3477 - Eating of Fat by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 20, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 24.

3477 — Eating of Fat

By Editor

Can Ps. 63:5; Isa. 25:6, and many other similar texts be made to harmonize with the claim that fat is unwholesome and should not be eaten?

The prohibition of fat of beasts offered in sacrifice was clearly defined. See Ex. 29:13; Leviticus 3; and other scriptures. Certain fat of certain parts belonged to God. That must not be eaten. But this did not forbid the regular fat of meat used for food, as shown in various places. However, too much fat is injurious, and flesh meats of all kinds are the poorest of food. Why eat them at all? There is fatness in milk and butter, and in abundance in grains and fruits.