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Testimony Studies on Diet and Foods
Manuscript 1, 1888
Our health institutions are established to present the living princi-
ples of a clean, pure, healthful diet. The knowledge must be imparted in
regard to self-denial, self-control. Jesus, who made man and redeemed
man, is to be held up before all who shall come to our institutions.
The knowledge of the way of life, peace, health, must be given line
upon line, precept upon precept, that men and women may see the
need of reform. They must be led to renounce the debasing customs
and practices which existed in Sodom and in the antediluvian world,
whom God destroyed because of their iniquity.
Matthew 24:37-39
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All who shall visit our health institutions are to be educated. The
plan of redemption should be brought before all, high and low, rich
and poor. Carefully prepared instruction is to be given that indulgence
in fashionable intemperance in eating and drinking may be seen as the
cause of disease and suffering and of evil practices that follow as a
result.
Letter K 331, 1904
In dealing with the patients in our sanitariums,
we must reason from cause to effect. We must remember that the
habits and practices of a lifetime cannot be changed in a moment.
With an intelligent cook, and an abundant supply of wholesome food,
reforms can be brought about that will work well. But it may take time
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to bring them about. A strenuous effort should not be made unless
it is actually demanded. We must remember that food which would
be appetizing to a health reformer might be very insipid to those who
have been accustomed to highly seasoned food.
Lectures should be given explaining why reforms in diet are es-
sential, and showing that the use of highly seasoned food causes in-
flammation of the delicate lining of the digestive organs. Let it be
shown why we as a people have changed our habits of eating and
drinking. Show why we discard tobacco and all intoxicating liquor.
Lay down the principles of health reform clearly and plainly, and with
this, let there be placed on the table an abundance of wholesome food,
tastefully prepared; and the Lord will help you to make impressive
the urgency of reform, and will lead them to see that this reform is for
their highest good.