Health Message (August 23, 2025)

Sabbath Blessings, Church Family,

Today I have more wisdom from Ellen White's writings: education, diet, and mental development.

"The relation of diet to intellectual development should be given far more attention than it has received. Mental confusion and dullness are often the result of errors in diet.

It is frequently urged that, in the selection of food, appetite is a safe guide. If the laws of health had always been obeyed, this would be true. But through wrong habits, continued from generation to generation, appetite has become so perverted that is constantly craving some hurtful gratification. As a guide it cannot now be trusted.

There is need to consider not only the properties of the food but its adaption to the eater. Often food that can be eaten freely by persons engaged in physical labor must be avoided by those whose work is chiefly mental. Attention should be given also to the proper combination of foods. By brain workers and others of sedentary pursuits, but few kinds should be taken at a meal.

The importance of regularly in the time for eating and sleeping should not be overlooked. Since the work of building up the body takes place during the hours of rest, it is essential, especially in youth, that sleep should be regular and abundant."

God wants us to use the wisdom. He gifts us with to be deliberate about our diets so that we can reap the benefits of a happy and joyful disposition. So that our mental capacity will be at its peak and we will enjoy clarity of mind to receive His Holy Spirit.

May God bless your journey to good health.

Your sister in Christ,

Sandra Torres