The Ideal God-Designed Meal Plan for Health

The best God-designed meal plan consists of a simple, vegetarian diet based on grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, which were the foods originally appointed for humanity at creation Genesis 1:29CG 380.1+1.

The Original and Ideal Diet 🍎

• The Edenic Standard: In the beginning, the Creator chose a diet for Adam consisting of every herb yielding seed and every tree with seed-bearing fruit Genesis 1:29CCh 221.4+1.

• Post-Fall Addition: After leaving Eden to till the earth, man received permission to also eat the "herb of the field" Genesis 3:18CCh 221.4+1.

• Nutritional Completeness: These simple plant-based foods contain all the nutritive properties necessary to produce good blood and maintain physical strengthPC 362.2+1.

• Restoration: God is working to bring His people back to this original plan, which excludes the flesh of dead animalsTSDF 125.6+1.

Principles for Daily Eating 🥣

• Simplicity and Variety: You should not have a great variety of different foods at a single meal; two or three kinds are better to prevent "quarreling" in the stomachKC 20.5+1.

• The Importance of Breakfast: Breakfast should be the heartiest meal of the day, as the stomach is in a better condition to handle food in the morning than it is later in the dayCG 390.2.

• Regularity and Rest: The stomach requires five hours of rest after a regular meal before any more food is introducedCG 389.2.

• Two-Meal Plan: Many find better health by eating only two meals a day, though a very light third meal is sometimes acceptable for those with certain needs or high physical exertionCCh 224.4+2.

Foods to Prioritize and Avoid 🥗

• Healthful Substitutes: Nuts and nut-based products are excellent for taking the place of flesh meatsTSDF 86.7.

• Wholesome Grains: Unbolted-wheat (whole grain) bread provides far more nourishment than fine-flour breadCD 320.2.

• Discarding Stimulants: A truly reformatory diet discards tea, coffee, spices, tobacco, and alcoholic liquors, as these hinder mental and spiritual developmentSUFF 5.5+2.

• Rejecting Flesh Foods: Meat is often diseased and is a stimulant that excites the lower passions and weakens the higher facultiesEGWSCC 1.13+2.

The Spiritual Connection 🙏

• Self-Control: The work of redemption must begin where the ruin began—with the denial of perverted appetite Matthew 4:1-4CD 185.1.

• Mental Clarity: A clean stomach leads to a clear mind, allowing one to better comprehend sacred truths and the plan of salvation16LtMs, Ms 62, 1901, par. 31+2.

• A Living Sacrifice: We are called to present our bodies as a holy sacrifice to God, which is our reasonable service Romans 12:1CD 70.3+1.