Seventh Day Adventist Foodways

[Alf83]

I am curious to learn more about Seventh Day Adventist's foodways. I don't know too much on the topic, but I'm interested in learning. Are Seventh Day Adventists strictly vegetarians, or is there a set of guidelines they follow concerning what foods to eat?

 

[TimRout]

I am curious to learn more about Seventh Day Adventist's foodways. I don't know too much on the topic, but I'm interested in learning. Are Seventh Day Adventists strictly vegetarians, or is there a set of guidelines they follow concerning what foods to eat?

While I do not belong to the SDA, it is my understanding that they have a high level of respect for Old Testament dietary laws. Though this does not demand strict vegetarianism, it usually requires that meat be produced and prepared according to the law of Moses.

 

[zeke37]

and no pork or shellfish...

 

[visionary]

vegatarianism is promoted as the garden of eden and new earth diet.

 

[tapero]

'

 

[Richard]

Moved from Questions by Non-Christians to Seventh Day Adventist - Discussion and Debate

 

[reddogs]

It is considered a healthy diet and now many studies are confirming that Adventist have less health issues. Ellen White, co-founder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, strongly believed in vegetarianism with a health message for the church. She stated, “God gave our first parents the food He designed that the race should eat. It was contrary to His plan to have the life of any creature taken. There was to be no death in Eden. The fruit of the trees in the garden was the food man's wants required.” Throughout her books she continues to emphasize that “Vegetables, fruits, and grains should compose our diet. Not an ounce of flesh meat should enter our stomachs. The eating of flesh is unnatural. We are to return to God's original purpose in the creation of man.God provided fruit in its natural state for our first parents. He gave to Adam charge over the garden, to dress it, and to care for it.."........

 

[honorthesabbath]

While vegetarianism is the most healthy life-style, Adventist health is not restricted to just that. Adventists are also admonished to stay away from refined sugars, tobacco, alcohol, refined grains, eating between meals and over-eating.

In addition to that, we believe in the natural approach to health care. IOW, we tend to stay away from allopathic drugs and prefer herbs and water treatments.

See here to view the whole approach to good health that God instituted and Adventist promote.....
http://www.newstart.com/


What is NEWSTART?

NEWSTART® is an 18-day program which incorporates the following principles to restore your health:

Nutrition - Proper nutrition is the foundation of good health and recovery. Cooking classes, meals, and cookbooks all demonstrate the variety appeal, and satisfaction of whole plant food vegetarian cuisine. In addition physicians explain the issues that link nutrition with health or disease in their lectures.

Exercise - Action is a law of life. Muscle tone and strength are lost without exertion, but exercise improves the health of body, mind, and spirit multiplying vitality and health. Exercise therapy includes outdoor exercise, treadmill evaluations and Stretchercise. The many trails through beautiful surroundings beckon you to walk, walk, walk, but indoor exercise equipment is available.

Water - Because the body is 70% water, keeping well hydrated and knowing what and when to drink are essential to health. Hydrotherapy (water applied externally to the body) followed by massage enhances the circulation and immune system in wonderful ways.

Sunlight - The sun is the established energy source ordained by God to sustain the cycle of life for plants and animals. Abundant in California, sunlight is supremely important for the body's metabolism and hormonal balance.

Temperance - Using good things moderately and avoiding the bad is obviously wise, yet often hard to practice. Temperance can be neither bought nor earned, but is rather an important gift of God, a "fruit of the Spirit" (Galatians 5:22, 23). Moderation in all things is a thread woven throughout the fabric of NEWSTART® Lifestyle programs.

 

[honorthesabbath]

NEWSTART® is an 18-day program which incorporates the following principles to restore your health:

Air - The body's most essential resource is air. More important than food or water, proper breathing and pure air are fundamental to good health. Fresh, clear mountain air surrounds the beautiful natural environment of Weimar Institute.

Rest - Restoration requires rest because sleep allows the body to renew itself Many types of rest are important for health, but the sweetest rest follows labor. "Early to bed and early to rise" is a vital NEWSTART® principle, and a healthy lifestyle makes this principle easier to maintain.

Trust In Divine Power - Directly linked to physical health (Proverbs 3:5-6), trust in God is a gift leading to right choices.