to eat healthy and drink water in order to have a long productive life in the work/ministry.Sometimes when one is present for a meal, they may break over and have a soda and candy bar.
I am no doctor so I don't know exactly how the body acts and reacts under untold stress. And does the work have to be so stressful? Maybe a good vacation would help. I feel sorry for the workers who can't or won't eat this or that and I also feel sorry for the ladies of the home trying to work around different food allergies.
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Post by responding on Apr 16, 2015 10:11:01 GMT -5
I don't have any statistics to go on, but it stands to reason that workers' health problems will be more exposed, from the simple fact that they are in so many different homes. Most people on diets of various kinds don't have a reason to make it known outside of their family circle. It's often considered an idiosyncrasy or weakness to avoid certain foods for health reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 11:20:49 GMT -5
Yes, that is possibly the case. But at your lunch table at the factory or office, is food allergies a big issue? If Samantha at the bank is ordering pizza, do you hear "I can't have anything with cheese"? I don't doubt that some people (professing or not) are more concerned about their health than others. I wonder if the stress of being in different people's homes and being at some appointment (meal, meeting or funeral) breaks down the nervous system leading to unnecessary health issues. For those of you who were in the work, did you develop any illnesses that went away after leaving the work?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 11:26:00 GMT -5
If anyone here is experienced with the issues of food allergies, I would love to hear your input. This is something that has concerned me..is it a coincidence that some have allergies as food allergies exist outside of the fellowship. I heard an older teacher complaining about how when she first started teaching, she never heard much about allergies. And how now any treat she gives to her students, someone will say "I am allergic to peanuts" or whatever it is.We have become an over-stressed society-knowing a level of stress our great grandparents wouldn't have ever imagined. Stress is killing us. And I believe the workers have created unnecessary stress with many aspects of their ministry.
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Post by rational on Apr 16, 2015 12:42:47 GMT -5
If anyone here is experienced with the issues of food allergies, I would love to hear your input. This is something that has concerned me..is it a coincidence that some have allergies as food allergies exist outside of the fellowship. I heard an older teacher complaining about how when she first started teaching, she never heard much about allergies. And how now any treat she gives to her students, someone will say "I am allergic to peanuts" or whatever it is.We have become an over-stressed society-knowing a level of stress our great grandparents wouldn't have ever imagined. Stress is killing us. And I believe the workers have created unnecessary stress with many aspects of their ministry. Here is some background.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 14:04:01 GMT -5
It's not only food allergies among workers that we should be concerned about. I have also noticed that a higher proportion of workers have one arm longer than the other compared to the rest of the population. Now I am no doctor either but I reckon this could be as a result of long periods spent preaching while standing holding a bible in one hand and nothing in the other. If the average worker preaches for twenty minutes per mission and holds three missions per week that's a total of about fifty hours annually. Given that most workers seem to live quite a long time irrespective of their food allergies, over a career of fifty years that's a total of two thousand five hundred hours (nearly forty days by my calculations) having a heavy weight bearing down on one arm and nothing on the other. It makes you think doesn't it. Is it any wonder limb length discrepancy is so rampant? I can just imagine the difficulty this causes workers trying to keep fit by doing press ups, particularly in an upstairs bedroom when trying to be discreet. Is it any wonder so many workers are over weight? I would suggest therefore that workers either alternate the hand in which they hold the bible when preaching or get one of those smaller New Testament and Psalms things. They're so much lighter and easier to fit in the pocket. Personally I never found losing most of the Old Testament to be too restrictive and could always find something inspiring to share with the group from the New Testament. Plus the NT tends to be less far fetched than the OT so it's probably more suitable for a mission in that it's almost believable, particularly if you can resist delving into that stuff about Lazarus or the Book of Revelations. For more information on limb length discrepancy please note the link below. Matt10 orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00259
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2015 18:10:16 GMT -5
I hate to see someone ruin their health and nerves even if they believe with all their heart and mind that a greater reward awaits them after death. When you had 2 in a field with different food allergies, it sure made it hard on the poor cook!!
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Apr 18, 2015 6:28:24 GMT -5
I was always amused at how one or two workers when coming for a visit would request a particular food and disparage other food. As we grew most of our own veges and ate what was available at the time I felt that they ought to accept what was on the table. One bloke got quite miffed and was treated exactly the same as i would one of my children. (If you don't like it then you are welcome to go hungry). Maybe I was a bit harsh but I found that some were prima donnas, full of their own importance in the scheme of things. I think the word to describe it is hubris.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 7:06:16 GMT -5
Food allergies and intolerances are certainly more common today than they were 20 years ago, but I don't believe it's restricted to any particular group of people, although obviously stress can aggravate digestive issues. Diabetes seems to be more common too, perhaps that has something to do with the high sugar consumption nowadays. There are some interesting points in this Mercola article, suggesting the quality of our food, added pesticides etc, has led to increased allergies. articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/14/why-are-there-so-many-food-allergies-now.aspxIt can be a challenge to cook for people on restricted diets, but it's part of life nowadays. Personally, I like to feed my guests with food that they will enjoy. I wouldn't want anyone to compromise their health by eating something in my house for politeness sake, knowing they'd suffer for it afterwards. After all, we live in a country where food is plentiful.
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Post by Gene on Apr 18, 2015 7:41:40 GMT -5
Several older workers snore loudly.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 14:03:18 GMT -5
This food allergies thing seems to increase among the workers in the 20th century. As a child, I remember some hearty eaters who would eat anything not nailed down. Seems like in the last 10-15 years, the number of workers on restricted diets increased exponentially. Is food allergies the first sign and symptom of someone ready to exit "the work?" Could they be able to stay in the work for long periods of time if they began to have issues with various foods??? Stress can harm each and every bodily symptom depending upon the person as every person has their tolerance to stress.
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Post by emy on Apr 18, 2015 14:09:41 GMT -5
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Post by snow on Apr 18, 2015 14:17:42 GMT -5
Several older workers snore loudly. I have knowledge of a certain Sunday morning meeting elder that snored loudly too! Must have been all that stress of having me for a kid...
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Post by BobWilliston on Apr 18, 2015 17:24:36 GMT -5
Several older workers snore loudly. I know a lot of workers who sleep with ear plugs.
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Post by emy on Apr 18, 2015 17:58:08 GMT -5
I know a few wives who sleep with earplugs!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2015 18:09:35 GMT -5
Several older workers snore loudly. I have knowledge of a certain Sunday morning meeting elder that snored loudly too! Must have been all that stress of having me for a kid... Wow! Did the singing not awaken him? He must have been in the habit of testing the wine before meetings.
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Post by snow on Apr 18, 2015 20:02:55 GMT -5
I have knowledge of a certain Sunday morning meeting elder that snored loudly too! Must have been all that stress of having me for a kid... Wow! Did the singing not awaken him? He must have been in the habit of testing the wine before meetings. haha no the Sunday Morning Meeting elder was my father and so I had first hand knowledge. As far as I know he never fell asleep in meetings!
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Post by bubbles on Apr 18, 2015 23:42:48 GMT -5
I know a few wives who sleep with earplugs! Lol...and I know some who wear blinkers over their eyes to sleep. The snorers may need a Cpap. I know a few couples who end up in sep bedrooms because of the snorer intolerance.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 0:47:38 GMT -5
not really that hard to tell, it's all of the rubbish they have now added by the way of chemicals for better crops. bottom line the almighty dollar
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Post by curlywurlysammagee on Apr 19, 2015 0:53:11 GMT -5
not really that hard to tell, it's all of the rubbish they have now added by the way of chemicals for better crops. bottom line the almighty dollar wow Virgo, I am just going to chalk up a first for you and me, well done sweety.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 4:56:53 GMT -5
I hate to see someone ruin their health and nerves even if they believe with all their heart and mind that a greater reward awaits them after death. When you had 2 in a field with different food allergies, it sure made it hard on the poor cook!! It sure is, but that is part of living, one man's meat can be another man's poison, unfortunately so. I was quite fond of sea foods, and so is my daughter, but on two occasions she gave me a mixture including Mussles and made me I'll; the second time I ended up in casualty at a hospital followed by a colonoscopy; that has put me off sea foods for life.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 9:28:25 GMT -5
"Several older workers snore loudly."
From my experience, some younger ones do, too!
Soon learned the value of ear plugs and how to use them!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 20:25:15 GMT -5
Come on Gene, why did you hijack the thread? Back to the original topic, it is a sad thing if a food allergy arises in the work and leave when people leave the work. It says something about the stress level of the ministry. I wonder how many illnesses and problems some carry with them years after the work, though.
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Post by logain on Apr 20, 2015 0:06:55 GMT -5
It seems that food allergies (and sensitivities) are increasingly prevalent in every group of people not just workers.
But many people are able to manage and cope just fine by adhering to a very specific diet and sleep schedule. This is hardly an option for those in the work.
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Post by Gene on Apr 20, 2015 18:51:27 GMT -5
Come on Gene, why did you hijack the thread? Back to the original topic, it is a sad thing if a food allergy arises in the work and leave when people leave the work. It says something about the stress level of the ministry. I wonder how many illnesses and problems some carry with them years after the work, though. I apologize, Walker. It wasn't a very nice thing for me to do.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2015 22:35:28 GMT -5
Yes, that is possibly the case. But at your lunch table at the factory or office, is food allergies a big issue? If Samantha at the bank is ordering pizza, do you hear "I can't have anything with cheese"? I don't doubt that some people (professing or not) are more concerned about their health than others. I wonder if the stress of being in different people's homes and being at some appointment (meal, meeting or funeral) breaks down the nervous system leading to unnecessary health issues. For those of you who were in the work, did you develop any illnesses that went away after leaving the work? Do 4 broken bones in the lower spine count?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2015 20:16:12 GMT -5
I have seen and heard about people leaving the work with all kinds of baggage both physical and emotional. Some are unable to being working at a job right away.Many live with less financially due to years in the "work". Yet even now young people offer and probably don't know how this will affect them.
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Post by rjkee on Apr 29, 2015 11:57:35 GMT -5
It's not only food allergies among workers that we should be concerned about. I have also noticed that a higher proportion of workers have one arm longer than the other compared to the rest of the population. Now I am no doctor either but I reckon this could be as a result of long periods spent preaching while standing holding a bible in one hand and nothing in the other. If the average worker preaches for twenty minutes per mission and holds three missions per week that's a total of about fifty hours annually. Given that most workers seem to live quite a long time irrespective of their food allergies, over a career of fifty years that's a total of two thousand five hundred hours (nearly forty days by my calculations) having a heavy weight bearing down on one arm and nothing on the other. It makes you think doesn't it. Is it any wonder limb length discrepancy is so rampant? I can just imagine the difficulty this causes workers trying to keep fit by doing press ups, particularly in an upstairs bedroom when trying to be discreet. Is it any wonder so many workers are over weight? I would suggest therefore that workers either alternate the hand in which they hold the bible when preaching or get one of those smaller New Testament and Psalms things. They're so much lighter and easier to fit in the pocket. Personally I never found losing most of the Old Testament to be too restrictive and could always find something inspiring to share with the group from the New Testament. Plus the NT tends to be less far fetched than the OT so it's probably more suitable for a mission in that it's almost believable, particularly if you can resist delving into that stuff about Lazarus or the Book of Revelations. For more information on limb length discrepancy please note the link below. Matt10 orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00259Your post reminded me of the wild haggis and dahu - see wild haggis and dahu
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