Counsels On Diet And
Counsels on Diet andFoodsEllen G. White1938Copyright 2011Ellen G. White Estate, Inc.
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ContentsInformation about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iYou Should Read This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viDates of Writing or First Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiChapter 1—Reasons for Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Chapter 2—Diet and Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36The Relation of Diet to Morals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Chapter 3—Health Reform and the Third Angel’s Message . . . . . 57Chapter 4—The Proper Dietary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Part 2—The Original Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Part 2—The Simple Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Part 3—An Adequate Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Part 4—Diet in Various Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76Chapter 5—Physiology of Digestion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Chapter 6—Improper Eating a Cause of Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Chapter 7—Overeating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Chapter 8—Control of Appetite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Chapter 9—Regularity in Eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Part 1—Number of Meals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Part 2—Eating Between Meals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140Chapter 10—Fasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Chapter 11—Extremes in Diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Chapter 12—Diet During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167Chapter 13—Diet in Childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172Chapter 14—Healthful Cookery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Chapter 15—Health Foods and Hygienic Restaurants . . . . . . . . . 206Chapter 16—Sanitarium Dietary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Chapter 17—Diet a Rational Remedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Chapter 18—Fruits, Cereals, and Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Part 1—Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237Part 2—Grains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Part 3—Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Part 4—Vegetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Chapter 19—Desserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Part 1—Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253iii
ivCounsels on Diet and FoodsPart 2—Milk and Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256Part 3—Pie, Cake, Pastry, Puddings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Chapter 20—Condiments, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Part 1—Spices and Condiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Part 2—Soda and Baking Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Part 3—Salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266Part 4—Pickles and Vinegar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Chapter 21—Fats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Part 1—Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Part 2—Lard and Grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Part 3—Milk and Cream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274Part 4—Olives and Olive Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Chapter 22—Proteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Part 1—Nuts and Nut Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280Part 2—Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Part 3—Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285Chapter 23—Flesh Meats (Proteins Continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Progessive Dietic Reform in Seventh-day AdventistInstitutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Chapter 24—Beverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Part 1—Water Drinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326Part 2—Tea and Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Part 3—Cereal Substitutes for Tea and Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337Part 4—Cider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338Part 5—Fruit Juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342Chapter 25—Teaching Health Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343Part 1—Instruction to be Given on Health Topics . . . . . . . . . . . 343Part 2—How to Present the Principles of Health Reform . . . . . 358Part 3—Cooking Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368Appendix 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Personal Experience of Ellen G. White as a Health Reformer . 376Appendix 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389A Statement by James White Relating to the Teaching ofHealth Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Contentsv[NOTE: It is a matter of historical record that Seventh-day Adventist health institutions in their early days served flesh meat in agreater or lesser degree to patients and helpers. The reform in thisphase of healthful living was progressive. In the older institutions,after a long struggle, flesh meat was eventually discarded from alltables. In the case of the Battle Creek Sanitarium this step was taken in1898, largely in response to counsel from Mrs. White’s pen appearingin this chapter (722). At the St. Helena Sanitarium the change tookplace in 1903. By this time education in the matter of a nonflesh diethad spread widely, and flesh was left out of the dietary of the guestswith less difficulty than if it had been excluded at an earlier date. Itwas a joy to the managers of the older institutions to know that in thenew plants opened at about this time, flesh food was not served to thepatients.]
You Should Read ThisHow This Book Came to BeDecades before many physiologists were concerned with the closerelationship between diet and health, Ellen G. White in her writingsclearly pointed out the connection between the food we eat and ourphysical and spiritual welfare. In her discourses and writings from1863 onward, she discussed frequently the importance of diet and adequate nutrition. Her counsels, as preserved in pamphlets and books,in the journals of the denomination, and in personal testimonies, haveexerted a strong influence on the dietetic habits of Seventh-day Adventists, and indirectly have left their impress upon the general public.Mrs. White’s writings regarding foods and a healthful diet weredrawn together in 1926 in a topically arranged work designed to serveprimarily as a textbook for students of dietetics at the College of Medical Evangelists at Loma Linda. This initial printing, titled TestimonyStudies on Diet and Foods, was soon exhausted.A new and enlarged volume, titled Counsels on Diet and Foods,Appeared in 1938. It was referred to as a “second edition,” and wasprepared under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the EllenG. White Estate. A third edition, printed in a smaller page size toconform to the requirements of the Christian Home Library series, waspublished in 1946. The present edition is the fourth, and involves nochange in text or pagination.This Is a Unique CompilationIn assembling the materials comprising Counsels on Diet andFoods, an effort was made to include the full range of instructionon the subject from Mrs. White’s pen. The resulting compilation is[4] unique among the Ellen G. White books,for it presents the counsels clustered topically under a generalheading, with no attempt to provide a continuity in reading.Each section contains the E. G. White materials that, assembled,make a representative presentation of the topic dealt with. Nothing thatvi
You Should Read Thisviiwould make a substantial contribution has been ignored. Often in theoriginal sources many phases of health instruction are treated togetherin one paragraph. To give all the context in such cases would haveinvolved considerable repetition. Through the use of cross referencessuch repetition is minimized.While the limitations of space and the effort to avoid repetition havemade it inadvisable to include every statement on the more generalphases of the diet question, a complete and comprehensive presentationof the E. G. White teachings has been given.Peril of Taking a Part for the WholeThe fact that this volume is constructed somewhat like an encyclopedia, isolating the major presentations and grouping them by topic,makes it a convenient reference work. But the encyclopedia designalso makes the book one that may easily be misused. To gain theauthor’s intent and the full impact of all her teachings, it is imperativethat the book be studied as a whole.The reader should bear in mind that a single Ellen White statement on some phase of the subject of nutrition may come far short ofexpressing her full intent and understanding of the nutritional needsof the body. For example, in a sentence appearing on page 314 ofthis book, taken from Testimonies for the Church 2:352, she says:“Grains and fruits prepared free from grease, and in as natural a condition as possible, should be the food for the tables of all who claimto be preparing for translation.” In the light of other of her statements,clearly it was not Mrs. White’s intent to teach that those preparingfor translation should reduce their diet to simply” grains and fruits.”Penned in 1869 in the setting of counsel against the use of meat, thisstatement seems to make “grains and fruits” stand for the nonmeat[5]diet. Thestatement does not mention nuts, vegetables, or dairy products, allof which Ellen White recognized as important to a balanced nutritionalprogram.Another statement on the same page (314), written some twentyyears later, in delineating a diet intended to impart nourishment andgive endurance and vigor of intellect, mentions “fruit, grains, andvegetables” prepared with “milk or cream.” Nuts are not mentioned.
viiiCounsels on Diet and FoodsAcross the page in another paragraph written in 1905, “Grains, nuts,vegetables, and fruits” are listed as taking the place of meat. In thisstatement milk is not mentioned. Yet milk is included in her 1909statement that appears on page 355: “Vegetables should be madepalatable with a little milk or cream, or something equivalent. Some,in abstaining from milk, eggs, and butter, have failed to supply the system with proper nourishment, and as a consequence have become weakand unable to work. Thus health reform is brought into disrepute.”There are a number of other instances similar to those cited abovewhere Ellen White does not in a given statement enumerate all the elements of an adequate diet. Care must be exercised to get her completethought on each subject. An isolated statement should not be used byitself, lest the part be taken for the whole.A Call for Everyone to StudyEllen White did not intend that her writings along nutritional linesshould exclude the need for earnest study to find the best and mostagreeable diet, taking advantage of a growing knowledge, and theexperience and investigation of others. She wrote:“To keep the body in a healthy condition, in order that all parts ofthe living machinery may act harmoniously, should be the study of ourlife.”—Page 18.“It is plainly our duty to give these [nature’s] laws careful study.We should study their requirements in regard to our own bodies, andconform to them. Ignorance in these things is sin.”—Ibid.Clearly Mrs. White felt that each person should become well[6] informed, taking advantage of the advancements of sciencein nutritional investigations, so long as the conclusions harmonizewith the counsels given through inspiration.The Hazards of ExtremesEllen White was not slow to point out the hazards of extremes, orinattention, or laxity in providing an adequate diet for the family. Thisfact is illustrated by the statement that the mother “by ill-prepared,unwholesome food” might actually “hinder and even ruin both theadult’s usefulness and the child’s development” (p. 476). In the same
You Should Read Thisixstatement she called for “providing food adapted to the needs of thebody, and at the same time inviting and palatable.”While the reasons for including some dairy products in a balanced,adequate diet were not fully understood, Ellen White spoke in favorof them, and even cautioned against eliminating them. Today in thelight of the knowledge that certain minute nutrients are vital to bodyfunctions, we have a better understanding. Some of these nutrients,while apparently not present in all-vegetable diet, are available inadequate amounts in a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet. This is particularlyimportant to children whose proper development Ellen White statedmight be hindered by “ill-prepared unwholesome food.”Near the turn of the century Ellen White began to write that because of accumulating disease in the animal kingdom all animal foods,including milk, will in time have to be given up (see pp. 356, 357);yet at the same time she repeatedly cautioned against premature stepsin this direction and in 1909 declared that the time will come whensuch may be necessary, but urged against creating perplexity by “premature and extreme restrictions.” She counseled that we “wait untilthe circumstances demand it, and the Lord prepares the way for it”(pp. 355-359).It was the lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet that sustained Ellen White inactive service well into her eighty-eighth year.Employ Sound Principles in StudyCertain sound principles must ever be applied in the study of the[7]dietary counsels found in this book. All theinstructions, as a broad, consistent, well-balanced whole, shouldbe studied with an open mind. Care should be taken to read the entirestatement on a given topic. Then, to gain the full intent of the author,statement should be put with statement. If one statement does notseem to accord with another, the student would do well to trace one,or both, to the original settings.The student should also follow Ellen White’s example in recognizing three basic principles as enumerated on page 481:1. “The diet reform should be progressive.”—The Ministry ofHealing, 320.
xCounsels on Diet and Foods2. “We do not mark out any precise line to be followed in diet.”—Testimonies for the Church 9:159.3. “I make myself a criterion for no one else.”—Letter 45, 1903.A Recommendation for Health ReformTrue diet reform will recommend itself because of its good sense.Its fruitage will be seen in good health, strength, a sweet breath, and asense of well-being. Even the spiritual life may be aided by good healthhabits. It has been gratifying to witness, through the onward marchof scientific study, a full substantiation of many great principles andeven minute points of instruction revealed to Seventh-day Adventiststhrough Ellen White’s inspired pen.That this volume may aid its readers in obtaining better health,both physical and spiritual, is our sincere wish.The Trustees of the Ellen G. White EstateWashington, D. C.September 17, 1976[8]
Dates of Writing or First PublicationAs an aid to the student, the date of writing or of first publicationof each selection is indicated in connection with the source reference.Where articles have been drawn from published volumes, the date ofpublication appears preceding the reference. In the case of the matterdrawn from the periodical articles and the manuscript files, the year ofwriting or of first publication forms a part of the source reference.In a number of instances the articles drawn from later books, suchas “Counsels on health,” Appeared first in works now out of print. Thereference to the current work is given, but the information as to thefirst publication of the article is noted in parentheses in connectionwith the source reference.Compilers.[12][13][14][15]xi
Chapter 1—Reasons for ReformFor the Glory of God1. Only one lease of life is granted us; and the inquiry with everyone should be, “How can I invest my powers so that they may yieldthe greatest profit? How can I do most for the glory of God and thebenefit of my fellow men?” For life is valuable only as it is used forthe attainment of these ends.Our first duty toward God and our fellow beings is that of selfdevelopment. Every faculty with which the Creator has endowed usshould be cultivated to the highest degree of perfection, that we may beable to do the greatest amount of good of which we are capable. Hencethat time is spent to good account which is used in the establishmentand preservation of physical and mental health. We cannot afford todwarf or cripple any function of body or mind. As surely as we dothis, we must suffer the consequences.—[Christian Temperance andBible Hygiene, 41, 42] Counsels on Health, 107, 108, 1890Choice of Life or DeathEvery man has the opportunity, to a great extent, of making himselfwhatever he chooses to be. The blessings of this life, and also of theimmortal state, are within his reach. He may build up a character ofsolid worth, gaining new strength at every step. He may advance dailyin knowledge and wisdom, conscious of new delights as he progresses,adding virtue to virtue, grace to grace. His faculties will improve byuse; the more wisdom he gains, the greater will be his capacity foracquiring. His intelligence, knowledge, and virtue will thus developinto greater strength and more perfect symmetry.On the other hand, he may allow his powers to rust out for wantof use, or to be perverted through evil habits, lack of self-control, ormoral and religious stamina. His course then tends downward; he[16] is disobedient to the law of God and to the laws of health. Appetiteconquers him; inclination carries him away. It is easier for him to allowthe powers of evil, which are always active, to drag him backward,12
Reasons for Reform13than to struggle against them, and go forward. Dissipation, disease,and death follow. This is the history of many lives that might havebeen useful in the cause of God and humanity.Seek for Perfection2. God desires us to reach the standard of perfection made possiblefor us by the gift of Christ. He calls upon us to make our choice onthe right side, to connect with heavenly agencies, to adopt principlesthat will restore in us the divine image. In His written word and in thegreat book of nature He has revealed the principles of life. It is ourwork to obtain a knowledge of these principles, and by obedience tocooperate with Him in restoring health to the body as well as to thesoul.—The Ministry of Healing, 114, 115, 19053. The living organism is God’s property. It belongs to Him bycreation and by redemption; and by a misuse of any of our powers werob God of the honor due to Him.—Letter 73a, 1896A Question of Obedience4. The obligations we owe to God in presenting to Him clean, pure,healthy bodies are not comprehended.—Manuscript 49, 18975. A failure to care for the living machinery is an insult to theCreator. There are divinely appointed rules which if observed willkeep human beings from disease and premature death.—Letter 120,19016. One reason why we do not enjoy more of the blessing of theLord is, we do not heed the light which He has been pleased to giveus in regard to the laws of life and health.—The Review and Herald,[17]May 8, 18837. God is as truly the author of physical laws as He is author ofthe moral law. His law is written with His own finger upon everynerve, every muscle, every faculty, which has been entrusted to man.—Christ’s Object Lessons, 347, 348, 19008. The Creator of man has arranged the living machinery of ourbodies. Every function is wonderfully and wisely made. And Godpledged Himself to keep this human machinery in healthful action ifthe human agent will obey His laws and cooperate with God. Everylaw governing the human machinery is to be considered just as truly
14Counsels on Diet and Foodsdivine in origin, in character, and in importance as the word of God.Every careless, inattentive action, any abuse put upon the Lord’s wonderful mechanism, by disregarding His specified laws in the humanhabitation, is a violation of God’s law. We may behold and admirethe work of God in the natural world, but the human habitation is themost wonderful. [Sin of Taking a Course Which Needlessly ExpendsVitality or Beclouds the Brain—194]9. It is as truly a sin to violate the laws of our being as it is tobreak the ten commandments. To do either is to break God’s laws.Those who transgress the law of God in their physical organism, willbe inclined to violate the law of God spoken from Sinai. [See also 63]Our Saviour warned His disciples that just prior to His secondcoming a state of things would exist very similar to that which precededthe flood. Eating and drinking would be carried to excess, and theworld would be given up to pleasure. This state of things does exist atthe present time. The world is largely given up to the indulgence ofappetite; and the disposition to follow worldly customs will bring usinto bondage to perverted habits,—habits that will make us more andmore like the doomed inhabitants of Sodom. I have wondered that the[18] inhabitants of the earth were not destroyed, like the people of Sodomand Gomorrah. I see reason enough for the present state of degeneracyand mortality in the world. Blind passion controls reason, and everyhigh consideration is, with many, sacrificed to lust.To keep the body in a healthy condition, in order that all parts ofthe living machinery may act harmoniously, should be a study of ourlife. The children of God cannot glorify Him with sickly bodies ordwarfed minds. Those who indulge in any species of intemperance,either in eating or drinking, waste their physical energies and weakenmoral power.—Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 53, 189010. Since the laws of nature are the laws of God, it is plainly ourduty to give these laws careful study. We should study their requirements in regard to our own bodies, and conform to them. Ignorance inthese things is sin. [Willful Ignorance Increases Sin—53]“Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?” “What!know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which isin you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye arebought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in yourspirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:15, 19, 20. Our bodies are
Reasons for Reform15Christ’s purchased property, and we are not at liberty to do with themas we please. Man has done this. He has treated his body as if its lawshad no penalty. Through perverted appetite its organs and powers havebecome enfeebled, diseased, and crippled. And these results whichSatan has brought about by his own specious temptations, he uses totaunt God with. He presents before God the human body that Christhas purchased as His property; and what an unsightly representationof his Maker man is! Because man has sinned against his body, andhas corrupted his ways, God is dishonored.When men and women are truly converted, they will conscientiously regard the laws of life that God has established in their being,thus seeking to avoid physical, mental, and moral feebleness. Obedience to these laws must be made a matter of personal duty. Weourselves must suffer the ills of violated law. We must answer to [19]God for our habits and practices. Therefore, the question for us isnot, “What will the world say?” but, “How shall I, claiming to be aChristian, treat the habitation God has given me? Shall I work for myhighest temporal and spiritual good by keeping my body as a templefor the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, or shall I sacrifice myself to theworld’s ideas and practices?”—Testimonies for the Church 6:369, 370,1900Penalty for Ignorance11. God has formed laws which govern our constitutions, andthese laws which He has placed in our being are divine, and for everytransgression there is affixed a penalty, which must sooner or later berealized. The majority of diseases which the human family have beenand still are suffering under, they have created by ignorance of theirown organic laws. They seem indifferent in regard to the matter ofhealth, and work perseveringly to tear themselves to pieces, and whenbroken down and debilitated in body and mind, send for the doctorand drug themselves to death.—The Health Reformer, October, 1866Not Always Ignorant12. When persons are spoken to on the subject of health, theyoften say, “We know a great deal better than we do.” They do notrealize that they are accountable for every ray of light in regard to their
16Counsels on Diet and Foodsphysical well-being, and that their every habit is open to the inspectionof God. Physical life is not to be treated in a haphazard manner. Everyorgan, every fiber of the being, is to be sacredly guarded from harmfulpractices.—Testimonies for the Church 6:372, 1900Responsibility for Light13. At the time the light of health reform dawned upon us, andsince that time, the questions have come home every day, “Am Ipracticing true temperance in all things?” “Is my diet such as willbring me in a position where I can accomplish the greatest amount[20] of good?” If we cannot answer these questions in the affirmative, westand condemned before God, for He will hold us all responsible forthe light which has shone upon our path. The time of ignorance Godwinked at, but as fast as light shines upon us, He requires us to changeour health-destroying habits, and place ourselves in a right relation tophysical laws.—Good Health, November, 188014. Health is a treasure. Of all temporal possessions it is the mostprecious. Wealth, learning, and honor are dearly purchased at the lossof the vigor of health. None of these can secure happiness, if health islacking. It is a terrible sin to abuse the health that God has given us;such abuses enfeeble us for life, and make us losers, even if we gainby such means any amount of education. [Examples of Suffering Dueto Disregarding Light—119, 204]15. God has bountifully provided for the sustenance and happinessof all His creatures; if His laws were never violated, if all acted inharmony with the divine will, health, peace, and happiness, instead ofmisery and continual evil, would be the result.—Christian Temperanceand Bible Hygiene, 151, 189016. A careful conformity to the laws God has implanted in ourbeing, will ensure health, and there will not be a breaking down ofthe constitution. [Health Reform the Lord’s Means of LesseningSuffering—788]An Offering Without Blemish17. In the ancient Jewish service it was required that every sacrificeshould be without blemish. In the text we are told to present our bodiesa living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable
Reasons for Reform17service. We are God’s workmanship. The psalmist, meditating uponthe marvelous work of God in the human frame, exclaimed,“I amfearfully and wonderfully made.” There are many who are educatedin the sciences and are familiar with the theory of the truth, who donot understand the laws that govern their own being. God has given [21]us faculties and talents; and it is our duty, as His sons and daughters,to make the best use of them. If we weaken these powers of mind orbody by wrong habits or indulgence of perverted appetite, it will beimpossible for us to honor God as we should.—Christian Temperanceand Bible Hygiene, 15, 189018. God requires the body to be rendered a living sacrifice to Him,not a dead or a dying sacrifice. The offerings of the ancient Hebrewswere to be without blemish, and will it b
Studies on Diet and Foods, was soon exhausted. A new and enlarged volume, titled Counsels on Diet and Foods, Appeared in 1938. It was referred to as a “second edition,” and was prepared under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Ellen G. White E
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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods, was soon exhausted. A new and enlarged volume, titled Counsels on Diet and Foods, Appeared in 1938. It was referred to as a “second edition,” and was prepared under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Ellen G. White Estate. A third edition, printed in a smaller pageFile Size: 1MBPage Count: 408Explore furtherCounsels on Diet and Foods — Ellen G. White Writingsm.egwwritings.orgCounsels on Diet and Foods — Ellen G. White Writingsm.egwwritings.orgEllen G. White Estate: A STUDY GUIDE - Counsels on Diet .whiteestate.orgCounsels on Diet and Foods (1938) Version 105www.centrowhite.org.brRecommended to you b
Counsels on Diet & Foods: (a reference book of EGW's counsels on how one's diet relates to healthful living) Counsels on Health: (counsels on diet, physical activity, sanitariums, physicians, nurses, and health principles) Healthful Living: (a compilation in the most concise and condensed form taken from EGW’s various teachings on health,
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Counsels on Diet and Foods (1938) Table of Contents Contents by Sections . . SUCH AS "COUNSELS ON HEALTH," APPEARED FIRST IN WORKS NOW OUT OF PRINT. THE REFERENCE TO THE CURRENT WORK IS GIVEN, BUT THE INFORMATI
diet. Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 126. Vegetables, fruits, and grains should compose our diet. Not an ounce of flesh meat should enter our stomachs. The eating of flesh is unnatural. We are to return to God’s original purpose in the creation of man. Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 380.
"Counsels on Diet and Foods" "Counsels on Health" "Temperance" "The Story of Our Health Message" There are sections and chapters to be found in: "The Testimonies" "Evangelism" "Christian Service" "Selected Messages" 1 and 2 "Counsels to Teachers" "Welfare Ministry" "Testimony Treasures" "
