Vegan vs: Health Reformer

HOW MANY VEGANS ARE THERE IN AMERICA?

About 5% - https://www.cookunity.com/blog/what-percent-of-americans-are-vegan

9.7 million Americans follow a vegetarian diet, with about one million of those being vegan. 59% of plant-based eaters in the United States are female, with 41% being male.

https://allyallsfoods.com/blogs/news/vegan-statistics-2022-usa

WHEN DID VEGANISM START? 

The term vegan was coined in 1944 by Donald Watson when he co-founded the Vegan Society in England, at first to mean "non-dairy vegetarian" and later to refer to “the doctrine that man should live without exploiting animals.” Interest in veganism increased in the 2000s; vegan food became increasingly available in supermarkets and restaurants in many countries, and several top athletes in endurance sports, such as the Ironman triathlon and the ultramarathon, began to practice veganism and raw veganism.

“We have been given the work of advancing health reform. The Lord desires His people to be in harmony with one another…” (CD 38.2)

“The question of health reform is not agitated as it must and will be....”  {CD 304.1}

“The light God has given on health reform is for our salvation and the salvation of the world…These grand truths must be given to the world...“ {CH 446.1}

“Let those who are teachers and leaders in our cause take their stand firmly on Bible ground in regard to health reform, and give a straight testimony to those who believe we are living in the last days of this earth's history. A line of distinction must be drawn between those who serve God and those who serve themselves.”  {9T 158.2}

 “God's blessing will rest upon every effort made to awaken an interest in health reform; for it is needed everywhere. There must be a revival on this subject; for God purposes to accomplish much through this agency…” {MM 259.3} 

“He who cherishes the light which God has given him upon health reform has an important aid in the work of becoming sanctified through the truth, and fitted for immortality. BUT if he disregards that light and lives in violation of natural law, he must pay the penalty…”     {CH 22.2} 

“God has given us great light upon the health reform, which HE REQURIES US ALL TO RESPECT. He does not send light to be rejected or disregarded by His people without their suffering the consequences.”  {3T 311.2}

 “The light which God has given upon health reform cannot be trifled with without injury…the Lord will not be trifled with upon these subjects. He who disregards the light which God has given in regard to the preservation of health, revolts against his own good and refuses to obey the One who is working for his best good.”  {CH 562.2}

“I am sorry that there are many of our people who DO NOT STRICTLY FOLLOW THE LIGHT ON HEALTH REFORM…” {CD 493.1}

“…Even while you fail to bring into your life and into your family the blessing that comes from following the principles of health reform, do not harm others by opposing the light God has given on this subject.”

{CD 38.2} 

“His disregard of health reform unfits him to stand as the Lord's messenger. The light that the Lord has given on this subject in His word is plain, and men will be tested and tried in many ways to see if they will heed it. Every church, every family, needs to be instructed in regard to Christian temperance. All should know how to eat and drink in order to preserve health. We are amid the closing scenes of this world's history, and there should be harmonious action in the ranks of Sabbathkeepers. Those who stand aloof from the great work of instructing the people upon this question do not follow where the Great Physician leads the way.” {6T 378.2} 

“At the time the light of health reform dawned upon us, and since that time, the questions have come home every day, “Am I practicing true temperance in all things?” “Is my diet such as will bring me in a position where I can accomplish the greatest amount of good?” If we cannot answer these questions in the affirmative, we stand condemned before God, for He will hold us all responsible for the light which has shone upon our path…he requires us to change our health destroying habits, and place ourselves in a right relation to physical laws.” {CD 19.3}

ARE YOU A VEGAN or A HEALTH REFORMER?

“…I consider it a privilege as well as a duty to be a health reformer.” {CD 492.5}

“God wants them to be health reformers. He wants them to live up to the light that has been given on this subject...” {CCh 238.3}

“Are we willing to be true health reformers?”  {CD 35.4}

VEGANS:

• Don’t eat at regular times
• Drink alcohol or eat food with alcohol in it
• Drink coffee, energy drinks, and tea (not herbal)
• Drink soda & diet soda
• Drink with their meals
• Eat between meals
• Eat chocolate
• Eat mints, candies, and gum
• Eat more than 2-3 kinds of food at a meal
• Eat more than 3-4 dishes at a meal
• Eat potato chips, fried corn chips, and fries
• Eat right before bed
• Fry their food or cook grease/oils
• Mix fruit & vegetables at a meal
• Snack
• Use Agave Nectar
• Use baking soda & baking powder
• Use black & white pepper, and cayenne in their food
• Use chili peppers, jalapenos, hot peppers, hot sauce
• Use condiments
• Use fermented items such as miso, tempeh, and yogurt
• Use food coloring
• Use hot sauce, tobacco, etc.
• Use nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and other spices
• Use vinegar or anything with vinegar in it

HEALTH REFORMERS:

• DON’T mix fruit & vegetables at a meal because it causes fermentation in the stomach
• DON’T eat more than 3-4 dishes at a meal because it causes fermentation in the stomach
• DON’T eat more than 2-3 kinds of food at a meal because it causes fermentation in the stomach
• DON’T drink with their meals because it makes digestion difficult. Causes food to rot in the stomach
• DON’T use condiments because it poisons the blood, causes anemia, messes with the platelets, etc.
• DON’T use vinegar b/c it poisons the blood, causes anemia, messes with the platelets, etc.
• DON’T use fermented items like miso, tempeh, yogurt, etc. because it poisons the blood
• DON’T use chili peppers, jalapenos, and hot peppers b/c it tears the lining of the stomach, poisons blood
• DON’T use hot sauce, tobacco, etc. b/c it tears the lining of the stomach, poisons blood
• DON’T use black & white pepper, & cayenne in their food b/c tears the ling of the stomach, poisons blood
• DON’T use nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice b/c it tears the lining of the stomach, poisons blood
• DON’T use food coloring because it causes cancer, tumors, and messes with neuro-transmitters in the brain ADD, ADHD
• DON’T use baking soda & baking powder because it poisons the blood, disturbs PH of the stomach
• DON’T drink coffee, energy drinks, and tea b/c they mess with the nervous system; causes anemia
• DON’T drink soda & diet soda b/c they mess with the nervous system; causes anemia
• DON’T drink alcohol or eat food with alcohol in it destroys brain cells; damages the Liver, poisons the blood
• DON’T eat chocolate
• DON’T fry their food or cook with any grease poisons the blood, causes heart disease, etc.
• DON’T eat potato chips, fried corn chips, fried fries, raises cholesterol, causes diabetes, etc.
• DON’T eat mints, candies, and gum because they are full of harmful ingredients that poison the blood
• DON’T snack b/c it messes with proper digestion time…causes fermentation
• DON’T eat between meals b/c it messes with proper digestion time, causes fermentation, etc.
• DON’T eat at irregular times so proper digestion is not hindered and the brain is not fogged
• DON’T eat right before bed so their sleep is undisturbed
• DON’T use Agave Nectar because it is chemically processed and acts on the body as does HFCS or Corn Syrup….Health Reforms do Use Honey in Moderation

“The health reform is just what the name indicates it to be…There is too great a mixture of foods provided... Soda and saleratus, rich gravies and desserts are used far too freely. We have certainly departed from the simplicity of diet.”  {8MR 172.1}

“We shall soon reach a time when we must understand the meaning of a simple diet. The time is not far hence, when we shall be obliged to adopt a diet very different from our present diet.”  {8MR 172.2} 

“We need to study the art of preparing in a simple manner the fruits, grains, and vegetables. We do not need these complex combinations that are provided. As the matter now stands we are in danger of making dyspeptics. I would ask, How many are standing by the old principles of health reform, as they were given to us years ago?” {8MR 172.3}   

“…All who believe and proclaim the truth should not only practice health reform, but teach it diligently to others…”   (Colporteur Ministry, pg.133.2) 

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Answers to Important Questions about the Health Message

 

IS THE HEALTH MESSAGE SALVATIONAL?

“The light God has given on health reform is for our salvation and the salvation of the world…” {CD 461.1}

DO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS HAVE THE MOST SUPERIOR HEALTH MESSAGE?

“Seventh-day Adventists are handling momentous truths…the Lord gave us special light on health reform…we should be in advance of all other people…” {CD 24.2}

HOW MUCH OF SICKNESS & DISEASE ARE RELATED TO A VIOLATION OF THE LAWS OF HEALTH?

“Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health…”  {CH 90.1}

“…All sickness is the result of transgression…”  {CH 37.2}

HOW MUCH OF WOMEN’S DISEASES ARE RELATED TO THE WAY THEY DRESS?

“Women especially are the victims of various maladies which might be lessened, if not entirely prevented, by right habits of life. Half their sufferings may be attributed to their manner of dress, and the insane desire to conform to the fashions of the world.” --H. R. {HL 64.4}

WILL ALL THE SICK BE RAISED TO HEALTH?

“There are cases where God works decidedly by His divine power in the restoration of health. But not all the sick are healed. Many are laid away to sleep in Jesus.”   {MH 230.3}

WHY NOT???

Reason #1: “God knows the end from the beginning….He knows whether those for whom prayer is offered would or would not be able to endure the trials that would come upon them should they live. He knows whether their lives would be a blessing or a curse to themselves and to the world…” (MH 230.1)

Reason #2: “We find in every such instance a good reason why they cannot live out the health reform. They do not live it out, and have never followed it strictly, therefore they cannot be benefited by it…”  {CD 399.1}

HOW MANY WILL RECOVER IF THEY DO FOLLOW IT OUT STRICTLY?

“If the sick and suffering will do only as well as they know in regard to living out the principles of health reform perseveringly, then they will in nine cases out of ten recover from their ailments.”  {MM 223.4}

DOES RECOVERY HAPPEN OVERNIGHT?

“The use of natural remedies requires an amount of care and effort that many are not willing to give. Nature's process of healing and upbuilding is gradual, and to the impatient it seems slow. The surrender of hurtful indulgences requires sacrifice. But in the end …Those who persevere in obedience to her laws will reap the reward in health of body and health of mind.”  {MH 127.3}

IN HOW LONG CAN RECOVERY TAKE PLACE?

“An abstemious diet for A MONTH OR TWO would convince many sufferers that the path of self-denial is the path to health.” {MH 235.2}

WHAT IS AN ABSTEMIOUS DIET?

• “I advise you to make your diet abstemious allowing nothing to pass your lips that will be an enemy to your health and life.
• Eat much more sparingly
• Eat simple food, which does not require heavy seasoning…” {CD 102.1}

SO THIS WOULD MEAN NO MORE:

• Additives
• Alcohol in Any Form
• Aspartame
• Bad Combination of Foods
• Baking Powder or Baking Soda
• Breath Mints
• Candies
• Coffee
• Common Salt
• Complicated Mixtures
• Condiments
• Cooking With Grease (Oil of Any Kind)
• Fermented Foods Such As Sauerkraut, Miso, Tempeh
• Food Coloring
• Fried Foods Such As French Fries and Potato Chips
• Gum
• Heavy Seasoning
• MSG
• Pepper or Spicy Food
• Preservatives
• Spices
• Tea
• Vinegar or Vinegar Based Salad Dressings
• White Flour Products
• AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD CAUSE SICKNESS.

WHAT ARE OTHER WAYS TO THE RECOVERY OF HEALTH?

“Nature will want some assistance to bring things to their proper condition, which may be found in

• Pure air
• A precious knowledge of how to breathe
• Pure water, with a knowledge how to apply it
• Plenty of sunlight in every room in the house
• How to eat and dress healthfully…” {MM 223.4} (See also MH 127.2)

ARE HERBS ALWAYS NECESSARY FOR RECOVERY OF THE SICK?

“In case of sickness…

1. The cause should be ascertained.

2. Unhealthful conditions should be changed

3. Wrong habits corrected.

4. Then nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system.”  {MH 127.1}

“The true method for healing the sick is to tell them of the herbs that grow for the benefit of man…They can themselves administer the simple herbs if necessary…”  {SpM 137.2}

WHAT IS SOMETHING GOD’S PEOPLE DON’T APPRECIATE AND USE ENOUGH OF WHEN TREATING SICKNESS & DISEASE?

“Water treatments are not appreciated as they should be…There are many ways in which water can be applied to relieve pain and check disease. All should become intelligent in its use in simple home treatments…” {MH 237.2}

“There is a work to be done in treating the sick with water…”  {PH144 13.2}

WILL WATER TREATMENTS WORK WELL IF THE PERSON’S DIET IS NOT RIGHT?

“The use of water can accomplish but little, if the patient does not feel the necessity of also strictly.”

{2SM 451.1}

ARE COLONICS NECESSARY AND SAFE?

“There are men who make a specialty of treating the rectum, and some feel that they have been greatly benefitted. But I have been instructed that this treatment, as well as many surgical operations, leaves with many a serious weakness.” {LLM 178.2}

WHAT ABOUT EXPENSIVE APPLIANCES LIKE HYPERBARIC CHAMBERS, SAUNAS, JUICERS, ETC.?

“There is danger of spending far too much money on machinery and appliances which the patients can never use in their home lessons. They should rather be taught how to regulate the diet, so that the living machinery of the whole being will work in harmony.” {CD 445.2}

SHOULD WE EVER RESORT TO DRUGS WHEN WE’VE DONE ALL THAT WE CAN NATURALLY AND IT’S NOT WORKING?

“Not a poisonous drug should be used. When you have a case that does not respond to the use of simple remedies, take it to the Lord in prayer. Talk to Him as the only one who can help. Quote simple scripture with tenderness and faith…” {PC 43.1}

DID SISTER WHITE SUPPORT THE USE OF DRUG MEDICATION AFTER RECEIVING THE LIGHT ON OUR HEALTH MESSAGE?

“In…the book on Christian temperance, that portion that was expressed in reference to DRUG MEDICATION as though it was recommended by me is not according to the light that I have been given to present to the people. I must, if I made this statement, have done so in expressing the idea of WORKING AWAY FROM THE USE OF ALL DRUGS concocted at the apothecary. We have no use for them. We should not vindicate the use of drug medication…”  (20MR 36.2)

BUT DIDN’T SISTER WHITE GET VACCINATED WITH THE SMALL POX VACCINE?

"You ask for definite and concise information regarding what Sister White wrote about vaccination and serum.

“…She did not refer to them in any of her writings. …however…at a time when there was an epidemic of smallpox in the vicinity, she herself was vaccinated.”  {2SM 303.3}

***There was a time Sister White ate pork, drank tea and coffee…She didn’t know better, but when she learned the health message, she stepped in line to obey the light that was given to her. This includes the light given to her about drug medication and mercury.

“God's light-bearers are to adjust their movements to His progressive plans…” {RH, December 24, 1901

par. 7} {RH, April 2, 1914 par. 3-.5}

WHY DO PEOPLE CONTINUE TO TAKE DRUG MEDICATION EVEN AFTER HEARING THE HEALTH MESSAGE FOR SOME TIME?

“…He promises to come to us as a Comforter to bless us. Why do we not believe these promises? That which we lack in faith we make up by the use of drugs. Let us give up the drugs, believing that Jesus does not desire us to be sick, and that if we live according to the principles of health reform, He will keep us well.”  {19MR 51.2}

WHAT ABOUT DOCTORS/PHYSICIANS? ARE THEY THE ONLY ONES WHO KNOW ALL THE ILLS OF INFANTS AND PERSONS OF EVERY AGE?

“To educate the human family that the doctor alone knows all the ills of infants and persons of every age, IS FALSE TEACHING…” {SpM 137.2}

HOW OFTEN DO WE REALLY NEED TO SEE A PHYSICIAN, PER THE COUNSEL GIVEN TO US?

“Were I sick, I would just as soon call in a lawyer as a physician from among general practitioners…”  

(2SM 290.1)

"...if every family were educated in how to use these herbs in case of sickness…no doctor need be called...”  1897 (2SM 294.1)

WHAT DOES TRUE EDUCATION TEACH RE: PHYSICIANS?

“…true education will lead us to teach the sick that they need not call in a doctor any more than they would call in a lawyer. They can themselves administer the simple herbs if necessary.”  {PH144 13.1}

SHOULD WE SEND FOR A WORLDLY PHYSICIAN IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION?

“Your question is . . . "In urgent cases, should we call in a worldly physician, because the sanitarium doctors are all so busy that they have no time to devote to outside practice?...If the physicians are so busy that they cannot treat the sick outside of the institution, would it not be wiser for all to educate themselves in the use of simple remedies…Were I sick, I would just as soon call in a lawyer as a physician from among general practitioners…” (20MR 1.2-1.4)

“It is not safe to trust to physicians who have not the fear of God before them...The physician may claim to possess great wisdom and marvelous skill, while at the same time his practice contrary to the laws of health...the teaching of these physicians is continually leading away from the principles God has given us in regard to health... Brethren, how can the Lord let his blessing rest upon us when we are going right upon the enemy's ground?”   {CTBH 113.1) (5T 194.3)

“Christ will not save from wounds the one who places himself unbidden on the enemy's ground...Then comes suffering...”  (MS 115, 1902). {5BC 1102.7}

WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS?

“As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those who would stand for freedom of conscience will be placed in unfavorable positions. For their own sake they should, while they have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes, prevention, and cure.”  (1892). {LDE 80.2}

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Why Is There Sickness & Disease? (Part 2)

3 John 2 – “Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” 

3 John 2 –

If God wants His people in Health, yet the majority of the world is stricken with sickness & disease, the question is…WHAT HAPPENED?

Genesis 3 tells us the story of the fall of man. It started out over a piece of fruit. Adam & Eve ate that which God told them not to eat and this in turn brought wretchedness & death.

WHAT WAS THE RESULT?

Romans 5:12 – “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

IN THE BIBLE WE ARE TOLD THE FOLLOWING:

Deuteronomy 30:19 – “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”

***God wants us to choose the path of life and blessings, not death and curses.

Proverbs 26:2 – “...the curse causeless shall not come.”

Some of these curses deal with sickness & disease (Deuteronomy 28:15, 21, 27, 28, 35, 45)

WE ARE TOLD THE FOLLOWING REGARDING SICKNESS & DISEASE:

“Disease never comes without a cause. The way is prepared and disease invited by disregard of the laws of health. Many suffer in consequence of the transgression of their parents. While they are not responsible for what their parents have done, it is nevertheless their duty to ascertain what are and what are not violations of the laws of health. They should avoid the wrong habits of their parents and, by correct living, place themselves in better conditions.” {MH 234 .1}

“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}

“ALL SICKNESS is the RESULT OF TRANSGRESSION.”  {CH 37 .2}

In Genesis chapters 1 & 2: God gave Adam & Eve all that they needed to survive. Air/Oxygen, Water, Fruits, Nuts, grains, seeds, exercise, sunshine, temperance, Rest, and He asked them to trust in Him.

“Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power--these are the true remedies...”   {MH 127 .2}

The green herb of the field was not added until after sin (Genesis 3:18)...Now that man was going to sweat, he would need the electrolytes found in the herb/vegetables of the field. In the days of the FLOOD, when God permitted the eating of Flesh, it was because the vegetation was going to be destroyed....It was not His original plan for the eating of flesh, but He gave permission...However, He counseled that when they ate the flesh, they would lose years off of their lives (Genesis 9:5) ...Prior to the Flood, the youngest man to die was 777...After the flood, after Noah's son's passed, by the time of Abraham, man was dying around 130.

By the way, it was only the clean animals that were permitted to be eaten, and there were rules and regulations that had to be followed in order to eat the flesh.  (See Gen. 7:1-3, then Gen. 9:3-5 and Lev. 11, Deut. 14).

Then, several hundred years later, when God was bringing His people out of Egypt, He attempted to give them a FLESH-FREE DIET, but they murmured and complained...He fulfilled their wishes of having the FLESHPOTS OF EGYPT and rained quail down for them to eat. We are told that they died while it was between their teeth. (Numbers 11:4-34)

So from then on, God allowed the eating of flesh among His people, but this was not according to His original purpose. (Ezekiel 20:25)

Even back then, God promised if His people obeyed His voice, kept His statutes and His commandments, He would not put the diseases of the Egyptians on them (Exodus 15:26), yet we have tons of current Scientific articles showing that man today has the very diseases the Mummies had in the days of Moses.

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2011/apr/14/researchers-find-heart-disease-in-mummies/

WHY? IS GOD A LIAR?

NO WAY!!! GOD CANNOT LIE (Titus 1:2)

SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

“The tables of many professed Christian women are daily set with a variety of dishes which irritate the stomach and produce a feverish condition of the system. Flesh meats constitute the principal article of food upon the tables of some families, until their blood is filled with cancerous and scrofulous humors. Their bodies are composed of what they eat. But when suffering and disease come upon them, it is considered an affliction of providence.”  {3T 563.2}

“The violation of physical law, with its consequent suffering and premature death, has so long prevailed that these results are regarded as the appointed lot of humanity; but God did not create the race in such a feeble condition. This state of things is not the work of Providence, but of man. It has been brought about by wrong habits,--by violating the laws that God has made to govern man's existence...”   {CD 118 .1}

“The greater number, however, suffer because of their own wrong course of action. They disregard the principles of health by their habits of eating, drinking, dressing, and working. Their transgression of nature's laws produces the sure result; and when sickness comes upon them, many do not credit their suffering to the true cause, but murmur against God because of their afflictions. But God is not responsible for the suffering that follows disregard of natural law.” {MH 234 .2}

Leviticus 17:11 – “For the life of the flesh is in the blood...”

What you put in your body has an effect on the blood, and what kind of blood you have has an effect on your health.

Whether you get enough water, rest, exercise, sunshine, trust in God, etc., also has an effect on the blood...

God is trying to lead His people back to the lifestyle that was given in Eden, including the Genesis 1:29 diet, + the Herb of the Field.

Jeremiah 6:16 – Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Acts 3:20, 21 – And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

LET US STRIVE TO HEAD BACK TOWARD EDEN...

The fall_________________+_________________Restored

“As our first parents lost Eden through the indulgence of appetite, our only hope of regaining Eden is through the firm denial of appetite and passion. Abstemiousness in diet, and control of all the passions...”  {CD 59 .1}

***All verses are taken from the KJV Bible...All others have been changed or omitted.

***Forks over Knives is a documentary showing the relationship between the eating of animal products and disease.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGs0XsS_lI

***Medical Science has proven and stated that if everyone became a strict vegetarian, 97% of heart disease would disappear.

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