Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

the living machine.
There was one case in Montcalm County,
Michigan, to which I will refer. The individual was
a noble man. He stood six feet and was of fine
appearance. I was called to visit him in his
sickness. I had previously conversed with him in
regard to his manner of living. “I do not like the
looks of your eyes,” said I. He was eating large
quantities of sugar. I asked him why he did this. He
said that he had left off meat, and did not know
what would supply its place as well as sugar....
Some of you send your daughters, who have
nearly grown to womanhood, to school to learn the
sciences before they know how to cook, when this
should be made of the first importance. Here was a
woman who did not know how to cook; she had
not learned how to prepare healthful food. The wife
and mother was deficient in this important branch
of education, and as the result, poorly cooked food
not being sufficient to sustain the demands of the
system, sugar was eaten immoderately, which
brought on a diseased condition of the entire
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