While Ellen White wrote extensively about the importance of a health message that would prepare a people for the Lord's return, she did not use the modern term "vegan." However, she did state that God's people, in preparation for the end, would progressively move away from a diet of animal products and return to the original diet given to humanity. Here are some of the most relevant statements on this topic: ### On Discarding Flesh Foods She indicated that meat-eating would be discontinued by those awaiting Christ's return: * "Among those who are waiting for the coming of the Lord, meat eating will eventually be done away; flesh will cease to form a part of their diet." (Counsels on Diet and Foods, 380.4) * "It is for the Lord’s people to be wide awake, to see and sense the sin of meat eating. In the seventh chapter of Leviticus, instruction is given which should be carefully studied by all who feel that it is a matter of little consequence whether they eat flesh or not. Is it not time that all should aim to dispense with flesh foods?" (Manuscript 113, 1901) ### On Discarding Milk and Eggs She also foresaw a time when other animal products would become unsafe and need to be discarded: * "The time will come when we may have to discard some of the articles of diet we now use, such as milk and cream and eggs; but my message is that you must not bring yourselves to a time of trouble beforehand, and thus afflict yourselves with death." (Counsels on Health, 450.2) * "Let the diet reform be progressive. Let the people be taught how to prepare food without the use of milk or butter. Tell them that the time will soon come when there will be no safety in using eggs, milk, cream, or butter, because disease in animals is increasing in proportion to the increase of wickedness among men." (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 7, 133.3) ### The Goal: A Return to the Original Diet The ultimate goal of this dietary progression was a return to the simple, plant-based diet given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden: * "Again and again I have been shown that God is trying to lead us back, step by step, to His original design,—that man should subsist upon the natural products of the earth." (Counsels on Health, 450.1) * "Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator. These foods, prepared in as simple and natural a manner as possible, are the most healthful and nourishing. They impart a strength, a power of endurance, and a vigor of intellect that are not afforded by a more complex and stimulating diet." (The Ministry of Healing, 296.1) In summary, Ellen White taught that as the end of time approaches, those preparing for Christ's return would, step-by-step, eliminate animal products from their diet, ultimately subsisting on the fruits, grains, nuts, and vegetables that God originally provided for humanity.