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Section 15—Diet and Health
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see that this reform is for their highest good. They will miss the
highly seasoned food to which they have been accustomed, but an
effort must be made to give them food that is so wholesome and
so appetizing that they will cease to miss the unwholesome dishes.
Show them that the treatment given them will not benefit them
unless they make the needed change in their habits of eating and
drinking.—
Letter 331, 1904
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To a Physician Dying from Overwork and a Meager Diet
Do not put yourself through as you have done, and do not go
to extremes in regard to the health reform. Some of our people are
very careless in regard to health reform. But because some are far
behind, you must not, in order to be an example to them, be an
extremist. You must not deprive yourself of that class of food which
makes good blood. Your devotion to true principles is leading you
to submit yourself to a diet which is giving you an experience that
will not recommend health reform. This is your danger.
When you see that you are becoming weak physically, it is
essential for you to make changes, and at once. Put into your diet
something you have left out. It is your duty to do this. Get eggs of
healthy fowls. Use these eggs cooked or raw. Drop them uncooked
into the best unfermented wine you can find. This will supply that
which is necessary to your system. Do not for a moment suppose
that it will not be right to do this.
There is one thing that has saved life—an infusion of blood
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from one person to another; but this would be difficult and perhaps
impossible for you to do. I merely suggest it.
The prayer of faith shall save the sick, and I beseech you to call
for the elders of the church without delay. May the Lord help you,
is my most sincere prayer.
The Use of Milk and Eggs
We appreciate your experience as a physician, and yet I say that
milk and eggs should be included in your diet. These things cannot
at present be dispensed with, and the doctrine of dispensing with
them should not be taught.