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Prepare Wholesome Diet Without Flesh Meats, October 28
Is there no balm in Gilead, is there no physician there? Why then is there no
recovery for the health of the daughter of my people?
Jeremiah 8:22
, NKJV.
All are now being tested and proved. We have been baptized into Christ, and if
we will act our part by separating from everything that would drag us down and
make us what we ought not to be, strength to grow into Christ, who is our living
head, will be given us, and we shall see the salvation of God.
Only when we are intelligent in regard to the principles of healthful living can
we be fully aroused to see the evils resulting from improper diet. Those who,
after seeing their mistakes, have courage to change their habits will find that the
reformatory process requires a struggle and much perseverance; but when correct
tastes are once formed, they will realize that the use of the food which they formerly
regarded as harmless was slowly but surely laying the foundation for dyspepsia and
other diseases.
Fathers and mothers, watch unto prayer. Guard strictly against intemperance in
every form. Teach your children the principles of true health reform. Teach them
what things to avoid in order to preserve health. Already the wrath of God has
begun to be visited on the children of disobedience. What crimes, what sins, what
iniquitous practices, are now being revealed on every hand! As a people we are to
exercise great care in guarding our children against depraved associates.
Greater efforts should be put forth to educate the people in the principles
of health reform. Cooking schools should be established, and house-to-house
instruction should be given in the art of cooking wholesome food. Old and young
should learn how to cook more simply. Wherever the truth is presented, the people
are to be taught how to prepare food in a simple yet appetizing way. They are to be
shown that a nourishing diet can be provided without the use of flesh meats....
Much tact and discretion should be employed in preparing nourishing food
to take the place of that which has formerly constituted the diet of those who
are learning to be health reformers. Faith in God, earnestness of purpose, and
a willingness to help one another will be required. A diet lacking in the proper
elements of nutrition brings reproach upon the cause of health reform. We are
mortal, and must supply ourselves with food that will give proper nourishment to
the body.—
The Review and Herald, March 3, 1910
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