Messenger of the Lord

Health and Medicine

What has amazed thoughtful people throughout the world is that her general comments on health, science, or environment have stood the test of the years—something that probably cannot be said about any other writer in the nineteenth century. That in itself is a remarkable achievement. More than that, her writings contain certain principles and developments that were not common in her day but today are well-validated. MOL 162.1

For example, note her profound emphasis on how the mind affects the body in producing sickness; ⁷³ her warm concern for prenatal influences, including drugs and alcohol; ⁷⁴ and her monumental, interactive system of dietary principles that are increasingly supported by nutritional research. ⁷⁵ MOL 162.2