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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods
Unpublished Testimonies, November 5, 1896 (Healthful Living, 76)
The large amount of cooking usually done is not at all necessary.
Neither should the diet be poor, either in quality or quantity.
The Ministry of Healing, 221
An important part of the nurse’s duty is the care of the patient’s diet.
The patient should not be allowed to suffer or become unduly weakened
through lack of nourishment, nor should the enfeebled digestive powers
be overtaxed. Care should be taken to prepare and serve the food that
it will be palatable, but wise judgment should be used in adapting it to
the needs of the patient, both in quantity and quality.
The Ministry of Healing, 300
It is wrong to eat merely to gratify the appetite, but no indifference
should be manifested regarding the quality of the food, or the manner
of its preparation. If the food eaten is not relished, the body will not be
so well nourished. The food should be carefully chosen and prepared
with intelligence and skill.
The Ministry of Healing, 307
We should not provide for the Sabbath a more liberal supply or a
greater variety of food than for other days. Instead of this, the food
should be more simple, and less should be eaten, in order that the mind
may be clear and vigorous to comprehend spiritual things....
Cooking on the Sabbath should be avoided; but it is not therefore
necessary to eat cold food. In cold weather the food prepared the
day before should be heated. And let the meals, however simple,
be palatable and attractive. Especially in families where there are
children, it is well, on the Sabbath, to provide something that will be
regarded as a treat, something the family do not have every day.
Testimonies for the Church 2:367
It is important that the food should be prepared with care, that the
appetite, when not perverted, can relish it. Because we from principle
discard the use of meat, butter, mince pies, spices, lard, and that which