Monthly Archives: July 2023

EGW taught us how to love and appreciate beans

Ellen White kept a garden and loved growing beans, peas, and lentils in it.  She served beans for her family at every meal, "well cooked with a little salt and a tablespoonful of sugar, which makes them more palatable" as she understood their health benefits and used them as a protein rich replacement for meat. [...]

Nuts and Seeds

…Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds. (Genesis 43:11). Nuts play a significant role in the diet of most Seventh-day Adventists, and science has found [...]

EGW was way ahead of researchers in understanding our need for sunlight

Mrs. White had a lot to say about the benefits of sunlight.  She described it as "one of nature's most healing agents.  It is a very simple, therefore not a fashionable remedy, to enjoy the rays of God's sunlight...", and "sunlight is one of the best tonics and beautifiers in the world; therefore, men, women, [...]

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