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Ellen White wrote extensively about cancer, consistently linking its prevalence to meat consumption. She stated clearly that "cancers, tumors, and all inflammatory diseases are largely caused by meat-eating" (TSDF 68.10). This wasn't merely a health observation but counsel she described as coming from divine guidance. In her writings, she explained the connection between diet and disease development. She taught that "the prevalence of cancers and tumors is largely due to gross living on dead flesh" (CD 388.2). Ellen White understood this relationship in terms of how consuming diseased animal flesh affects human health, noting that "very few animals are free from disease, and that the practice of eating largely of meat is contracting diseases of all kinds,—cancers, tumors, scrofula, tuberculosis, and numbers of other like affections" (CD 388). She provided a physiological explanation for this connection, writing that when "feeding on flesh, the juices and fluids of what you eat pass into the circulation of your blood, and, as we are composed of what we eat, we become animalized; thus a feverish condition is created, because the animals are diseased, and by partaking of their flesh, we plant the seeds of disease in our own tissue and blood" (TSDF 68.11). This understanding led her to advocate strongly for a plant-based diet as part of health reform. Ellen White addressed this counsel particularly to physicians and health reform institutions, urging them to educate people on this matter. She wrote that "physicians who claim to understand the human organism ought not to encourage their patients to subsist on the flesh of dead animals" (CD 388). Her concern was both for physical health and spiritual development, as she saw the connection between diet and one's ability to resist disease and maintain clarity of mind. --- 💡 **You might also want to explore:** • What did Ellen White teach about the connection between diet and spiritual life? • What specific dietary recommendations did she give as alternatives to meat? • How did she counsel people to transition away from meat-eating? --- 📚 **thousands of passages found** containing these search terms — [Explore in Full-Text Search](/advanced-search?q=cancer)