Further Miscellaneous Counsels

Every thinking person today would agree with such wise statements of Mrs. White as, “Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power—these are the true remedies.”— Ibid., p. 127. . . .CD-SG 42.7

Or take these statements: “The best food for the infant is the food that nature provides. Of this it should not be needlessly deprived.”—Ibid., p. 383. “In the entertainment of guests there should be greater simplicity.”—Ibid., p. 322. “Where wrong habits of diet have been indulged, there should be no delay in reform.”— Ibid., p 308.CD-SG 42.8

“Take active exercise every day, and see if you do not receive benefit.”— Ibid., p. 310.CD-SG 43.1

“One of the surest hindrances to the recovery of the sick is the centering of attention upon themselves.”— Ibid., p. 256. . . .CD-SG 43.2

Mrs. White recognized the value of mixing a variety of grains. She wrote: “All wheat flour is not best for a continuous diet. A mixture of wheat, oatmeal, and rye would be more nutritious than the wheat with the nutrifying properties separated from it.”— Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 321. She recognized the truth from Ezekiel, “Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof” (Ezekiel 4:9) These additions supplement the proteins of wheat bread, as well as increase such essential elements as calcium.CD-SG 43.3