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〉 Counsels on Diet and Foods
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   You Should Read This ( 3 )
     How This Book Came to Be ( 3 )
     This Is a Unique Compilation ( 3 )
     Peril of Taking a Part for the Whole ( 4 )
     A Call for Everyone to Study ( 5 )
     The Hazards of Extremes ( 6 )
     Employ Sound Principles in Study ( 6 )
     A Recommendation for Health Reform ( 7 )
   Dates of Writing or First Publication ( 11 )
   Chapter 1—Reasons for Reform ( 15 )
     For the Glory of God ( 15 )
     Choice of Life or Death ( 15 )
     Seek for Perfection ( 16 )
     A Question of Obedience ( 16 )
     Penalty for Ignorance ( 19 )
     Not Always Ignorant ( 19 )
     Responsibility for Light ( 19 )
     An Offering Without Blemish ( 20 )
     A Pitiful Offering ( 21 )
     Why the Light on Health Reform ( 22 )
     Importance of Health Principles ( 23 )
     In the Front Ranks of Reformers ( 24 )
     Health Reform and Prayer for the Sick ( 25 )
     A Lesson From Israel’s Failure ( 26 )
     The Christian Race ( 27 )
     Daniel’s Example ( 28 )
     God’s Approval Won ( 31 )
     Unready for the Loud Cry ( 32 )
     Preparation for the Refreshing ( 33 )
     Appeals to the Hesitant ( 33 )
     All Being Proved ( 34 )
     True Reform Is Heart Reform ( 35 )
     A Question of Primary Importance ( 36 )
     A United Front ( 38 )
     Stumbling Over the Blessing ( 39 )
     Consider the Judgment ( 39 )
   Chapter 2—Diet and Spirituality ( 43 )
     Intemperance a Sin ( 43 )
     When Sanctification Is Impossible ( 44 )
     Willing Ignorance Increases Sin ( 44 )
     Mental Effects of Disobedience to Physical Law ( 45 )
     Effect on Appreciation of Truth ( 47 )
     Effect Upon Discernment and Decision ( 48 )
     Effect Upon Influence and Usefulness ( 53 )
     Special Responsibilities and Temptations of Ministers ( 54 )
     “Do All to the Glory of God” ( 56 )
     Relation to the Victorious Life ( 57 )
     Moral Pollution in Early Times ( 60 )
     Prevailing Corruptions Due to Unrestrained Appetite ( 61 )
     Influence of a Simple Diet ( 63 )
     Temperance an Aid to Moral Control ( 64 )
   Chapter 3—Health Reform and the Third Angel’s Message ( 69 )
     As the Hand to the Body ( 69 )
     To Prepare a People ( 69 )
     Adam’s Defeat—Christ’s Victory ( 70 )
     Aids in Discerning Truth ( 70 )
     Sanctified or Punished ( 70 )
     Work of Elijah and John a Type ( 70 )
     A Marked Contrast ( 71 )
     Give the Health Work its Place ( 72 )
     Need for Self-Mastery ( 73 )
     Ministers and People to Act in Concert ( 74 )
     A Part of, but Not the Whole Message ( 74 )
     Its Relation to Medical Institutions ( 75 )
     An Entering Wedge ( 76 )
     To Remove Prejudice—Increase Influence ( 76 )
   Chapter 4—The Proper Dietary ( 81 )
     Chosen by the Creator ( 81 )
     A Call to Return ( 81 )
     An Aid to Quick Perception ( 82 )
     Saving Much Suffering ( 83 )
     Inducements to Simple Living ( 83 )
     The Reward of Perseverance ( 84 )
     Let Us Advance ( 84 )
     Camp Meeting Diet ( 85 )
     The Picnic Lunch ( 86 )
     Simplicity in Entertaining ( 87 )
     Ready for the Unexpected Guest ( 89 )
     Think Less About Temporal Food ( 89 )
     Reforming Influence of the Simple Life ( 90 )
     Not a Matter of Indifference ( 91 )
     God’s Bountiful Provision ( 92 )
     An Impoverished Diet Discredits Health Reform ( 92 )
     Adjusting the Diet to Individual Needs ( 93 )
     Suited to Season and Climate ( 94 )
     Nourishing Foods Found in Every Land ( 94 )
     A Suggestion for the Tropics ( 95 )
     Tact Needed in Teaching Health Reform ( 95 )
     An Assurance of Divine Guidance ( 96 )
   Chapter 5—Physiology of Digestion ( 101 )
     The Reward of Respecting Nature’s Laws ( 101 )
     Physical Effects of Overeating ( 101 )
     Clogs the Machinery ( 102 )
     Digestion Aided By Moderate Exercise ( 103 )
     Aided by Pure Air ( 104 )
     Hindered by Liquid Diet ( 105 )
     Food to Be Warm, but Not Hot ( 106 )
     Vital Force Depleted by Cold Food ( 106 )
     A Caution to Busy People ( 107 )
     Eat Slowly, Masticate Thoroughly ( 107 )
     A Lesson to Be Repeated ( 107 )
     Avoid Undue Anxiety ( 108 )
     Combination of Foods ( 109 )
     War in the Stomach ( 111 )
     Peaceful Stomachs and Peaceful Dispositions ( 111 )
     Fruits and Vegetables ( 112 )
     Rich Desserts and Vegetables ( 112 )
     Sugar and Milk ( 113 )
     Rich and Complicated Mixtures ( 113 )
   Chapter 6—Improper Eating a Cause of Disease ( 117 )
     A Heritage of Degeneracy ( 117 )
     Willing Ignorance of the Laws of Life ( 119 )
     Social Results of Uncontrolled Appetite ( 120 )
     Violated Laws—Natural and Spiritual ( 120 )
     Self-inflicted Suffering ( 121 )
     Sickness follows Indulgence of Appetite ( 122 )
     Preparing the Way for Drunkenness ( 123 )
     Diseased Liver Through Wrong Diet ( 123 )
     Rich Food and Fevers ( 124 )
     Blaming Providence ( 125 )
     The Price of a “Good Meal” ( 125 )
     Effect of Improper Eating Upon the Disposition ( 126 )
     Appeals for Reform ( 126 )
   Chapter 7—Overeating ( 131 )
     A Common, but Serious Sin ( 131 )
     Clogging the Human Machinery ( 131 )
     Gluttony a Capital Offense ( 132 )
     The Course Plan Incites to Gluttony ( 133 )
     The Cause of Physical and Mental Debility ( 135 )
     Drowsiness During Church Service ( 136 )
     A Cause of Forgetfulness ( 137 )
     Counsel to Sedentary Workers and Ministers ( 138 )
     Indigestion and Board Meetings ( 139 )
     No Recommendation of Health Reform ( 140 )
     Digging Their Graves With Their Teeth ( 141 )
   Chapter 8—Control of Appetite ( 145 )
     Failure in Self-control the First Sin ( 145 )
     Noah’s Day and Ours ( 145 )
     Sodom and Gomorrah ( 147 )
     Esau Conquered by Appetite ( 148 )
     Israel’s Lust for Flesh ( 148 )
     All These are Ensamples ( 149 )
     The World Today ( 149 )
     Worshiping at the Shrine of Perverted Appetite ( 150 )
     Christ’s Victory in Our Behalf ( 151 )
     Look to the Saviour ( 152 )
     Daniel’s Example in Overcoming ( 154 )
     Our Christian Duty ( 155 )
     Slaves to Appetite ( 157 )
     Educate the Appetite ( 158 )
     Effect of Indulgence, Physical, Mental, Moral ( 159 )
     A Future Day of Remorse ( 160 )
     Unnatural Appetite to Be Restrained ( 160 )
     Usefulness of God’s Workers Depends Upon Controlled Appetite ( 161 )
     An Appeal to a Fellow Worker ( 162 )
     Abstemiousness Increases Vigor ( 162 )
     Relation of Habits to Sanctification ( 164 )
     Decision of Character Required ( 165 )
     The Futile Attempt to Reform Gradually ( 166 )
     Peter’s Appeal ( 166 )
     By the Power of the Will and the Grace of God ( 167 )
     A Question of Moral Courage ( 168 )
     Victory Through Christ ( 169 )
   Chapter 9—Regularity in Eating ( 173 )
     Rest Needed by the Stomach ( 173 )
     Eat a Substantial Breakfast ( 173 )
     Late Suppers ( 173 )
     The Cause and Cure of that All-Gone Feeling ( 175 )
     The Two-Meal Plan ( 176 )
     As a Remedy for Irritability ( 177 )
     None to Be Forced to Discard Their Third Meal ( 177 )
     Not to Be a Test ( 178 )
     Objectionable Results of Enforcing the Two-Meal Plan in Training Schools ( 178 )
     The Importance of Regularity ( 179 )
   Chapter 10—Fasting ( 185 )
     Christ’s Victory Through Denial of Appetite ( 185 )
     As a Preparation for Study of the Scriptures ( 187 )
     When Special Divine Help Is Needed ( 187 )
     The True Fast ( 188 )
     As a Remedy for Disease ( 189 )
     Guard Against Enfeebling Abstinence ( 190 )
     Advice to an Aged Minister ( 191 )
   Chapter 11—Extremes in Diet ( 195 )
     The Value of a Consistent Course ( 195 )
     Mistaken Ideas of Reform ( 197 )
     Urging Personal Views ( 198 )
     Avoid an Impoverished Diet ( 198 )
     Vary the Menus ( 200 )
     Consideration for Individual Needs ( 200 )
     Not to Be the Cause of a Time of Trouble ( 201 )
     When Health Reform Becomes Health Deform ( 202 )
     The Food Should be Made Appetizing ( 207 )
     Harmful Influence of Extremists ( 208 )
     Urging Personal Opinions and Personal Tests ( 209 )
     Error on Side of People Preferable to Opposite Extreme ( 211 )
     Both Extremes to Be Avoided ( 212 )
   Chapter 12—Diet During Pregnancy ( 217 )
     Prenatal Influences ( 217 )
     “Let Her Beware” ( 218 )
     Appetite Not to Run Riot ( 219 )
     Effects of Overwork and Impoverished Diet ( 221 )
   Chapter 13—Diet in Childhood ( 225 )
     Counsel Based on Divine Instruction ( 225 )
     The True Beginning of Reform ( 225 )
     The Infant ( 226 )
     Regularity in Eating ( 228 )
     Early Education of the Appetite ( 229 )
     Indulgence and Depravity ( 231 )
     Study Simplicity ( 232 )
     Fostering Intemperance ( 233 )
     Teach an Abhorrence for Stimulants ( 235 )
     Foods Especially Injurious to Children ( 236 )
     Counteracting Evil Tendencies ( 236 )
     The Cruel Kindness of Indulgence ( 238 )
     Observations While Traveling ( 239 )
     Cause of Irritability and Nervousness ( 242 )
     Relation of Diet to Moral Development ( 243 )
     Corruption Among Children ( 244 )
     Things Might Have Been Different ( 245 )
     Teach Children How to Meet Temptation ( 246 )
   Chapter 14—Healthful Cookery ( 251 )
     Poor Cooking a Sin ( 251 )
     A Knowledge of Cookery Worth Ten Talents ( 251 )
     Respect Due the Cook ( 251 )
     Every Woman’s Duty to Become a Skillful Cook ( 252 )
     Let Men and Women Learn to Cook ( 253 )
     Study Health Journals ( 253 )
     Encourage Development of Individual Talent ( 254 )
     A Call for Cooking Schools ( 254 )
     Health Reform and Good Cooking ( 255 )
     Changing From a Meat Diet ( 255 )
     Poor Cooking a Cause of Disease ( 256 )
     Appropriate Epitaphs ( 257 )
     Souls Lost Because of Poor Cooking ( 257 )
     No Mean Science ( 257 )
     Study Economy ( 258 )
     Lives Sacrificed to Fashionable Eating ( 258 )
     The Choice and Preparation of Foods Important ( 259 )
     The Stereotyped Breakfast ( 259 )
     Study and Practice ( 260 )
     An Important Branch of Education ( 260 )
     Encourage the Learners ( 262 )
     Cooking Lessons More Essential Than Music ( 263 )
     Teach the Mysteries of Cooking ( 264 )
   Chapter 15—Health Foods and Hygienic Restaurants ( 267 )
     From the Heavenly Provider ( 267 )
     To Be Like the Manna ( 267 )
     Knowledge Divinely Imparted ( 268 )
     Simple, Easily Prepared, Healthful ( 269 )
     More Simple and Less Expensive ( 270 )
     As Famine Increases, Foods Will Be Simplified ( 271 )
     Christ’s Lesson on Economy ( 271 )
     Foods From Local Products in Different Lands ( 271 )
     Health Foods to Precede Advanced Phases of Health Reform ( 272 )
     Nut Ingredients to Be Used Sparingly ( 273 )
     Sweetened Crackers ( 274 )
     Hygienic Restaurant Service at Camp Meetings ( 274 )
     Our Restaurants to Stand for Principle ( 275 )
     Avoid Complex Combinations ( 275 )
     The Mission of Hygienic Restaurants ( 276 )
     Ultimate Aim of Health-Food Work ( 277 )
   Chapter 16—Sanitarium Dietary ( 281 )
     Rational Care and Good Food ( 281 )
     Responsibility of Physicians, Dietitians, and Nurses ( 281 )
     Seek the Comfort and Good Will of the Patients ( 282 )
     Require Only Necessary Changes in Habits and Customs ( 283 )
     Make Dietetic Changes Gradually ( 284 )
     Education to Accompany Reforms ( 285 )
     Two Extremes ( 286 )
     Vary the Bill of Fare ( 286 )
     Avoid Extremes ( 287 )
     Influence of Short Rations or Unpalatable Food ( 289 )
     Flesh Foods Not a Part of the Sanitarium Dietary ( 289 )
     No Prescription for Flesh Food ( 290 )
     Caution in Prescribing No Flesh Foods ( 291 )
     “Do Not Let It Appear” ( 293 )
     Serving Tea, Coffee, and Flesh Meat in Patients’ Rooms ( 294 )
     Tea, Coffee, and Flesh Meat Not to Be Prescribed ( 294 )
     Liquor Not to Be Served ( 294 )
     Dishes Inviting Appetite ( 295 )
     Foods for Invalids ( 295 )
     The Education of the Sanitarium Table ( 296 )
     To Recommend Health Reform ( 296 )
     The Helper’s Table ( 297 )
     The Cook, a Medical Missionary ( 297 )
   Chapter 17—Diet a Rational Remedy ( 302 )
     Nature’s Remedial Agencies ( 302 )
     Some Things We Can Do for Ourselves ( 302 )
     Faith and Correct Eating and Drinking ( 303 )
     Rational Remedies in Sanitariums ( 303 )
     A Remedial Diet ( 304 )
     Strict Temperance a Remedy for Disease ( 305 )
     The Best Food Needed ( 305 )
   Chapter 18—Fruits, Cereals, and Vegetables ( 309 )
     A Blessing in Fresh Fruits ( 309 )
     A Part of an Adequate Diet ( 310 )
     Replacing Injurious Articles ( 311 )
     Canning and Drying ( 311 )
     Fresh From Orchard and Garden ( 312 )
     In a Diet of the Creator’s Choice ( 313 )
     A Part of an Adequate Diet ( 313 )
     Abundantly Supplied ( 313 )
     Properly Prepared ( 314 )
     Porridge ( 314 )
     Graham Gruel ( 315 )
     To Take the Place of Flesh Meat ( 315 )
     The Staff of Life ( 315 )
     Religion in a Good Loaf ( 315 )
     Use of Soda in Bread ( 316 )
     Using Milk in Yeast Bread ( 316 )
     Hot Yeast Bread ( 316 )
     Zwieback ( 317 )
     Old Bread Preferable to Fresh ( 317 )
     The Evils of Sour Bread ( 317 )
     The Advantage of Using Bread and Other Hard Foods ( 318 )
     Hot Biscuits ( 319 )
     Gems and Rolls ( 319 )
     Whole-Wheat Bread Better Than White ( 320 )
     Grains in Bread May Be Varied ( 321 )
     Sweet Breads ( 321 )
     Fresh Vegetables, Simply Prepared ( 321 )
     A Part of a Complete Diet ( 322 )
     Plenty of Vegetables ( 322 )
     Some Cannot Use Vegetables ( 322 )
     Potatoes, Irish and Sweet ( 323 )
     Beans a Wholesome Dish ( 323 )
     Growing and Preserving Vegetables ( 323 )
     Greens and Tomatoes in the Diet of Ellen G. White ( 323 )
   Chapter 19—Desserts ( 327 )
     Sale of Knickknacks on the Campground ( 329 )
     Sugar in Ellen G. White’s Diet ( 330 )
     A Temptation to Overindulgence ( 331 )
     Not a Part of a Healthful, Nourishing Diet ( 332 )
     Simple Desserts Not Forbidden ( 333 )
     For Clear Minds and Strong Bodies ( 334 )
   Chapter 20—Condiments, Etc. ( 339 )
     Spices Irritate the Stomach and Cause Unnatural Cravings ( 339 )
     Their Use a Cause of Faintness ( 341 )
     Vinegar ( 345 )
   Chapter 21—Fats ( 349 )
     Progressive Reform ( 349 )
     Replacing With Olives, Cream, Nuts, and Health Foods ( 349 )
     Not Best for Children ( 350 )
     Free Use Obstructs Digestion ( 350 )
     When the Purest Butter Cannot Be Obtained ( 351 )
     Not to Be Classed With Flesh Meat ( 351 )
     Allow Others Their Convictions ( 351 )
     Caution Against Extremes ( 352 )
     God Will Guide ( 353 )
     Part of a Nourishing, Palatable Diet ( 355 )
     The Danger of Unsafe Milk ( 356 )
     Sterilization of Milk ( 357 )
     A Substitute for Butter ( 357 )
     The Strictest Diet Not Best ( 358 )
     God Will Provide ( 359 )
   Chapter 22—Proteins ( 363 )
     Part of an Adequate Diet ( 363 )
     Nut Foods to Be Carefully Prepared and Inexpensive ( 363 )
     Proportion of Nuts to Other Ingredients ( 364 )
     Use of Eggs Will Become More and More Unsafe ( 365 )
     Not to Be Classed With Flesh Meat ( 365 )
     Exciting to Children ( 366 )
     Properties in Eggs Are Remedial Agencies; Guard Against Extremes ( 366 )
     In Sanitarium Dietary ( 367 )
     Failure to Replace Food Elements ( 368 )
     Unfit for Food ( 368 )
     Practice of Mrs. White ( 370 )
   Chapter 23—Flesh Meats (Proteins Continued) ( 373 )
     Flesh Diet—An Aftermath of Sin ( 373 )
     Antediluvian Depravity ( 373 )
     Israel’s Failure and Spiritual Loss ( 374 )
     Nonflesh Diet to Modify the Disposition ( 375 )
     Rebellion and Its Punishment ( 375 )
     God’s Purpose for Israel ( 377 )
     An Ensample for Us ( 378 )
     Back to the Original Diet ( 380 )
     Preparing for Translation ( 380 )
     Perfecting Holiness ( 382 )
     Meat Eating Especially Dangerous Now ( 384 )
     Animal Suffering and Its Effects ( 385 )
     Physical Results of a Flesh Diet Increase Liability to Disease and Sudden Death ( 386 )
     Diseased Blood ( 387 )
     Cancer, Tuberculosis, Tumors ( 388 )
     Decreases Mental Vigor ( 389 )
     Strengthens the Baser Passions ( 389 )
     The Safest Course ( 391 )
     The Cause Not Recognized ( 391 )
     The Swine Especially Condemned ( 392 )
     Animal Fat and Blood ( 393 )
     Fish Often Contaminated ( 394 )
     Recognition of Emergency Conditions ( 394 )
     A Nonflesh Diet Adequate ( 395 )
     Why Use Secondhand Food? ( 396 )
     Meat a Typical Stimulant ( 396 )
     Provide Substitutes ( 397 )
     Illogical Excuses ( 398 )
     Earnest Appeals for Reform ( 399 )
     Strength to Resist Through Fasting and Prayer ( 400 )
     When Prayer for Healing Is Inconsistent ( 400 )
     Leaders in Reform ( 401 )
     A Summary ( 402 )
     Progessive Dietic Reform in Seventh-day Adventist Institutions ( 405 )
     Appeals for a Nonflesh Diet in Our Early Medical Institutions (1884) ( 405 )
     Meeting the Issue Squarely ( 410 )
     A Second Letter Meeting the Issue ( 412 )
     Remaining True to Our Principles ( 414 )
   Chapter 24—Beverages ( 419 )
     Pure Water a Blessing ( 419 )
     Use of Water in Sickness ( 419 )
     In Fever Cases ( 419 )
     A Right and Wrong Use of Water ( 420 )
     The Stimulating Effects of Tea and Coffee ( 420 )
     Harmful Effects Attributed to Other Causes ( 422 )
     Effects on Mind and Morals ( 422 )
     Create Nervous Excitement, Not Strength ( 423 )
     No Food Value ( 425 )
     Spiritual Perception Blunted ( 425 )
     Cravings Interfere With Spiritual Worship ( 426 )
     The Stupefied Transgressor Not Guiltless ( 426 )
     A Losing Battle With Appetite ( 427 )
     The Only Safe Course ( 428 )
     The Conflict Between Truth and Self-indulgence ( 428 )
     The Roots of Intemperance ( 429 )
     Persevere, and Nature Will Rally ( 430 )
     A Suggestion of Satan ( 431 )
     Immoderate Use of Hot and Injurious Drinks ( 432 )
     Moderate Drinking the Highway to Drunkenness ( 433 )
     Our Example to be on the Side of Reform ( 434 )
     Under the Microscope ( 436 )
     Sweet Grape Juice ( 436 )
     Beneficial to Health ( 437 )
   Chapter 25—Teaching Health Principles ( 441 )
     The Need of Health Education ( 441 )
     Many Will Be Enlightened ( 442 )
     Pioneer Efforts in Teaching Health Reform Principles ( 442 )
     At Camp Meetings and from House to House ( 443 )
     The Medical Tent on the Campground ( 443 )
     By Example as Well as Precept ( 443 )
     In Our Sanitariums ( 444 )
     Educate Patients in Home Nursing ( 445 )
     Temperance Instruction to Be Given ( 445 )
     Comprehensive Nature of Reform Required ( 446 )
     Leaves From the Tree of Life ( 447 )
     Preparation for Prayer for Healing ( 447 )
     The Physician’s Responsibility to Enlighten His Patients ( 447 )
     A Solemn Charge ( 448 )
     Moral Courage Required by Diet Reformers ( 449 )
     Cooperation of Sanitariums and Schools ( 450 )
     In Evangelistic Work and City Missions ( 450 )
     Let Ministers Teach Reform Principles ( 451 )
     Appeal to Ministers, Conference Presidents, and Other Leaders ( 452 )
     Failure to Practice Health Reform Disqualifies For the Ministry ( 453 )
     Health Education in the Home ( 454 )
     God’s Work Hindered by Selfish Indulgence ( 455 )
     Every Member to Impart Truth ( 455 )
     Establish New Centers ( 456 )
     Educators, God Forward ( 456 )
     Keep in View the Great Object of Reform ( 457 )
     Follow the Saviour’s Methods ( 458 )
     Use Tact and Courtesy ( 459 )
     Diet Reform to Be Progressive ( 460 )
     The Influence of Our Health Publications ( 461 )
     Tracts on Health Reform ( 461 )
     Handle the Flesh Meat Question Wisely ( 462 )
     A Time to Keep Silent ( 462 )
     A Wrong Method of Working ( 464 )
     Teach by Example ( 464 )
     Present Temperance in Its Most Attractive Form ( 465 )
     Meet the People Where They Are ( 466 )
     Meeting Extreme Views—A Historical Statement ( 467 )
     Patience, Caution, and Consistency Necessary in Reform Movements ( 468 )
     A Work of Utmost Importance ( 469 )
     In Every Church, Church School, and Mission Field ( 470 )
     Their Rightful Place ( 470 )
     A Reforming Agency ( 471 )
     Teaching From House to House ( 472 )
     Teaching Diet Reform at Holiday Gatherings and Special Entertainments ( 472 )
     The Opportunities and Dangers of Our Restaurants ( 473 )
     Tact and Discretion Required in Educators ( 474 )
     Cooking Classes in All Our Schools ( 474 )
     Faithfulness in Common Duties ( 476 )
   Appendix 1 ( 481 )
     Personal Experience of Ellen G. White as a Health Reformer ( 481 )
     The First Health Reform Vision ( 481 )
     Revealed as Progressive Work ( 481 )
     A Personal Acceptance of the Message ( 482 )
     After One Year’s Trial—Benefits Received ( 482 )
     The Battle for Victory ( 483 )
     Acted on Principle ( 484 )
     A Battle Against the Vinegar Habit ( 484 )
     A Spare, but Adequate Diet ( 485 )
     A Well-supplied Table ( 486 )
     On the Cars ( 486 )
     Encountering Difficulties and Resultant Compromises ( 487 )
     Lament for Want of a Cook—1892 ( 487 )
     Final Pledge for Teetotal Nonflesh Diet ( 488 )
     One Year After the Advance Step ( 488 )
     Two Years After the Advance Step ( 488 )
     Moderate Use of Nut Foods ( 489 )
     An Adequate Diet-but No Meat ( 489 )
     Tea and Coffee ( 490 )
     Simple Food ( 490 )
     Following the Light in 1903 ( 490 )
     The Family Not Bound With Rigid Rules ( 491 )
     A Statement for Those Who Question Mrs. White’s Manner of Eating ( 491 )
     General Principles of Reform ( 493 )
     Tolerance of Others ( 493 )
     “I Have Been a Faithful Health Reformer” ( 494 )
   Appendix 2 ( 495 )
     A Statement by James White Relating to the Teaching of Health Reform ( 495 )