Sermons and Talks, Volume 1 - Ellen G. White

We want to eat that which will give us the best
quality of blood. Hadn't we better be studying the
Bible than spending our time fixing up so many
varieties of food? Have few kinds at a time and
change often. Don't have the very same things right
along all the time. Not many varieties at one meal,
but varieties at different meals--this is the best
plan. Food must be palatable in order to be
nourishing.
[The secretary who was taking notes on Ellen
White's sermon reports that Sister White “related
experiences in experimenting on doing without salt
or any seasoning whatever; also in doing without
meat; and in coming down to two meals a day.”
The secretary recorded no details concerning these
experiences.]
We don't make the health reform an iron
bedstead, cutting people off or stretching them out
to fit it. One person cannot be a standard for
everybody else. What we want is a little sprinkling
of good common sense. Don't be extremists. If you
err, it would be better to err on the side of the
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