Published So the People Might Read

The counsels in dietetic lines were abundant and reached the people through the years in various books, articles, and in Ellen G. White correspondence. Not long after her death it was felt that the church and its institutions would be well served if the full range of counsels in this field were brought together in topical order and issued in a single volume. Counsels on Diet and Foods resulted, and because the topic is a vital one, the book’s annual sale is large.CD-SG 5.3

While studied primarily by Seventh-day Adventists, the book has reached some research scientists outside our own ranks. One, Dr. Clive McCay, long-time instructor of graduate students in nutrition at Cornell University, after discussing The Ministry of Healing and Counsels on Diet and Foods, declared orally and in print: “In spite of the fact that the works of Mrs. White were written long before the advent of modern scientific nutrition, no better overall guide is available today.”CD-SG 5.4

The heart of Dr. McCay’s presentation, with strong acclaim of the Ellen G. White counsels on nutrition, which was published in 1959 in three articles he prepared for the Review and Herald, appears in this pamphlet on pages 59-62 as Appendix C. His confirmation, from a scientific standpoint, of many points made long before the development of modern nutritional science is enlightening and reassuring.CD-SG 5.5

Jesus declared: “And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe” (John 14:29).CD-SG 5.6

The Adventist community of a century ago by faith adopted the divine guidelines so different from the accepted concepts of the times. They soon experienced the rewards of a better way of life. Seventh-day Adventists today have the benefit of the experience of more than a hundred years.CD-SG 5.7