Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

health, the idea should never be given that it is of
little consequence what we eat. I do not
recommend an impoverished diet. Many who need
the benefits of healthful living and from
conscientious motives adopt what they believe to
be such, are deceived by supposing that a meager
bill of fare, prepared without painstaking and
consisting mostly of mushes and so-called gems,
heavy and sodden, is what is meant by a reformed
diet. Some use milk and a large amount of sugar on
mush, thinking that they are carrying out health
reform. But the sugar and milk combined are liable
to cause fermentation in the stomach, and are thus
harmful. The free use of sugar in any form tends to
clog the system and is not unfrequently a cause of
disease. Some think that they must eat only just
such an amount, and just such a quality, and
confine themselves to two or three kinds of foods.
But in eating too small an amount, and that not of
the best quality, they do not receive sufficient
nourishment
There is real common sense in health reform.
People cannot all eat the same things. Some articles
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