2. Ellen White-Her
Life and Writings

3. Ellen White-Her
Life and Writings
Guidance in Health -the Story
of our Health Message

5. The Testimony of J N Loughborough
“I was a great lover of animal flesh as food. I
wanted fat pork fried for breakfast, boiled
meat for dinner, cold slice of ham or beef for
supper. One of my sweetest morsels was
bread soaked in pork gravy.”
Gospel of Health, October, 1899.

6. The Testimony of J N Loughborough
“I was a great lover of animal flesh as food. I
wanted fat pork fried for breakfast, boiled
meat for dinner, cold slice of ham or beef for
supper. One of my sweetest morsels was
bread soaked in pork gravy.”
Gospel of Health, October, 1899.
“If in the spring of the year we felt langour (really the result of
consuming so much fat and flesh meats during the winter), we
resorted to sharp pickles, horse-radish, mustard, pepper, and
the like, to ʻsharpen the appetiteʼ and tone up the system. we
naturally expected a ʻpoor spellʼ in the spring before we could
get newly grown vegetables.”
Medical Missionary, December, 1899.

7. Dr James Jackson

8. Dr James Jackson
Our Home on the Hillside in Dansville, New York

9. Dr Russell Trall
Dr James Jackson
Our Home on the Hillside in Dansville, New York

10. In 1854 Ellen White was shown in vision: “I
saw that the houses of the saints should be
kept tidy and neat, free from dirt and filth and
all uncleanness.”
Ellen White, Ms 1, 1854

11. In 1854 Ellen White was shown in vision: “I
saw that the houses of the saints should be
kept tidy and neat, free from dirt and filth and
all uncleanness.”
Ellen White, Ms 1, 1854
“I then saw that appetite must be denied....
Eat less fine food, eat course food, free from
grease and then as you sit at table to eat, you
can from the heart ask Godʼs blessing upon
the food and can derive strength from
course, wholesome food.”
Ellen White, Ms 1, 1854

12. The home of Aaron Hilliard
in Otsego, Michigan

13. The home of Aaron Hilliard
in Otsego, Michigan

14. The Health Vision of 1863

15. The Health Vision of 1863
1. The care of our health is a religious duty

16. The Health Vision of 1863
1. The care of our health is a religious duty
2. Much disease is caused by breaking God’s
health laws

17. The Health Vision of 1863
1. The care of our health is a religious duty
2. Much disease is caused by breaking God’s
health laws
3. The sin of intemperance

18. The Health Vision of 1863
1. The care of our health is a religious duty
2. Much disease is caused by breaking God’s
health laws
3. The sin of intemperance
4. The benefits of vegetarianism

19. The Health Vision of 1863
1. The care of our health is a religious duty
2. Much disease is caused by breaking God’s
health laws
3. The sin of intemperance
4. The benefits of vegetarianism
5. Eating between meals not wise

20. The Health Vision of 1863
1. The care of our health is a religious duty
2. Much disease is caused by breaking God’s
health laws
3. The sin of intemperance
4. The benefits of vegetarianism
5. Eating between meals not wise
6. The influence of our thinking on our health

21. The Health Vision of 1863
1. The care of our health is a religious duty
2. Much disease is caused by breaking God’s
health laws
3. The sin of intemperance
4. The benefits of vegetarianism
5. Eating between meals not wise
6. The influence of our thinking on our health
7. Natural remedies better than the drugs of her
day

22. The Health Vision (Continued)

23. The Health Vision (Continued)
8. The need for personal cleanliness

24. The Health Vision (Continued)
8. The need for personal cleanliness
9. The need for a healthy environment

25. The Health Vision (Continued)
8. The need for personal cleanliness
9. The need for a healthy environment
10.The importance of teaching good health to
others

26. The Health Vision (Continued)
8. The need for personal cleanliness
9. The need for a healthy environment
10.The importance of teaching good health to
others
“I was astonished at the things shown me in vision.
Many things came directly across my own ideas.”
Ellen G White, Manuscript 159. Undated.

27. Dr John Harvey Kellogg
“.....it must be admitted to be something extraordinary that
a person making no claims to scientific knowledge ... should
have been able to organize, from the confused and error-
tainted mass of ideas advanced by a few writers ... on health
subjects, a body of hygienic principles, so harmonious, so
consistent and so genuine ... that the ... discoveries and the
experience of a quarter of a century have not resulted in the
overthrow of a single principle, but have only served to
establish the doctrines taught.”
John Harvey Kellogg, Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, pp iii, iv.

32. Deaths from Lung Cancer in the United States
• in 1954 20,000
• in 1984 121,000

33. Deaths from Lung Cancer in the United States
• in 1954 20,000
• in 1984 121,000
Deaths Worldwide from the Effects of Smoking
• in 2005 5,400,000
• by 2030 8,300,000

35. First California Adventist
Mortality Study, 1958 - 1965
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Adventists suffered fewer deaths from a number of common killers
as compared to the general California population = 100%.

36. First California Adventist
Mortality Study, 1958 - 1965
100% General California
90% Population
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Adventists suffered fewer deaths from a number of common killers
as compared to the general California population = 100%.

37. First California Adventist
Mortality Study, 1958 - 1965
100% General California
90% Population
80% Lung Cancer – 20%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Adventists suffered fewer deaths from a number of common killers
as compared to the general California population = 100%.

38. First California Adventist
Mortality Study, 1958 - 1965
100% General California
90% Population
80% Lung Cancer – 20%
70% Mouth, Throat, and
Larynx Cancer – 5%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Adventists suffered fewer deaths from a number of common killers
as compared to the general California population = 100%.

39. First California Adventist
Mortality Study, 1958 - 1965
100% General California
90% Population
80% Lung Cancer – 20%
70% Mouth, Throat, and
Larynx Cancer – 5%
60%
Bronchitis and
50%
Emphysema – 32%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Adventists suffered fewer deaths from a number of common killers
as compared to the general California population = 100%.

40. First California Adventist
Mortality Study, 1958 - 1965
100% General California
90% Population
80% Lung Cancer – 20%
70% Mouth, Throat, and
Larynx Cancer – 5%
60%
Bronchitis and
50%
Emphysema – 32%
40%
Bladder Cancer – 28%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Adventists suffered fewer deaths from a number of common killers
as compared to the general California population = 100%.

41. First California Adventist
Mortality Study, 1958 - 1965
100% General California
90% Population
80% Lung Cancer – 20%
70% Mouth, Throat, and
Larynx Cancer – 5%
60%
Bronchitis and
50%
Emphysema – 32%
40%
Bladder Cancer – 28%
30%
Esophageal
20% Cancer – 34%
10%
0%
Adventists suffered fewer deaths from a number of common killers
as compared to the general California population = 100%.

42. First California Adventist
Mortality Study, 1958 - 1965
100% General California
90% Population
80% Lung Cancer – 20%
70% Mouth, Throat, and
Larynx Cancer – 5%
60%
Bronchitis and
50%
Emphysema – 32%
40%
Bladder Cancer – 28%
30%
Esophageal
20% Cancer – 34%
10%
Cirrhosis of the
0% Liver – 13%
Adventists suffered fewer deaths from a number of common killers
as compared to the general California population = 100%.

44. “We now have a deep and broad range
of evidence showing that a whole
foods, plant-based diet is best for ....

45. “We now have a deep and broad range
of evidence showing that a whole
foods, plant-based diet is best for ....
• the heart

46. “We now have a deep and broad range
of evidence showing that a whole
foods, plant-based diet is best for ....
• the heart
• cancer

47. “We now have a deep and broad range
of evidence showing that a whole
foods, plant-based diet is best for ....
• the heart
• cancer
• diabetes and autoimmune
diseases

48. “We now have a deep and broad range
of evidence showing that a whole
foods, plant-based diet is best for ....
• the heart
• cancer
• diabetes and autoimmune
diseases
• our kidneys, bones, eyes and
brains.”

49. “We now have a deep and broad range
of evidence showing that a whole
foods, plant-based diet is best for ....
• the heart
• cancer
• diabetes and autoimmune
diseases
• our kidneys, bones, eyes and
brains.”
“... the idea that whole foods, plant-
based diets can protect against and
even treat a wide variety of chronic
diseases can no longer be denied.”

50. “We now have a deep and broad range
of evidence showing that a whole
foods, plant-based diet is best for ....
• the heart
• cancer
• diabetes and autoimmune
diseases
• our kidneys, bones, eyes and
brains.”
“... the idea that whole foods, plant-
based diets can protect against and
even treat a wide variety of chronic
diseases can no longer be denied.”
T. Colin Campbell, and Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study, (2005) pp 348,349

52. Subsequent California
Adventist Longevity Study

53. Subsequent California
Adventist Longevity Study
Adventists lived longer than the general California population.

54. Subsequent California
Adventist Longevity Study
Adventist Men
- 8.9 years longer
8.9
73.1
s
ar
2 t
- 8 tis
ye
en n
M dve
A
Adventists lived longer than the general California population.

55. Subsequent California
Adventist Longevity Study
Adventist Men
- 8.9 years longer
Adventist Women
8.9
- 7.5 years longer
7.5
73.1 78.8
s
3
ar
6.
en tist
2 t
- 8 tis
ye
-8
om n
en n
W dve
M dve
A
A
Adventists lived longer than the general California population.

56. Subsequent California
Adventist Longevity Study
Adventist Men
- 8.9 years longer
Adventist Women
8.9 12.6
- 7.5 years longer
7.5 Years
Longer
Total ! Vegetarian
Adventist Men
- 3.7 years extra
73.1 78.8 73.1
tis n
s
en n ia
3
ar
M ve tar
6.
en tist
2 t
t
- 8 tis
ye
-8
Ad ege
om n
en n
W dve
M dve
V
A
A
Adventists lived longer than the general California population.

57. As S and L Proctor wrote in 1991,
“The health and life span advantages
of the Seventh-day Adventist church
have been traced to the way they live
and eat. Since the 1800s, Seventh-day
Adventists have practised eight
secrets of health that reduce their risk
of heart disease and cancer ... the two
leading causes of premature death.”
Continued…

58. “By keeping these two killers at bay,
Seventh-day Adventists enjoy greater
health and a longer life than the
general population .... The scientific
confirmation has just been available
in recent years, so how did they know
before the scientists?”
Continued…

59. “From a woman named Ellen G White.
This visionary said God did not want
people to suffer unnecessary illness
and death and He inspired her to tell
people how they could enjoy maximum
wellness. Ellen G White wrote with
amazing simplicity and accuracy what
has since been proved to be the best
formula for health and longevity.”
“Searching for the Fountain of Youth.” Hagerstown,
Md.: The Health Connection, 1991.

60. “The work of health reform is
the Lord’s means of lessening
suffering in our world and for
purifying His church.”
Ellen G White, Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 9, p 112

61. “Those who understand the laws of health and who are governed
by principle, will shun the extremes, both of indulgence and of
restrictions. Their diet is chosen, not for the mere gratification of
appetite, but for the upbuilding of the body. They seek to preserve
every power in the best condition for the highest service to God and
man. The appetite is under the control of reason and conscience,
and they are rewarded with health of body and mind. While they do
not urge their views offensively upon others, their example is a
testimony in favor of right principles. These persons have a wide
influence for good.”
Ellen G White, The Ministry of Healing, p 319

62. Dr Clive McCay’s Testimonial
“If she merely copied her contemporaries, how
did she know which ideas to borrow and which
to reject out of the bewildering array of
theories and health teachings current in the
19th century? Most were quite irrational and
have now been repudiated. She would have
had to be a most amazing person, with
knowledge beyond her times, in order to do
this successfully.”
C. McCay, Review and Herald, February 26, 1959

63. N

64. Nutrition

65. Nutrition
E

66. Nutrition
Exercise

67. Nutrition
Exercise
W

68. Nutrition
Exercise
Water

69. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S

70. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine

71. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine
T

72. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine
Temperance

73. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine
Temperance
A

74. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine
Temperance
Air

75. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine
Temperance
Air
R

76. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine
Temperance
Air
Rest

77. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine
Temperance
Air
Rest
T

78. Nutrition
Exercise
Water
S unshine
Temperance
Air
Rest
Trust in God

81. “When the message of health reform first came to me,
I was weak and feeble, subject to frequent fainting
spells. I was pleading with God for help, and He
opened before me the great subject of health reform.
He instructed me that those who are keeping His
commandments must be brought into sacred relation to
Himself, and that by temperance in eating and drinking
they must keep mind and body in the most favorable
condition for service. This light has been a great
blessing to me. I took my stand as a health reformer,
knowing that the Lord would strengthen me. I have
better health today, notwithstanding my age, than I
had in my younger days.”
Ellen G White, Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 9, pp 158,159

84. A God Who Heals

85. A God Who Heals
The Story of Our
Health Message

86. J N Loughborough
“We do not profess to be pioneers in the general principles of
the health reform. The facts on which this movement is based
have been elaborated, in a great measure, by reformers,
physicians, and writers on physiology and hygiene, and so may
be found scattered throughout the land . But we do claim that
by the method of Godʼs choice it has been more clearly and
powerfully unfolded, and is thereby producing an effect which
we could not have looked for from any other means.”
Continued....

87. J N Loughborough
“As mere physiological and hygienic truths, they might be
studied by some at their leisure, and by others laid aside as of
little consequence; but when placed on a level with the great
truths of the third angelʼs message by the sanction and
authority of Godʼs Spirit, and so declared to be the means
whereby a weak people may be made strong to overcome and
our diseased bodied cleansed and fitted for translation, then it
comes to us as an essential part of present truth, to be received
with the blessing of God, or rejected at our peril.”
J N Loughborough, Review and Herald, August 7, 1866