Ellen White gave extensive guidance on health and diet, emphasizing the importance of simplicity, balance, and individual needs. Here are key principles from her writings: - "Eat only plain, simple, wholesome food, and thank God constantly for the principles of health reform. In all things be true and upright, and you will gain precious victories" (9T 162.4). - "A diet lacking in the proper elements of nutrition brings reproach upon the cause of health reform. We are mortal and must supply ourselves with food that will give proper nourishment to the body" (9T 161.3). - "Rich and luxurious food should have no place upon their tables" (GW 229). - "It is best, for both our physical and our spiritual advancement, to observe simplicity in diet... Nature's laws are not to be resisted, but obeyed" (9T 153.3). - "Fruits, grains, and vegetables, prepared in a simple way, free from spice and grease of all kinds, make, with milk and cream, the most healthful diet" (HL 78.6). - "Others think that since health requires a simple diet, there need be little care in the selection or the preparation of food. Some restrict themselves to a very meager diet, not having sufficient variety to supply the needs of the system, and they suffer in consequence" (MH 318.3). - "Unhealthful habits of eating are injuring thousands and tens of thousands. Food should be thoroughly cooked, neatly prepared, and appetizing" (HL 48). - "The diet affects both physical and moral health" (HL 76.3). - "At each meal take only two or three kinds of simple food, and eat no more than is required to satisfy hunger. Take active exercise every day, and see if you do not receive benefit" (MH 310.1). - "It is impossible to make an unvarying rule to regulate everyone's habits, and no one should think himself a criterion for all. Not all can eat the same things... Foods that are palatable and wholesome to one person may be distasteful, and even harmful, to another" (MH 319.2). Ellen White also cautioned against extremes and encouraged understanding individual circumstances, especially in different countries or among the poor (see 9T 163.1). Would you like more specific guidance on a particular aspect of health or diet, such as vegetarianism, stimulants, or meal preparation?