Proper Diet
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The foods used should be suited to the occupation in which we
are engaged and the climate in which we live. Some foods that are
suitable in one country will not do in another.
The Ministry of Healing, 271
In order to have good health, we must have good blood; for the
blood is the current of life. It repairs waste, and nourishes the body.
When supplied with the proper food elements and when cleansed and
vitalized by contact with pure air, it carries life and vigor to every part
of the system. The more perfect the circulation, the better will this
work be accomplished.
Letter W 35, 1890
Now in regard to that which we can do for ourselves. There is a
point that requires careful, thoughtful consideration. I must become
acquainted with myself, must be a learner always as to how to take
care of this building, the body God has given me, that I may preserve
it in the very best condition of health. I must eat those things which
will be for my very best good physically, and I must take special care
to have my clothing such as will conduce to a healthful circulation of
the blood. I must not deprive myself of exercise and air. I must get all
the sunlight that it is possible for me to obtain. I must have wisdom to
be a faithful guardian of my body. I should eat regularly of the most
healthful food which will make the best quality of blood, and I should
not work intemperately if it is in my power to avoid doing so. And
when I violate the laws God has established in my being I am to repent
and reform, and place myself in the most favorable condition under
the doctors God has provided,—pure air, pure water, and the healing,
precious sunlight.
Testimonies for the Church 3:50
God has furnished man with abundant means for the gratification
of natural appetite. He has spread before him, in the products of the
earth, a bountiful variety of food that is palatable to the taste and
nutritious to the system. Of these, our benevolent heavenly Father says
that we “may freely eat.” We may enjoy the fruits, the vegetables, the
grains, without doing violence to the laws of our being. These articles,
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