Due to the counsel given us
in the SOP, we are sharing A SIMPLE TWO MONTH PROGRAM for helping anyone who is
trying to recover from any ailment, no matter what the
ailment/disease may be.
This
is a ONE
PROGRAM FITS ALL.
However,
the herbal formulas will vary depending on the disease, as will the water
treatments, the poultices, and some of the foods that you will focus on.
“…Become intelligent in regard to
disease, its causes, prevention, and cure...” {CH 506.1}
“…ENLIGHTENING ALL…TO THE BEST MEANS…OF CURING THE SICK...” {CTBH 121.1}
“…the Lord has marked out a way in
which His people are to carry forward a work of physical healing…” (MM 14.3)
“…The methods of treating the sick
were plainly revealed to me…” (20MR 373.2)
***We
will be going STRICTLY TO THE LAW &
TO THE TESTIMONY and not by any information that comes from the world, no
matter how popular it may be.
DO NOT USE THIS PROGRAM AS
THE LAST RESORT...BECAUSE FOR MANY, THEY WILL SEE NO BENEFIT IF THEY DO:
“…Many, as their last
resort, follow the directions in the word of God, and request the prayers of
the elders of the church for their restoration to health. God does not
see fit to answer prayers offered in behalf of such, for he knows that if they
should be restored to health, they would again sacrifice it upon the altar of
unhealthy appetite...” {MM 14.1}
WHY PEOPLE DO NOT RECEIVE
BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM?
“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)
WHAT HAPPENS IF A PERSON
STARTS THIS PROGRAM AND THEN GOES BACK TO THEIR OLD LIFESTYLE?
“A man
may spend all that he has in this world at
a Health Institute, and find great relief, and may then return to his family
and to his old habits of life, and in a few weeks or months be in a worse
condition of health than ever before. He has gained nothing; he
has spent his limited means for nothing. The
object of the health reform and the health institute is not, like a dose of
“painkiller” or “instant relief,” to quiet the pains of today. No, indeed! Its great
object is to teach the people how to live so as to give nature a chance to
remove and resist disease.” {1T 643.1}
“…GIVE A FEW SIMPLE DIRECTIONS, AND RESTRICTIONS
IN DIET…” {2SM 441.2}
KEY THINGS TO KNOW:
A. USE SIMPLE TREATMENTS: “...give those who are sick the simple treatments that will relieve them...”
{MM 320.2}
B. BE PATIENT: NATURE'S
PROCESS OF HEALING IS GRADUAL
“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...those who persevere in obedience to her laws will reap the reward in
health of body and health of mind.” (MH 127.3)
C. HOW LONG SHOULD IT
NORMALLY TAKE TO SEE RESULTS?
“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
QUESTION: WHAT IS AN ABSTEMIOUS DIET?
ANSWER: “I advise you to make your diet abstemious. Be sure that as a rational
Christian sentinel you...
1: Guard the door of your stomach, allowing nothing to pass your lips that will be an enemy to your
health and life…
2: Eat much more sparingly,
and
3: eat simple food, which
4: does not require heavy seasoning…”
(CD 102.1)
D. STEPS
FOR TREATMENT:
IN CASE OF SICKNESS:
1:
the cause should be ascertained (See CD 447.5)
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}
***This should be the last
step, and not the first unless an emergency arises.
E. IMPLEMENT AND INCLUDE
LAWS OF HEALTH BECAUSE THEY ARE SIMPLE REMEDIES:
“Pure
air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water,
trust in divine power--these are the true remedies... (MH 127.1)
DRESS
IS TO BE INCLUDED AS A LAW OF HEALTH
“…The greater number...suffer because
of their own wrong course of action. They disregard the principles of health by their habits of eating, drinking, dressing, and working.” {CD 122.2}
“The fashionable style of woman's
dress is one of the greatest causes of all these terrible diseases.”
(HL 64.2)
“MORE
DIE AS THE RESULT OF FOLLOWING FASHION THAN FROM ALL OTHER CAUSES.” (HL 64.3)
***See
documents on Fashion and Dress***
“Women especially are the victims of
various maladies which
might be lessened, if not entirely prevented, by right habits of life. Half
(50%) their sufferings may be attributed to their manner of dress,
and the insane desire to conform to the fashions of the world.” {HL 64.4}
F. USE
WATER TREATMENTS
(refer to the water treatment handout):
Water
treatments are not appreciated as they should be, and to
apply them skillfully requires work that many are unwilling to perform. But none should feel excused for ignorance or indifference on this
subject. 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}
“Water treatments, wisely and skillfully given, may be the means of saving many lives.
Let diligent study be united with careful treatments…” 1911. {MM 57.1}
- Go to your Natural Remedies Encyclopedia, Volume 7,
and read the whole section regarding the use of water.
- Pages
206-275...pages 273-275 tell you which treatments to use for each disease
- Pages 153-211 in
the 5th Edition of the Natural Remedies Encyclopedia
- Pages 209-211 tells
you the treatments
When you get to the
page, scroll down all the way and click the LOAD MORE tab. Do this for a
total of 5 times. You will then be on
the section of the WATER TREATMENTS.
THERE ARE 19 VIDEOS IN TOTAL.
- To learn
more about water treatments, look up “water treatments” and “water” in the
indexes of the writings of the SOP or
on the EG White CD Rom.
- Also:
To get a 2-DVD Set (approx. $15) on over 50 different Hydrotherapy
treatments,
Call HARVESTIME BOOKS (931) 692-2777
G. USE
SIMPLE HERBS AND ROOTS:
“There are simple herbs and roots that every family
may use for themselves and need not call a physician any sooner than they would
call a lawyer...” {2SM 279.1} ***Not complicated mixtures.
“All mixed and complicated foods are
injurious to the health of human beings...” (CD 113.3)
***Due to the previous quote,
we don't recommend more than 3-4 herbs in a
formula. It has been
said that it can be quite confusing
to the body when you put too
many mixtures in. We will stick to what SOP says regarding how many
items to eat at one meal (3-4).
Herbal Drinks will be
included in the amount of water intake for the day. We do not want to put an
excess burden on the kidneys due to the following quote:
“So much liquid taken into the stomach
was not healthful...placed a
great tax upon the kidneys,
and so much watery substance debilitated the stomach.” {CD 105.2}
H. IT IS
NOT A DENIAL OF FAITH TO USE SIMPLE HERBS:
“Those
who seek healing by prayer should not neglect to
make use of the remedial agencies within their reach. It is not a denial
of faith to use such remedies as God has provided to alleviate pain and to aid
nature in her work of restoration...” (MH
231.3)
“…Use the simple remedies provided by
God…this is not a denial of faith; it is in strict harmony with the
plans of God...” (CH 381.2)
I. WE DON'T NEED TO DO A
WHOLE BUNCH OF JUICING because
they didn't do that in Sister White's day,
and they had a 90% recovery rate in her day (and this was for
your worse-case scenarios):
(And, if we do use some juicing, it will be fruit juice and not
coarse vegetable juice)
“In
order to regain health; when, in nine cases out of
ten, if they would eat temperately, and engage in healthful exercise
with a cheerful spirit, they would regain health, and save time and money.
Exercise, and a free, abundant use of the air and sunlight…would in many cases
give life and strength...” {CTBH 160.2}
*Some juicing (NOT vegetable
juice) may be required for poor eyesight, cancer, etc. but not too much each
day...maybe 12 to 16 oz.
We don’t rely on juicing
because food taken in a liquid state places a burden upon the kidneys &
debilitates the stomach. See: ‘Why Not Juicing’ document.
“…So much liquid taken into the
stomach was not healthful, and that all who subsisted on such a diet placed a
great tax upon the kidneys, and so much watery substance debilitated the
stomach…” {CD 105.2}
WHY NOT JUICE COARSE
VEGETABLES?
- Medical Science is showing that COARSE
VEGETABLES taken into the system when raw, whether eaten whole or
juiced, STEAL IODINE FROM THE BODY
- “In the study of hygiene, students
should be taught the nutrient value of different foods. The effect of a
concentrated and stimulating diet, also
of foods deficient in the elements of nutrition, should be made plain.
Tea and coffee, fine-flour bread, pickles, COARSE VEGETABLES, candies, condiments, and pastries FAIL OF SUPPLYING PROPER NUTRIMENT. MANY
A STUDENT HAS BROKEN DOWN AS THE RESULT OF USING SUCH FOODS…” (Ed
204.3)
ARE GOD’S PEOPLE TO GO TO
THE WORLD/THOSE IN DARKNESS FOR ANY NEW LIGHT ON HEALTH?
“…If God has any new light to
communicate, He will let His chosen and beloved understand it, without
their going to have their minds enlightened by hearing those who are in
darkness and error.” {EW 124.2)
WHERE DID JUICING RAW
VEGETABLES COME FROM?
“A Scotchman is launching a new form
of vegetarianism in Paris. Its members eat and drink nothing but
uncooked vegetable foods and natural liquids.”
{June 21, 1894 EJW, PTUK 398.13}
- In
1887, Ellen White said with the laws of health and following all we know to do
to get healing, there would be a 90% recovery rate: she
never once included the juicing of raw vegetables, nor the eating of them.
- “…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}
WHY ARE WE NOW JUICING VEGETABLES?
“…strange things have been done in the
medical missionary work of late…” (CH 370.3)
GOD HAS ALREADY MARKED OUT
THE WAY IN WHICH HIS PEOPLE ARE TO CARRY FORWARD A WORK OF PHYSICIAL HEALING:
“…the Lord has marked out a way in
which His people are to carry forward a work of physical healing…”
(MM 14.3) If juicing
vegetables was meant for us to have, God would have told us so through the
Prophet.
ONE MORE THING:
- LET’S NOT USE APPLIANCES THAT MANY PEOPLE
DO NOT HAVE AT HOME:
“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)
J. WE WILL NOT BE
RECOMMENDING COLONICS DUE TO THE FOLLOWING QUOTE:
However, if you feel a one-time enema may be necessary to cleanse the
bowels, this may be necessary, but should
not be the general rule.
“There
are men who make a specialty of treating the rectum, and some feel that
they have been greatly benefited. But I have been instructed that this
treatment, as well as many surgical operations, leaves with many a serious weakness.”
{PH095 18.5}
WHAT ABOUT AN ENEMA WHEN
NECESSARY?
“…she directed that his bowels, which
were burning hot, be relieved by an enema, administered by two brethren who were
present.”
Note: Enemas may be necessary at times to clear the bowels, but this is the exception and not the rule. We should not
make this a practice as this can
remove the friendly flora. COLONICS ARE NOT RECOMMENDED!!!
“Sara took charge at once,
told them that they were killing him, that the
lungs must have food—good, pure air. All must leave the room but those
required to wait on him. She examined the house and told them he must be moved
into the sitting room. First, she
directed that his bowels, which were burning hot, be relieved by an enema,
administered by two brethren who were present. Then a cot was brought
in, and Sara made it up. Then, all unconscious of everything, he was moved by
four men onto the cot, and plenty of air was given him. He fell asleep for the
first time since Monday. After remaining until the afternoon was nearly gone,
Sara and May returned.” —MS 174, 1897.
{4BIO 328.1}
STEP-BY-STEP TWO MONTH HEALING PROGRAM
Remember,
for your average person, healing
takes place in about one to two months so we recommend a two month
program, minimum. For some persons, it may take a little longer, such as 3-4
months total.
HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:
A Stroke (3 months)
“It was thought
best to avail ourselves of the advantages of the Health Institution at
Dansville, New York.
Here we took the afflicted one [James White after his stroke], but
we did not leave God behind. We
did
not feel that the three months passed at
this institution was in vain…”(5MR 390.2)
A Lame Leg (15 weeks…a little less than 4 months)
“Some of the cures performed are
marvelous. Charles
Melville, the only little son of Eld.
J. N. Andrews, is a case of mote. This boy became lame in one of his
legs. His hip and leg seemed
withering, and malformation appeared to be taking place in the ankle…He
was placed under the care of the physicians at “Our Home,” and in the period of fifteen weeks was
so far recovered as to be returned to his parents…”{1865 JW, HHTL 17.1}
Cancer On The Lip (4 months)
“A brother King,
more than sixty years of age, came to "Our Home" from Massachusetts in August, 1864,
with a cancer broken out upon the lip.
In December following he was sent
home cured.
Under the popular
practice his life would have been regarded of little more worth than a
three-cent postage-stamp. We might mention others, but these are the most
noted. {1865 JW, HHTL 17.2}
THE
FIRST 30 DAYS:
A SHORT FAST: “…Many times a short period of entire abstinence from
food, followed by simple, moderate eating, has led to recovery...” {MH
235.2}
“There are some
who would be benefited more by abstinence from food for a day or two every week
than by any amount of treatment or medical advice…” (CD 189.4} (See
Luke 18:12)
“Intemperate
eating is often the cause of sickness, and what nature most needs is to be
relieved of the undue burden that has been placed upon her. In many cases of
sickness, the very best remedy is for the patient to fast for a meal or two,
that the overworked organs of digestion may have an opportunity to rest…” (MH 235.2
“…A FRUIT DIET
FOR A FEW DAYS has often brought great relief to brain workers…” {MH 235.2}
“…TO FAST ONE
DAY A WEEK WOULD BE OF INCALCULABLE BENEFIT TO THEM.” {CD 189.4)
FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON:
DAYS 1-2 –NO
FOOD
DAYS 3-4 –
FRUIT ONLY/3 x Day (apples and red grapes are the best for this fast)
DAY 5 – INTRODUCE WHOLE GRAIN CARBOHYDRATES
DAY 6-30 – ADD VEGETABLES
AND PROTEIN TO THE DIET….THIS IS THE REGULAR, COMPLETE DIET…INCLUDE ALL THE FOOD GROUPS
FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT DO A
NO FOOD FAST:
DAYS 1-2 –
FRUIT ONLY/ 3 X DAY (apples and red grapes are the best for this fast) have them only do apples or grapes in the
day, but not both if they choose apples, it would be one type of apple for
breakfast, another type for lunch, and another type for the 3rd
meal. The same goes for if they choose the grapes. If they choose apples for
their first day, grapes should be eaten the 2nd day and vice versa.
DAY 3 – INCLUDE WHOLE GRAIN
CARBOHYDRATES
DAY 4 – INCLUDE VEGETABLES
DAY 5 –30 INCLUDE PROTEIN TO THE DIET
FOR THOSE WHO MAY ONLY WANT
TO FAST ONE DAY AND EAT FRUIT THE NEXT DAY:
DAY 1 – NO FOOD
DAY 2 – FRUIT ONLY/
DAY 3 – ADD WHOLE GRAINS TO THE
DIET
DAY 4 – ADD VEGETABLES & PROTEIN
TO THE DIET
DAY 5 – GO TO
REGULAR DIET INCLUDING ALL THE PLANT
BASED FOOD GROUPS WITH PROTEIN AS WELL THIS IS THE REGULAR, COMPLETE HEALTHY DIET…INCLUDE ALL THE FOOD GROUPS
(fruit, vegetables, nuts, grains, seeds.
DURING THE FAST, ONLY DRINK
WATER THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND YOUR HERBAL FORMULA
If you feel faint,
drink ¼ c. grape juice if you are not a diabetic. If you are diabetic, eat a
piece of fruit instead.
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WHAT
TO DO FOR DAYS 1-60:
For the first couple of days, you won’t be eating
during your fast, whether it will be 2 days of no food followed by 2 days of
fruit. Or only 1 day of no food, or
whatever you choose.
And on your fruit only day/days, you won’t be eating
the other foods. Your goal is to follow everything else as much as you can,
doing a little week by week until you are following everything on the plan.
#1:
UPON WAKING UP:
DRINK 16
OZ. HOT WATER (or normal temp if they can’t handle the hot) WITH THE JUICE OF 1-2
LEMONS.
“Water can be used in many ways to
relieve suffering. Drafts of clear, hot
water taken before eating (half a quart, more or less), will never
do any harm, but will rather be
productive of good.” {CD
303.1}
***Listen
to your patients, because some don’t do well with 2 lemons, only 1.
***Be
sure this is drunk within 1 hour.
“…IN THE MORNING I TAKE LEMON AND
WATER…” (21MR 290.6)
#2:
DEEP BREATHING EXERCISES
“Nature will
want some assistance to bring things to their proper condition, which may be
found in the simplest remedies, especially in the use of nature's own
furnished remedies--pure air, and with a precious knowledge of how to BREATHE...” (2SM 287.4)
“...Impress…the
importance of deep breathing…while the importance of deep breathing is
shown, the practice should be insisted upon. Let
exercises be given which will promote this, and see that the habit becomes
established…” {CG 364.4/{Ed
199.1}
“In order to have good blood, we must BREATHE
well. Full, deep inspirations of pure air which fill the lungs
with oxygen…A good respiration soothes the nerves; it stimulates the
appetite and renders digestion more perfect; and it induces sound, refreshing
sleep.” (The Ministry of
Healing, page 272.1) (1905). {CH 59.2}
“…simple, rational methods of treatment employed for the healing of
disease…people were to be taught how to…BREATHE…properly…”
{CD
303.4}
A
GOOD PROPER BREATHING TECHNIQUE IS AS FOLLOWS:
Breathe
in through your nostrils as much as you can,
hold to the count of 10, exhale
through your mouth. Do 5 sets
of these every morning....BE SURE that when you inhale through your nose,
your stomach expands and not the other way around. Most
adults breathe incorrectly.
#3:
MORNING DEVOTION:
“Consecrate yourself to god in the
morning; make this your very first work.
Let your prayer be, “Take me, O Lord,
as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service.
Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee.” This is a daily matter.
Each morning consecrate yourself to
God for that day. Surrender all your plans to Him, to be carried out
or given up as His providence shall indicate. Thus day by day you may be giving
your life into the hands of God, and thus your life will be molded more and
more after the life of Christ.” {SC 70.1}
“It
would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day in contemplation of
the life of Christ. We should take it point by point, and
let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones...”
{DA 83.4}
Notes: If they’re not used to
doing a morning devotion, have them start off with 10 to 15 minutes after they
do their breathing exercises.
The morning devotion could include reading a Proverb a Day. (Whatever day of the month it is, read that chapter.
#4: MORNING
WALK BEFORE BREAKFAST (LS 168.2):
Aim for a minimum 3 miles in 60 minutes….2 miles can be done before breakfast.
It may take a while to get to this
goal…if possible, do more. But some may only be able to do 5 minutes for the
day, so add 1 minute each day. Tell them that recovery is sped up when they are
active, especially in walking, according to Medical
Science.
“Morning exercise, in
walking in the free, invigorating air of heaven, or cultivating flowers,
small fruits, and vegetables, is
necessary to a healthful circulation of the blood. It is the surest safeguard against colds,
coughs, congestions of brain and lungs, inflammation of the liver, the kidneys,
and the lungs, and a hundred other diseases.” {ML 136.5}
“Hours should be spent each day in
walking or in working in the open air when the weather will admit…” {HR, April 1, 1872 par. 5}
***Jesus
tells us through the prophet that we should wear double and triple layers in
the cold months and go outside and exercise…ONLY WHEN IT RAINS OR SNOWS ARE WE
NOT TO GO OUT.
#5: MORNING
WORSHIP:
“In
every family there
should be a fixed time for morning and evening worship.” (CG 520.1)
“Family worship should not be governed by circumstances. You
are not to pray occasionally and, when you have a large day's work to do, neglect
it…” {CG 520.2-3}
#6: 30
MINUTES BEFORE BREAKFAST:
DRINK HERBAL FORMULA DRINK
(whatever
this may be)
WE RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING:
BLOOD: One
herb for this.
Most recommended is 2 T., but check in
Medicinal plants to make sure this dose is okay.
LIVER: One
herb for this.
Most recommended is 2 T., but check in
Medicinal plants to make sure this dose is okay.
MEDICAL CONDITION: Two
different herbs for whatever medical condition you may be addressing
Most recommended is 2 T of each herb,
but check in Medicinal plants to make sure this dose is okay.
***By the way, you will not use the same formula for
month two that you use for month one. Be sure to use another herb for
the blood, another for the liver, and 2 new ones for whatever medical condition
you are dealing with.
A VERY GOOD OVERALL HERBAL
FORMULA EXAMPLE IS:
BLOOD: Red Clover
LIVER: Dandelion Root
OVERALL GOOD CLEANSING
HERBS: Burdock
Rt., Chaparral, Yellow Dock, or Chickweed
Be sure
to change the formula each month with about 1 week rest in between.
HOW TO PREPARE THE TEA: (see PC 31.2…PC = Paulson Collection)
- Put 36 oz. of water into a sauce pot and turn a timer on
to 40 minutes.
- Then turn on the flame on high and put in 2 Tablespoons
of each hard herb (roots, bark, etc.).
- Bring to a fast boil, then turn down on very low and
cover.
- When timer goes off, remove from hot burner to another
burner that is not hot and then add 2 Tablespoons of each herb that is soft.
- Put lid on pot, and steep x 20 minutes.
- Strain and Drink 8 oz./3 x day 1/2 hr. before breakfast,
and ½ hr. before 2nd meal, and in the late afternoon.
“This is God's
method. The herbs that grow for the
benefit of man, and the little handful of herbs kept and steeped for sudden
ailments, have served tenfold, yes, one hundred-fold better purpose, than all
the drugs hidden under mysterious names and dealt out to the
sick...” {PC 31.2}
THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT HERBAL FORMULAS:
Only drink water and herbal tea
formula. This may be adjusted to only 1 day of fasting with 1 day of fruit.
Eat a piece of fruit if you cannot hold
out on the fasting
“It is the custom and order of society
to take a slight breakfast. But this is not the best way to treat the stomach. At breakfast time the stomach is in a better condition to
take care of more food than at the second or third meal of the day. The habit of eating a sparing breakfast
and a large dinner is wrong. Make your breakfast correspond more
nearly to the heartiest meal of the day.” {CD 173.2}
- 3 Fruit (fresh is best…canned or jarred fruit
without sugar is okay)
- 1 Servings of Grain (1 whole grain Bread + 1 whole grain
(whole grain pancakes, waffles, hot or cold cereal)
- 2 Tablespoons of Seeds (RAW/NO SALT) (Pumpkin, Sesame, Flax,
Sunflower, Chia, etc.)
- Closed Fist full of Nuts (may mix up...can substitute 1 Tbsp. Nut
butter instead)
- EAT ALL RAW FOOD FIRST
- NO SECONDS
If the person is a diabetic
have them eat their seeds and nuts at END of the meal.
“Much tact and discretion should be
employed in preparing nourishing food...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 of the body.” {TSDF 21.6}
“…Grains, fruits, nuts,
and vegetables, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition;
and when properly prepared, they constitute the diet that best
promotes both physical and mental strength…”
{Ed 204.3}
GRAINS USED IN MAKING
PORRIDGE OR MUSH SHOULD BE COOKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS:
“Grains used for porridge or “mush”
should have several hours' cooking…” {MH 301.4}
DO NOT EAT PORRIDGE EVERY
DAY FOR BREAKFAST (Examples:
Oatmeal, Wheateena, Cream of Wheat, etc.)
“…So much porridge eating is a mistake.
The dry food that requires mastication is far preferable…”
(CD 108.1)
“…But soft or liquid foods are
less wholesome than dry foods, which require thorough mastication…” {MH
301.4}
#8: WALK FOR 10-15
MINUTES AFTER BREAKFAST:
“To engage in...violent exercise immediately after eating, hinders the digestive
process...But a short walk
after a meal, with the head erect and the shoulders back, exercising moderately,
is a great benefit...” {CTBH 101.1} ***This will not be done on the day a person is fasting.
#9: During
mid-day, you may include your poultices, showers, baths, salt glows, whatever
you need to do – You don't have to do it at this time.
This is just a suggestion.
“…Baths are always
most beneficial in their effects when taken with the body at its highest point
of vigor. Hence, as a rule, ten or
eleven o’clock in the day is the best hour for bathing. When this is impracticable, the hours of
rising or retiring are unobjectionable. No bath should be taken immediately after or before a
meal…” (How to Live, pg. 48 online PDF; pg. 78
in book)
#10: 30 MINUTES BEFORE
SECOND MEAL: (lunch
or supper)
DRINK HERBAL FORMULA DRINK (whatever
this may be) (See Step #5)
#11: LUNCH
Skip if you’re fasting.
Only
drink water and herbal tea formula. This may
be adjusted to only 1 day of fasting with 1 day of fruit.
Eat a piece of fruit if you cannot hold
out on the fasting.
A SALAD (romaine, cilantro, parsley, spinach,
endive…add sliced radishes, sliced cooked beets…
***You
may add olives to this salad.
“Olives may be so prepared as to be
eaten with good results at every meal…” (CD 349.4)
***EAT ALL RAW FOOD FIRST
***DO NOT ADD ANY FRUIT TO THE
SALAD
***NO COARSE VEGETABLES, THIS
INCLUDES NO RAW CABBAGE
INCLUDE COOKED UNTIL TENDER
1 OR 2 OF THE FOLLOWING GREEN VEGETABLES:
- Asparagus
- Beet Greens
- Bok Choy
- Broccoli
- Brussel
Sprouts
- Cauliflower
- Collard
Greens
- Dandelion
Greens
- Kale
- Mustard
Greens
- Spinach
OTHER COLORED VEGETABLES (cooked, not raw) THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITH THE GREEN
VEGETABLES:
- Beets
- Carrots
- Parsnips
- Potatoes (White, Red, Or Purple)
- Rutabagas
- Sweet Potatoes
- Turnips
- Yams
Note:
Do not mix your vegetables with any fruit, including tomatoes, etc.
ONE TO TWO SERVINGS OF
WHOLE GRAIN:
- Barley
- Corn
- Millet
- Oat Patties
- Quinoa
- Rice (green, red, black, wild, brown, basmati, jasmine…NO WHITE RICE)
- Whole Grain Bread
- Whole Grain Pasta
- And more
ONE SERVING OF PROTEIN: (½ cup is sufficient)
- Beans
- Peas
- Lentils
- Tofu (don’t use more than 2x’s per
month)…BE SURE THE LABEL SAYS “NON-GMO”
- NO SECONDS
“Much tact and discretion should be
employed in preparing nourishing food...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 of the body.” {TSDF 21.6}
“…Grains, fruits, nuts,
and vegetables, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition;
and when properly prepared, they constitute the diet that best
promotes both physical and mental strength…”
{Ed 204.3}
NO SECONDS
“After the stomach has done its
work for one meal, do not
crowd more work upon it before it has had a chance to rest and before a
sufficient supply of gastric juice is provided by nature to care for more food. Five
hours at least should elapse between each meal…” {CD 173.1}
“After disposing of one meal, the
digestive organs need rest. At least five or six hours should intervene
between the meals...” (CD 304.1)
#12: WALK
FOR 10-15 MINUTES AFTER LUNCH
“To engage in...violent exercise immediately after eating, hinders the digestive
process...But A SHORT WALK
AFTER A MEAL, with the head erect and the shoulders back, exercising
moderately, IS A GREAT BENEFIT...”
{CTBH 101.1} ***This will not be done on the day a person is fasting.
#13: DRINK YOUR LATE AFTERNOON HERBAL FORMULA
#14: EVENING STROLL (15 minutes minimum)
#15:
EVENING WORSHIP/DEVOTION
“In every family there should be a fixed time for morning and evening
worship.” (CG 520.1)
“Family
worship should not be governed by circumstances. You are not to pray
occasionally and, when you have a large day's work to do, neglect it.” {CG 520.2-3}
MONTH
TWO:
DAYS
31-60
Do
everything the same, except, there's no need to do the fruit fast or water fast
at the beginning. You may eat your regular meals for breakfast and lunch. However, it is good
to fast at least one to two days every week.
ALSO:
The only
other change would be the HERBAL FORMULA. Have a
completely different herb for the Blood, Liver, and 2 more new herbs for
whatever ailment you are combating. If you stick to the same herbs as
you did in your first 30 days, your body will become immune and you won't have
great benefits the 2nd month.
ADDITIONAL
INFO:
#1: Be
sure all windows are open (crack
hairline breadth in winter time)
“Sleeping apartments…to have a
circulation of air through them day and night.”
(HL 142.1}
“Many seem to think that if they
exclude the air from their rooms because it is damp and foggy, they have an atmosphere in their houses
perfectly safe to breathe. But we
have to breathe in damp and foggy days as well as in pleasant, sunny weather.
We must accept the air which God gives us, which is subject to atmospheric
changes, sometimes dry and invigorating, while again it is damp, chill, and
penetrating. We must meet these changes as they come, and make provision the
best we can to guard ourselves from the effects of damp and chilly atmosphere, and not subject ourselves to a greater evil by breathing air over and over
again that has lost its vital properties.”
{HR, February 1, 1874 par. 7}
“The idea that night air is
unhealthful and must be excluded from our sleeping apartments is a mistake.
In the night god designed that we should breathe night air, for we have no
other. Our creator would not make night air
dangerous to health and yet compel us to breathe it. Night air is healthy for us to breathe in the
night as day air is in the day.” {HR, February 1, 1874 par. 10}
#2: GET VITAMIN D LEVELS CHECKED. 25 Hydroxy is the correct test.
Be sure levels are at least
80-100.
#3: DO NOT EAT COARSE VEGETABLES
Like Cabbage,
Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Carrots, Collard Greens, etc.
Steam or cook until they are tender to release the enzyme to help with
proper digestion and to get proper nutrients.
“Tea and coffee,
fine-flour bread, pickles, COARSE VEGETABLES,
candies, condiments, and pastries fail of supplying proper nutriment.” (Ed 204.3)
#4: FAST AT LEAST 1-2 DAYS EACH WEEK (For skinny persons, only 1 day is
necessary if done at all)
“There are some who would be benefited
more by abstinence from food for a day or two every week than by any amount of
treatment or medical advice. To fast one day a week would be of
incalculable benefit to them.” {CD 189.4}
#5: SQUASH, CUCUMBERS, BELL PEPPERS, TOMATOES, PUMPKIN, AND
EGG PLANT, ARE ALL FRUIT:
Please
do not eat with any vegetables. Anything that grows on a vine,
a bush, or a tree, is a fruit.
“It is not well to eat fruit and
vegetables at the same meal...It is better to have the fruit at one
meal, and the vegetables at another.” {CD 112.3}
“I have vermicelli-tomato soup one
meal and greens the next...” {CD 324.1}
#6: THE JUICE OF LEMONS MAY BE USED ON GREENS:
“My thistle
greens, nicely cooked, and seasoned with sterilized cream and lemon juice,
are very appetizing.”(CD 324.1)
#7. OLIVES,
ALTHOUGH A FRUIT, MAY BE EATEN AT EVERY MEAL (WITH PERMISSION FROM THE SOP):
This
is an exception to the rule.
“Olives may be so prepared as to be
eaten with good results at every meal...”
{CD 349.4}
#8: BREAD IS TO BE AT LEAST 2-3 DAYS OLD BEFORE HEALTHFUL TO
EAT:
“...thoroughly cooked bread two or
three days old will be
more healthful than fresh bread.” {CD 108.2}
#9: NO MORE THAN 3-4 DISHES PER MEAL:
“Do not have too
great a variety at a meal; three
or four dishes are a plenty. At the next meal you can have a
change.”(CD 109.5)
#10: NO MORE THAN 2-3 KINDS OF FOOD:
You have grains, fruits, nuts, vegetables, seeds, etc. Only 2-3 kinds at
one meal.
Example: You can only
have 3 kinds of food maximum, but you may have 4 dishes. Now how can this be you may ask?
Simple: 2 cooked green vegetables are 1 kind of
food, but 2 separate dishes. Then you have 1 grain, and 1 legume. That’s 4 dishes, but only 3 kinds of
food.
Or you could do 2 grain, 1 cooked vegetable and 1 legume
“It would be
much better to eat only two or three different kinds of food at a meal than to
load the stomach with many
varieties.” {CD 110.2}
#11: NO COMPLICATED MIXTURES:
“All mixed and complicated foods are
injurious to the health of human beings. Dumb animals would never eat such a mixture as is often placed in
the human stomach…” {CD 113.3}
“...complicated mixtures of food are
health destroying.” (CD 113.4)
#12: NO
CONDIMENTS:
“If any have a
perverted taste that craves tea, coffee, condiments, and unhealthful
dishes, enlighten
them...”(CTBH 117.3)
“The less that condiments and desserts are placed upon our tables, the better it will be for all
who partake of the food.” {CD 113.3}
#13: NO RICH FOOD:
“The richness of food...are
health destroying.” (CD 113.4)
#14: Do not eat Veggie Meats bought in a store.
They are
full of harmful ingredients.
“…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)
#15: NO MSG, ASPARTAME, SOY SAUCE, VINEGAR, PRESERVATIVES,
ADDITIVES, FOOD COLORING, ETC.
This means no
candies, gum, or breath mints…Read All Labels….See CD 485.1-.2; & 2MR 143.3
“I advise you to make your diet
abstemious. 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. God holds you responsible to obey the
light He has given you on health reform...” (CD 102.1)
“…vinegar...These things are
injurious and deleterious to the human system...”
{20MR 2.4}
#16: DO NOT EAT ANY FRIED OR GREASY FOOD:
“Fruits, grains,
and vegetables, prepared in a simple way, FREE FROM…GREASE OF ALL KINDS...” (CTBH
47.1)
“The grease cooked in the food renders
it difficult of digestion...” (CTBH 46.3)
#17: DO NOT TAKE YOUR FOOD IN LIQUID FORM:
NO
SMOOTHIES
“Taken in a liquid state, your food would not
give vigor or tone to the system...” {CD 105.1}
#18: IF YOU
EAT A 3RD MEAL, MAKE SURE IT IS ONLY FRUIT & TOAST OR SOME OTHER
GRAIN LIKE GRANOLA
Be
sure it is eaten at least 3 hours before bedtime, going to bed no later than
9:00 pm:
“…Have the third
meal, prepared without vegetables, but with simple, wholesome food, such as
fruit and bread…” {8MR 372.2}
“If a third meal
be eaten at all, it should be light, and several hours before going to bed.” {CD 158.1}
“Supper…When taken later, it is
not itself digested before bedtime. Thus the stomach fails of securing
proper rest. The sleep is disturbed, the brain and nerves are wearied,
the appetite for breakfast is impaired, the whole system is unrefreshed, and is
unready for the day's duties.” (CD 176.1)
#19: DRINK ½ YOUR WEIGHT IN OUNCES OF WATER EACH DAY ON TOP OF
THE 16 OZ TO DRINK UPON RISING IN THE MORNING:
WATER
CALCULATION FORMULA
