Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 21, 1911

Danger in Meat-Eating

NONE too much has been said of the dangers attending the indiscriminate use of flesh foods. It is exceedingly difficult for the ordinary purchaser to determine the character of the food which he purchases from the market. We do not believe that flesh taken even from animals in a normal, healthy condition is man's natural food, nor that upon which he should subsist. It surely formed no part of the original dietary given to the human race, and when God called his people out of Egypt, it did not form a part of the bill of fare which he provided for them in the wilderness, and was allowed only in consequence of their murmuring and complaining.

The abnormal conditions which sin has entailed have served to engender disease in the brute creation as well as in the human family. These diseased conditions are apparent on every side. The finest herds are often found infected with tuberculosis, and slaughtered by the order of the State authorities. From a Pennsylvania paper just come to hand, we extract the following:—

The herd of dairy cows of —— near ——, condemned recently as being affected by tuberculosis, were shipped to Philadelphia, and on Wednesday they were slaughtered. The post-mortem showed that all ten of the cows were affected by the disease, four of them so much so that their carcasses could only be used for tankage. The others were only slightly affected, and their carcasses were passed as fit for food.

With what satisfaction can one turn away from a dietary involving such risks to the one made up of heaven's choicest bounties as found in vegetables, grains, fruits, and nuts! One may partake of these foods in their natural state without fear of infection, and with the assurance that they contain all necessary strength-giving elements.