Dietary reform and simple methods of treating the sick are needed, and wrong eating habits contribute to intemperance and crime.

Original passage

Thousands need and would gladly receive instruction concerning the simple methods of treating the sick— methods that are taking the place of the use of poisonous drugs. There is great need of instruction in regard to dietetic reform. Wrong habits of eating and the use of unhealthful food are in no small degree responsible for the intemperance and crime and wretchedness that curse the world.