Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God.” ...
Sanctification is not merely a theory, an emotion,
or a form of words, but a living, active principle,
entering into the everyday life. It requires that our
habits of eating, drinking, and dressing be such as
to secure the preservation of physical, mental, and
moral health, that we may present to the Lord our
bodies—not an offering corrupted by wrong habits
but—“a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God.” Romans 12:1.
Let none who profess godliness regard with
indifference the health of the body, and flatter
themselves that intemperance is no sin and will not
affect their spirituality. A close sympathy exists
between the physical and the moral nature. The
standard of virtue is elevated or degraded by the
physical habits. Excessive eating of the best of
food will produce a morbid condition of the moral
feelings. And if the food is not the most healthful,
the effects will be still more injurious. Any habit
which does not promote healthful action in the
human system degrades the higher and nobler
faculties. Wrong habits of eating and drinking lead
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