Nature's abundant supply of fruits, nuts, and grains is
ample, and year by year the products of all lands are more
generally distributed to all, by the increased facilities for
transportation. As a result many articles of food which a few
years ago were regarded as expensive luxuries are now within
the reach of all as foods for everyday use. This is especially
the case with dried and canned fruits. {MH 297}
100 years later, they are even more distributed with better transportation and refrigeration.
589. I cannot see but that you are trying your best to live
out the principles of health reform. Study economy in
everything, but do not withhold from the diet food which
the system needs. With regard to the nut foods, there are
many who cannot eat them. If your husband enjoys dairy
butter, let him eat it until he is convinced that this is not
best for his health. {CD 352}
Not best for his health.
326. Health reformers, above all others, should be careful
to shun extremes. The body must have sufficient
nourishment. We cannot subsist upon air merely; neither can
we retain health unless we have nourishing food. Food
should be prepared in good order, so that it is palatable.
327. A diet lacking in the proper elements of nutrition,
brings reproach upon the cause of health reform. We are
mortal, and must supply ourselves with food that will give
proper nourishment to the body.
Some of our people, while conscientiously abstaining
from eating improper foods, neglect to supply themselves
with the elements necessary for the sustenance of the body.
Those who take an extreme view of health reform are in
danger of preparing tasteless dishes, making them so insipid
that they are not satisfying. Food should be prepared in
such a way that it will be appetizing as well as nourishing.
It should not be robbed of that which the system needs. I
use some salt, and always have, because salt, instead of being
deleterious, is actually essential for the blood. Vegetables
should be made palatable with a little milk or cream, or
something equivalent. {CD 207}
One extreme is subsisting on air, not having nourishing food, lacking in proper elements.
By abstaining from "improper" foods, some neglect to supply other foods for supplying necessary elements.
There are equivalents to milk or cream. Possible implication is to make vegetables appetizing and tasteful.
The question whether we shall eat butter, meat, or
cheese, is not to be presented to anyone as a test, but we
are to educate and to show the evils of the things that are
objectionable. Those who gather up these things and
drive them upon others do not know what work they are
doing. The Word of God has given tests to His people.
The keeping of God's holy law, the Sabbath, is a test, a
sign between God and His people throughout their
generations forever. Forever this is the burden of the
third angel's message--the commandments of God and
the testimony of Jesus Christ. {SM3 287}
Presented as a test or educating?
What about those who "educate" others that such "objectionable" things are not objectionable? Or says that by not partaking of such objectionable things is risky to one's life and says it in a general, absolutely, all encompassing, with no use in looking for substitutes?
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