“…Education should be given on proper diet…” (CD 406.4)
3 John 2 – “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
“…Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health…” {MH 127.1-.2}
“…become more intelligent in regard to the laws of life. . . .” {11MR 187.3}
EDUCATE IN REGARD TO THE LAWS OF LIFE:
“…Educate people in regard to the laws of life…”
{GCDB, January 30, 1893 par. 2}
{GCDB, January 30, 1893 par. 2}
“…EDUCATE, EDUCATE, EDUCATE…” {6MR 379.1}
WHY?
“…Educate people in the laws of life so that they may know how to preserve health…” {MM 259.3)
“True religion and the laws of health go hand in hand…” (7T 137.1)
“…In violating the laws of health…you misrepresent your maker…” {KC 20.4}
“…It is the duty of every person, for his own sake, and for the sake of humanity, to inform himself in regard to the laws of life and conscientiously to obey them…” (MH 128.1)
“We should educate ourselves, not only to live in harmony with the laws of health, but to teach others the better way…” (CG 361.2)
“Too little attention is generally given to the preservation of health. It is far better to prevent disease than to know how to treat it when contracted…” (MH 128.1)
“Disease never comes without a cause. The way is prepared, and disease invited, by disregard of the laws of health…” (MH 234.1)
BIBLE:
Proverbs 26:2 – “...the curse causeless shall not come.”
Job 29:16 – “...the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
Isaiah 55:2 – “...eat ye THAT WHICH IS GOOD...”
***The word GOOD here comes from the Hebrew section of the Strong's Concordance #2896 = Best, Pleasant, Prosperity, Welfare. (Which also means beneficial)
SOP:
“When the abuse of health is carried so far that sickness results, the sufferer can often do for himself what no one else can do for him. The first thing to be done is to ascertain the true character of the sickness and then go to work intelligently to remove the cause...” (MH 235.1)
“Be sure that as a rational Christian sentinel you guard the door of your stomach, ALLOWING NOTHING TO PASS YOUR LIPS THAT WILL BE AN ENEMY TO YOUR HEALTH AND LIFE...” {CD 102.1}
“Our food should be plain and FREE FROM ALL OBJECTIONABLE ELEMENTS,but let us be careful that it is always palatable and good.” {LLM 545.3}
“We bear positive testimony against…all exciting substances used as articles of food…” (CD 468.3)
“ABSTINENCE FROM ALL HURTFUL FOOD AND DRINK is the fruit of true religion.” (9T 113.1)(CD 457.1)
“The idea SHOULD NEVER BE GIVEN that it is of but little consequence what we eat...” (CD 198.4)(CH 151.1)
BAKING SODA and BAKING POWDER:
“The use of soda or baking powder in breadmaking is harmful and unnecessary. Soda causes inflammation of the stomach and often poisons the entire system. Many housewives think that they cannot make good bread without soda, but this is an error…” (CD 316.2)
“Hot biscuit raised with soda or baking powder shouldNEVER appear upon our tables. Such compounds are unfit to enter the stomach…When we recommend graham gems, our friends say, “Oh, yes, we know how to make them.” We are much disappointed when they appear raised with baking powder or with sour milk and soda. These give no evidence of reform…” (CD 319.5)
“Some plead, “I cannot make good bread or gems unless I use soda or saleratus.” You surely can if you become a scholar and will learn. Is not the health of your family of sufficient value to inspire you with ambition to learn how to cook and how to eat?” {CD 343.5}
“…SALERATUS IN ANY FORM should not be introduced into the stomach; for the effect is fearful. It
- Eats the coatings of the stomach
- causes inflammation and
- frequently poisons the entire system…” (CD 343.5)
WHAT IS SALERATUS?
sal·e·ra·tus
ˌsaləˈrātəs / noun
Sodium bicarbonate (or sometimes potassium bicarbonate) as the main ingredient of baking powder.
***Calcium bicarbonate is the ingredient found in Baking Soda
***THIS INCLUDES NO RUMFORD, ALUMINUM FREE BAKING POWDER, NO FEATHERWEIGHT, ENER-G, ETC.
“Some do not feel that it is a religious duty to prepare food properly; hence they do not try to learn how. They let the bread sour before baking, and THE SALERATUS ADDED to remedy the cook's carelessness makes it totally unfit for the human stomach…Food can be prepared simply and healthfully, but it requires skill to make it both palatable and nourishing. In order to learn how to cook, women should study, then patiently reduce what they learn to practice…” (CH 117.1)
“During the last seven months we have been at home but about four weeks. In our travels we have sat at many different tables, from Iowa to Maine. Some whom we have visited live up to the best light they have. Others, who have the same opportunities of learning to live healthfully and well, have hardly taken the first steps in reform. They will tell you that they do not know how to cook in this new way. But they are WITHOUT EXCUSE in this matter of cooking; for in the work, How to Live, are many excellent recipes, and this work is within the reach of all. I do not say that the system of cookery taught in that book is perfect. I may soon furnish a small work more to my mind in some respects. But How to Live teaches cookery almost infinitely in advance of what the traveler will often meet, even among some Seventh-day Adventists.” {1T 680.2}
***NOW MIND YOU: Some things in that book like eggs, cream, and milk, we no longer use, but the principles taught in that book are for us. You will see that baking soda and baking powder was not used in this book for making bread or any other food.
NOW ONTO SPICES
“…Our food should be prepared free from spices.”
(SA 65.1)
(SA 65.1)
WHY?
“A plain diet, free from spices…would prove a blessing to you…” {CD 83.1}
“…SPICES…
- Create a feverish condition in the system, and
- Inflame the animal passions…” (SA 65.1)
WHAT ARE SOME SPICES?
- Allspice
- Black pepper
- Cayenne pepper
- Chili Pepper
- Chili Powder
- Cinnamon
- Cloves
- Cream of Tartar
- Habanero Pepper
- Jalapeno Pepper
- Mace
- Nutmeg
- White pepper
- And other hot peppers
“…BLACK PEPPER, ALLSPICE, CINNAMON, CLOVES, MACE, NUTMEG…etc. Of all these the best physiological rule to adopt in regard to their use is – “The less the better.” {1868 JNL, HBH 184.4}(Pioneer Writings)
GINGER IS NOT A SPICE IT’S A ROOT:
“In regard to our using spice, I plead not guilty. We have not had spice in our house for ten years, except a little ginger, which we have always used to some extent.” {15MR 245.4}
- TURMERIC IS A ROOT AS WELL
ANISE IS AN HERB OF THE GARDEN:
“The Pharisees were very exact in tithing garden herbs, such as mint, ANISE, and rue…” (DA 617.1)
THE TRUTH ABOUT SPICES:
They Do Not Help Aid In Digestion:
- “Condiments and spices used in the preparation of food for the table aid in digestion in the same way that tea, coffee, and liquor are supposed to help the laboring man perform his tasks. After the immediate effects are gone, they drop as correspondingly below par as they were elevated above par by these stimulating substances.
THEY CAUSE MANY HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS:
- The system is weakened.
- The blood is contaminated, and
- Inflammation is the sure result. {CD 339.4}
- deranging the stomach
- exciting the nerves, and
- enfeebling the intellect
- irritate the tender coating of the stomach
- destroy the natural sensitiveness of this delicate membrane.
- The blood becomes fevered (CD 236.2)
- Lays a heavy tax on the Liver
- Digestive organs are deranged (2T 66.2)
- It induces nervous debility,
- impatience, and
- lack of self-control.” (Te 57.3)(Remember what 1 Corinthians 9:25 tells us KJV)
“Blood making organs cannot convert spices… into good blood…” (2T 383.2)
Arouse animal propensities: (CD 236.2/SA 65.1)
Note: Science has found that spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, all-spice, and other similar actually enhance the animal nature in humans. And they found MOST OF THE SEXUAL PREDATORS EAT A DIET VERY HIGH IN SPICES. And when these are removed from the diet, the animal-like propensities tend to go away.
Moral and Intellectual Powers are weakened: (CD 236.2)
Morals are in danger of being affected by the use of spices: (4T 140.3)
Spices Create a Desire for Tobacco, Alcohol, and stronger items: (CD 235.3/CD 236.1/CD 340.2)
PERVERTS TASTE, CAUSING A CRAVING FOR:
- Clay
- Slate pencils
- Burned coffee
- Tea grounds
- Cinnamon
- Cloves (CD 239.2)
- And chalk as well
Spices are referred to as a “fiery whip” (CD 340.1)
SPICES ESPECIALLY NOT GOOD FOR:
- Children (CD 235.3/CD 239.2/4T 140.3)
- Pregnant women (CD 220.1)
- Those with Diseased Livers (2T 66.2)
- Those trying to quit tobacco, alcohol, and similar stimulants (CD 340.2)
SHOULD NEVER BE SERVED IN FOOD AT OUR CAMP MEETINGS:
“Nothing should be taken to camp meeting except the most healthful articles, cooked in a simple manner free from all spices and grease.” {2T 601.4}
BOOKS ON SPICES:
- In the book ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOODS & THEIR HEALING POWER: Pages 334,340
- THE USE OF SPICES by: Ellen White
NOW ONTO FOOD COLORING
MEDICAL SCIENCE:
THE CONSUMPTION OF FOOD COLORING IS RELATED TO MANY DISEASES, SUCH AS:
- Abdominal pain
- ADD
- ADHD
- Allergies
- Asthma Attacks
- Bladder Tumors
- Brain Tumors
- Breathing Difficulties
- Cancer
- Chest Heaviness
- Chromosomal Damage
- Dermatitis
- Distaste for Food
- Genetic Damage
- Hives
- Hyperactivity
- Immune Problems
- Kidney Problems
- Nervous System Malfunctioning
- Rashes
- Seizures
- Sterilization
- Thyroid Tumors
- and MUCH, MUCH MORE
- Alcohol
- Breath mints
- Cake mixes
- Cakes
- Candy gel for writing on cakes
- Candy sprinkles that go on cupcakes
- Canned fruit
- Canned meat
- Canned soups
- Capri-sun’s
- Chips (hot fries, doritos, etc.)
- Cookie dough
- Cream cheese flavored spreads
- Desserts
- Donuts
- Fast food
- Food flavorings
- Frostings
- Fruit roll ups
- Fruit snacks
- Goobers
- Gum
- Hard candies
- Hi-c
- Ice cream
- Jam
- Jellies
- Kool-aid
- Licorice
- Maraschino cherries
- Meat
- Pies
- Pop tarts
- Punch
- Regular candy
- Soda
- Some juices
- Syrups to make ices
- Syrups to make snow cones
- Toothpaste
- Veggie meat
- Wine
- Yogurt
- and MUCH, MUCH, MORE
“…you have gratified the taste at the expense of the stomach. You have taken into your stomachs articles which it is impossible to convert into good blood…”(2T 66.2) (See Philippians 3:19)
“…We must be satisfied with pure, simple food, prepared in a simple manner. This should be the diet of high and low. Adulterated substances are to be avoided. We are preparing for the future, immortal life in the kingdom of heaven.We expect to do our work in the light and in the power of the great, mighty healer. All are to act the self-sacrificing-part.” {CD 85.1}
GOOD TO KNOW:
- “A REFORM IN EATING WOULD BE A SAVING OF EXPENSE AND LABOR…” (CD 84.4)
- “To bear the cross of Christ is to control our sinful passions…” (4T 627.1)
- Natural food coloring can be found in health food stores nationwide. However, because of the increased price, very few manufacturers use natural food colorings for their products.
HOW TO MAKE RED, YELLOW, BLUE, AND GREEN FOOD COLORING NATURALLY
TO MAKE YOUR OWN:
Red = Beets
Yellow = Turmeric
Blue = Blueberries
Green = Spinach
***KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR EVERYTHING GOD HAS, SATAN HAS A COUNTERFEIT
WHAT IF SOMEONE HAS AN ADDICTION TO ANY OF THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS OR OTHERS INGREDIENTS?
“I have just read your letter. You seem to have an earnest desire to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. I encourage you to do this. I counsel you to discard everything that would cause you to do halfway work in seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Put away every indulgence that would hinder you in the work of overcoming. Ask for the prayers of those who can comprehend your need of help.” {CD 484.3}
“There was a time when I was in a situation similar in some respects to yours. I had indulged the desire for vinegar. But I resolved with the help of God to overcome this appetite. I fought the temptation, determined not to be mastered by this habit.” {CD 485.1}
For weeks I was very sick; but I kept saying over and over, The Lord knows all about it. If I die, I die; but I will not yield to this desire. The struggle continued, and I was sorely afflicted for many weeks. All thought that it was impossible for me to live. You may be sure we sought the Lord very earnestly. The most fervent prayers were offered for my recovery. I continued to resist the desire for vinegar, and AT LAST I CONQUERED. Now I have no inclination to taste anything of the kind. This experience has been of great value to me in many ways. I obtained a complete victory.” {CD 485.2}
I relate this experience to you for your help and encouragement. I have faith, my sister, that you can come through this trial, and reveal that God is the helper of His children in every time of need. If you determine to conquer this habit, and will fight it perseveringly, you can obtain an experience of the highest value. When you set your will resolutely to break off this indulgence, you will have the help you need from God. Try it, my sister.” {CD 485.3}
LINKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FOOD COLORING:
READ MORE:
The Effects of Food Coloring on Health
BOOKS TO READ:
Food Additives: A Shopper’s Guide to What’s Safe and What’s Not
SOP ABBREVIATIONS:
2T = Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2
7T = Testimonies to the Church, Volume 7
8MR = Manuscript Releases, Volume 8
9T = Testimonies to the Church, Volume 9
CD = Counsels on Diet and Foods
CG = Child Guidance
CH = Counsels on Health
KC = Kress Collection
LLM = Loma Linda Messages
MH = Ministry of Healing
MM = Medical Ministry
SA = A Solemn Appeal
Te = Temperance
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