Counsels on Diet and Foods (1938) - EllenWhiteDefend

[Pages:374]Counsels on Diet and Foods (1938)

Table of Contents Contents by Sections

I Reasons for Reform ............................................

15

II Diet and Spirituality .........................................

43

The Relation of Diet to Morals .............................

60

III Health Reform and the Third Angel's Message ........... 69

IV The Proper Dietary ............................................

81

I The Original Diet ......................................

81

II The Simple Diet ........................................

82

III An Adequate Diet .......................................

91

IV Diet in Various Countries ..............................

94

V Physiology of Digestion ...................................... 101

VI Improper Eating a Cause of Disease ...........................117

VII Overeating ...................................................

131

VIII Control of Appetite ..........................................

145

IX Regularity in Eating .........................................

173

I Number of Meals ........................................

173

II Eating Between Meals ...................................

179

X Fasting ......................................................

185

XI Extremes in Diet .............................................

195

XII Diet During Pregnancy ........................................ 217

XIII Diet in Childhood ............................................

225

XIV Healthful Cookery ............................................

251

XV Health Foods and Hygienic Restaurants ................... 267

XVI Sanitarium Dietary ........................................... 281

XVII Diet a Rational Remedy .......................................

301

XVIII Fruits, Cereals, and Vegetables .............................. 309

I Fruits ................................................

309

II Grains ................................................

313

III Bread .................................................

315

IV Vegetables ............................................

321

XIX Desserts .....................................................

327

I Sugar..................................................

327

II Milk and Sugar ........................................

330

III Pie, Cake, Pastry, Puddings ...........................

331

XX Condiments, Etc. .............................................

339

I Spices and Condiments .................................

339

II Soda and Baking Powder ................................

342

III Salt ..................................................

344

IV Pickles and Vinegar ...................................

345

XXI Fats .........................................................

349

I Butter ................................................

349

II Lard and Grease .......................................

353

III Milk and Cream ........................................

355

IV Olives and Olive Oil ..................................

359

XXII Proteins .....................................................

363

I Nuts and Nut Foods ....................................

363

II Eggs ..................................................

365

III Cheese ................................................

368

XXIII Flesh Meats (Proteins Continued)............................ 373

Progressive Dietetic Reform in Seventh-day

Adventist Institutions .....................................

405

XXIV Beverages ....................................................

419

I Water Drinking ........................................

419

II Tea and Coffee ........................................

420

III Cereal Substitutes for Tea and Coffee ................. 431

IV Cider .................................................

432

V Fruit Juice ...........................................

436

XXV Teaching Health Principles ...................................

441

I Instruction to Be Given on Health

Topics ................................................

441

II How to Present the Principles of

Health Reform .........................................

457

III Cooking Schools .......................................

469

Appendix

I Personal Experience of Ellen G. White as a Health Reformer .......................

481

II A Statement by James White Relating to the Teaching of Health Reform .

495

AS AN AID TO THE STUDENT, THE DATE OF WRITING OR OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF EACH SELECTION IS INDICATED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOURCE REFERENCE. WHERE ARTICLES HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM PUBLISHED VOLUMES, THE DATE OF PUBLICATION APPEARS PRECEDING THE REFERENCE. IN THE CASE OF THE MATTER DRAWN FROM THE PERIODICAL ARTICLES AND THE MANUSCRIPT FILES, THE YEAR OF WRITING OR OF FIRST PUBLICATION FORMS A PART OF THE SOURCE REFERENCE. IN A NUMBER OF INSTANCES THE ARTICLES DRAWN FROM LATER BOOKS, SUCH AS "COUNSELS ON HEALTH," APPEARED FIRST IN WORKS NOW OUT OF PRINT. THE REFERENCE TO THE CURRENT WORK IS GIVEN, BUT THE INFORMATION AS TO THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE ARTICLE IS NOTED IN PARENTHESES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOURCE REFERENCE. COMPILERS.

KEY TO CREDITS AND ABBREVIATIONS:

THE ARTICLES COMPRISING THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN GATHERED FROM THE ELLEN G. WHITE WRITINGS AS THEY APPEAR IN CURRENT BOOKS, BOOKS

NOW OUT OF PRINT, PERIODICAL ARTICLES, PAMPHLETS, AND THE E. G. WHITE MANUSCRIPT FILES. IN EACH CASE THE SOURCE OF THE SELECTION IS GIVEN. THE FOLLOWING ABBREVIATIONS TO SOURCES HAVE BEEN USED:

C.O.L.--"CHRIST'S OBJECT LESSONS" C.T.B.H.--"CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE AND BIBLE HYGIENE" [OUT OF PRINT.] C.H.--"COUNSELS ON HEALTH" C.T.--"COUNSELS TO TEACHERS" D.A.--"THE DESIRE OF AGES" ED.--"EDUCATION" E. FROM U.T.--EXTRACTS FROM UNPUBLISHED TESTIMONIES IN REGARD TO FLESH FOODS [OUT OF PRINT.] F.E.--"FUNDAMENTALS OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION" G.W.--"GOSPEL WORKERS" H. TO L.--"HOW TO LIVE" [OUT OF PRINT.] (SIX PAMPHLETS) LETTER--STATEMENT FROM E. G. WHITE MANUSCRIPT FILES [+ THE SOURCE OF ARTICLES SELECTED FROM THE MANUSCRIPT FILES IS INDICATED BY THE USE OF THE FILE NUMBER OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AS THEY APPEAR IN THE ELLEN G. WHITE FILES IN THE WHITE ESTATE OFFICE, SUCH AS LETTER 3, 1884, AND MS 49, 1908.] L. & T.--"LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF ELLEN G. WHITE" MS.--STATEMENT FROM THE E. G. WHITE MANUSCRIPT FILES [+ THE SOURCE OF ARTICLES SELECTED FROM THE MANUSCRIPT FILES IS INDICATED BY THE USE OF THE FILE NUMBER OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS AS THEY APPEAR IN THE ELLEN G. WHITE FILES IN THE WHITE ESTATE OFFICE, SUCH AS LETTER 3, 1884, AND MS 49, 1908.] M.H.--"MINISTRY OF HEALING" M.M.--"MEDICAL MINISTRY" R. & H.--REVIEW AND HERALD SP. GIFTS IV--"SPIRITUAL GIFTS," VOL. IV (ALSO REFERRED TO AS "FACTS OF FAITH," VOL. II) 1T--"TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH," VOL. 1 Y.I.--YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR

Chapter 1 - Reasons for Reform For the Glory of God

[C.T.B.H. 41, 42] (1890) C.H. 107, 108 I. Only one lease of life is granted us; and the inquiry with every one should be, "How can I invest my powers so that they may yield the greatest profit? How can I do most for the glory of God and the benefit of my fellow men?" For life is valuable only as it is used for the attainment of these ends.

(15.1)

Our first duty toward God and our fellow beings is that of self-development. Every

faculty with which the Creator has endowed us should be cultivated to the highest degree of perfection, that we may be able to do the greatest amount of good of which we are capable. Hence that time is spent to good account which is used in the establishment and preservation of physical and mental health. We cannot afford to dwarf or cripple any function of body or mind. As surely as we do this, we must suffer the consequences.

(15.2)

Choice of Life or Death

Every man has the opportunity, to a great extent, of making himself whatever he chooses to be. The blessings of this life, and also of the immortal state, are within his reach. He may build up a character of solid worth, gaining new strength at every step. He may advance daily in knowledge and wisdom, conscious of new delights as he progresses, adding virtue to virtue, grace to grace. His faculties will improve by use; the more wisdom he gains, the greater will be his capacity for acquiring. His intelligence, knowledge, and virtue will thus develop into greater strength and more perfect symmetry.

(15.3)

On the other hand, he may allow his powers to rust out for want of use, or to be perverted through evil habits, lack of self-control, or moral and religious stamina. His course then tends downward; he is disobedient to the law of God and 16 to the laws of health. Appetite conquers him; inclination carries him away. It is easier for him to allow the powers of evil, which are always active, to drag him backward, than to struggle against them, and go forward. Dissipation, disease, and death follow. This is the history of many lives that might have been useful in the cause of God and humanity.

(15.4)

Seek for Perfection

(1905) M.H. 114, 115 2. God desires us to reach the standard of perfection made possible for us by the gift of Christ. He calls upon us to make our choice on the right side, to connect with heavenly agencies, to adopt principles that will restore in us the divine image. In His written word and in the great book of nature He has revealed the principles of life. It is our work to obtain a knowledge of these principles, and by obedience to cooperate with Him in restoring health to the body as well as to the soul.

(16.1)

Letter 73a, 1896

3. The living organism is God's property. It belongs to Him by creation and by redemption; and by a misuse of any of our powers we rob God of the honor due to Him.

(16.2)

A Question of Obedience

MS 49, 1897 4. The obligations we owe to God in presenting to Him clean, pure, healthy bodies are not comprehended.

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Letter 120, 1901 5. A failure to care for the living machinery is an insult to the Creator. There are divinely appointed rules which if observed will keep human beings from disease and premature death.

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R. & H., May 8, 1883 6. One reason why we do not enjoy more of the blessing of the Lord is, we do not heed the light which He has been pleased to give us in regard to the laws of life and health. 17

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(1900) C.O.L. 347, 348 7. God is as truly the author of physical laws as He is author of the moral law. His law is written with His own finger upon every nerve, every muscle, every faculty, which has been entrusted to man.

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MS 3, 1897 8. The Creator of man has arranged the living machinery of our bodies. Every function is wonderfully and wisely made. And God pledged Himself to keep this human machinery in healthful action if the human agent will obey His laws and cooperate with God. Every law governing the human machinery is to be considered just as truly divine 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 human habitation, is a violation of God's law. We may behold and admire the work of God in the natural world, but the human habitation is the most wonderful. [SIN OF TAKING A COURSE WHICH NEEDLESSLY EXPENDS VITALITY OR BECLOUDS THE BRAIN--194]

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(1890) C.T.B.H. 53 9. It is as truly a sin to violate the laws of our being as it is to break the ten commandments. To do either is to break God's laws. Those who transgress the law of God in their physical organism, will be inclined to violate the law of God spoken from Sinai. [SEE ALSO 63]

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Our Saviour warned His disciples that just prior to His second coming a state of things would exist very similar to that which preceded the flood. Eating and drinking would be carried to excess, and the world would be given up to pleasure. This state of things does exist at the present time. The world is largely given up to the indulgence of appetite; and the disposition to follow worldly customs will bring us into bondage to perverted habits,--habits that will make us more and more like the doomed inhabitants of Sodom. I have wondered that the inhabitants of the earth were not 18 destroyed, like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. I see reason enough for the present state of degeneracy and mortality in the world. Blind passion controls reason, and every high consideration is, with many, sacrificed to lust.

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To keep the body in a healthy condition, in order that all parts of the living machinery may act harmoniously, should be a study of our life. The children of God cannot glorify Him with sickly bodies or dwarfed minds. Those who indulge in any species of intemperance, either in eating or drinking, waste their physical energies and weaken moral power.

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(1900) 6T 369, 370 10. Since the laws of nature are the laws of God, it is plainly our duty to give these laws careful study. We should study their requirements in regard to our own bodies, and conform to them. Ignorance in these things is sin. [WILLFUL IGNORANCE INCREASES SIN--53]

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"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 is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." 1 Cor. 6:15, 19, 20. Our bodies are Christ's purchased property, and we are not at liberty to do with them as we please. Man has done this. He

has treated his body as if its laws had no penalty. Through perverted appetite its organs and powers have become enfeebled, diseased, and crippled. And these results which Satan has brought about by his own specious temptations, he uses to taunt God with. He presents before God the human body that Christ has purchased as His property; and what an unsightly representation of his Maker man is! Because man has sinned against his body, and has corrupted his ways, God is dishonored.

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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. We ourselves must suffer the ills of 19 violated law. We must answer to God for our habits and practices. Therefore, the question for us is not, "What will the world say?" but, "How shall I, claiming to be a Christian, treat the habitation God has given me? Shall I work for my highest temporal and spiritual good by keeping my body as a temple for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, or shall I sacrifice myself to the world's ideas and practices?"

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Penalty for Ignorance

Health Reformer, October, 1866 II. God has formed laws which govern our constitutions, and these laws which He has placed in our being are divine, and for every transgression there is affixed a penalty, which must sooner or later be realized. The majority of diseases which the human family have been and still are suffering under, they have created by ignorance of their own organic laws. They seem indifferent in regard to the matter of health, and work perseveringly to tear themselves to pieces, and when broken down and debilitated in body and mind, send for the doctor and drug themselves to death.

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Not Always Ignorant

(1900) 6T 372 12. When persons are spoken to on the subject of health, they often say, "We know a great deal better than we do." They do not realize that they are accountable for every ray of light in regard to their physical well-being, and that their every habit is open to the inspection of God. Physical life is not to be treated in a haphazard manner. Every organ, every fiber of the being, is to be sacredly guarded from harmful practices.

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Responsibility for Light

Good Health, November, 1880 13. At the time the light of health reform dawned upon us, and since that time, the questions have come home every day, "Am I practicing true temperance in all things?" "Is my diet such as will bring me in a position where I can accomplish the greatest amount of good?" If we cannot 20 answer these questions in the affirmative, we stand condemned before God, for He will hold us all responsible for the light which has shone upon our path. The time of ignorance God winked at, but as fast as light shines upon us, He requires us to change our health-destroying habits, and place ourselves in a right relation to physical laws.

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(1890) C.T.B.H. 150 14. Health is a treasure. Of all temporal possessions it is the most precious. Wealth, learning, and honor are dearly purchased at the loss of the vigor of health. None of these can secure happiness, if health is lacking. 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 gain by such means any amount of education. [EXAMPLES OF SUFFERING DUE TO DISREGARDING LIGHT--119, 204]

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(1890) C.T.B.H. 151 15. God has bountifully provided for the sustenance and happiness of all His creatures; if His laws were never violated, if all acted in harmony with the divine will, health, peace, and happiness, instead of misery and continual evil, would be the result.

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Health Reformer, August, 1866 16. A careful conformity to the laws God has implanted in our being, will ensure health, and there will not be a breaking down of the constitution. [HEALTH REFORM THE LORD'S MEANS OF LESSENING SUFFERING--788]

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An Offering Without Blemish

(1890) C.T.B.H. 15 17. In the ancient Jewish service it was required that every sacrifice should be without blemish. In the text we are told to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service. We are God's workmanship. The psalmist, meditating upon the marvelous work of God in the human frame, exclaimed,"I am

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