Chapter 31—Nuts and Nut Foods
Manuscript 27, 1906
In grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts are to be found all the food
elements that we need. If we will come to the Lord in simplicity of
mind, He will teach us how to prepare wholesome food free from the
taint of flesh-meat.
The Ministry of Healing, 296
Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute the diet chosen for
us by our Creator. These foods, prepared in as simple and natural
a manner as possible, are the most healthful and nourishing. They
impart a strength, a power of endurance, and a vigor of intellect, that
are not afforded by a more complex and stimulating diet.
The Ministry of Healing, 297-298
God has given us an ample variety of healthful foods and each
person should choose from it the things that experience and sound
judgment prove to be best suited to his own necessities.
Nature’s abundant supply of fruits, nuts, and grains is ample, and
year by year the products of all lands are more generally distributed
to all, by the increased facilities for transportation. As a result, many
articles of food which a few years ago were regarded as expensive
luxuries, are now within the reach of all as foods for everyday use.
This is especially the case with dried and canned fruits. Nuts and nut
foods are coming largely into use to take the place of flesh-meats. With
nuts may be combined grains, fruits, and some roots, to make foods
that are healthful and nourishing. Care should be taken, however, not
to use too large a proportion of nuts. Those who realize ill effects from
the use of nut foods may find the difficulty removed by attending to
this precaution.
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