Ellen White wrote about the health benefits of simple, uncomplicated foods and the body's preference for a diet based on fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts- basically, a plant-based diet similar to the one God gave us at creation. She called these the "very best kinds of food." In her opinion, fresh fruit plucked from the [...]
Seventh-day Adventists were given the work of promoting the health reform diet. Regarding a plant based diet, EGW wrote that no one was to "give up the use of meat because Sister White does not eat it. I would not give a farthing for your health reform if that is what it is based upon" [...]
In 1904, Ellen White wrote about an experience she had; "I was in the night season called upon to behold buildings rising story after story toward heaven. These buildings were warranted to be fireproof, and they were erected to glorify the owners and builders. Higher and still higher these buildings rose, and in them the [...]
Ellen White wrote, "There is no exercise that will prove as beneficial to every part of the body as walking. Active walking in the open air will do more for women, to preserve them in health if they are well, than any other means. Walking is also one of the most efficient remedies for the [...]
In the mid-1900's, scientists discovered cholesterol in the arteries of men who'd had heart attacks. Realizing that egg yolks are rich in cholesterol, by the 1960's they were recommending that eggs be cut from our diets. This confused me, because I recalled an EGW statement that, for most people, eggs from healthy and "suitably" fed [...]
