Chapter 16—Sanitarium Dietary
Rational Care and Good Food
419. Institutions for the care of the sick are to be established, where
those who are suffering from disease may be placed under the care
of God-fearing medical missionaries, and be treated without drugs.
To these institutions there will come those who have brought disease
upon themselves by improper habits of eating and drinking, and a
simple, wholesome, palatable diet is to be provided. There is to be
no starvation diet. Wholesome articles of food are to be combined in
such a way as to make appetizing dishes.—
Manuscript 50, 1905
420. We wish to build a sanitarium where maladies may be cured
by nature’s own provisions, and where the people may be taught how
to treat themselves when sick; where they will learn to eat temperately
of wholesome food, and be educated to refuse all narcotics,—tea,
coffee, fermented wines, and stimulants of all kinds,—and to discard
the flesh of dead animals.—
Manuscript 44, 1896
Responsibility of Physicians, Dietitians, and Nurses
421. It is the duty of the physician to see that wholesome food
is provided, and it should be prepared in a way that will not create
disturbances in the human organism.—
Letter 112, 1909
422. Physicians should watch unto prayer, realizing that they stand
in a position of great responsibility. They should prescribe for their
patients the food best suited for them. This food should be prepared by
one who realizes that he occupies a most important position, inasmuch
as good food is required to make good blood.—
Manuscript 93, 1901
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423. An important part of the nurse’s duty is the care of the pa-
tient’s diet. The patient should not be allowed to suffer or became
unduly weakened through lack of nourishment, nor should the enfee-
bled digestive powers be overtaxed. Care should be taken so to prepare
and serve the food that it will be palatable, but wise judgment should
be used in adapting it to the needs of the patient, both in quantity and
quality.—
The Ministry of Healing, 221, 1905
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