Are Vegetables Still Needed Today

We ABSOLUTELY DO NEED vegetables!!! EGW NEVER said we do not need them. There are quotes where she leaves out nuts so we don’t need them? You are misunderstanding the health message.
 
Yes, vegetables were added after sin and that is where we are living.
 
VEGETABLES ARE A BUILDER OF THE BODY
 
According to the Bible in Genesis 3:17-19, vegetables were not allowed in the diet until after the fall of Adam & Eve because man would now be sweating due to the curse of the land, bringing forth thorns & thistles. This sweating causes a major loss of “electrolytes” aka minerals. Therefore, God permitted the eating of the vegetables. These vegetables contain minerals such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, etc., which are essential for health. Man was made from the dirt, and it is the food that grows directly out of the dirt that we need to replace the lost electrolytes.
 
She does not always mention everything in ONE quote.The same reason she doesn't include dress when she mentions the laws of health in some quotes, and why she doesn't list all of what Present truth is. She doesn't always list everything under a category. THIS IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO READ ALL HER BOOKS BEFORE ANYONE MAKES ANY CONCLUSIONS ON THINGS.
 
HERE ARE THE 2 QUOTES I AM REFERRING TO:

1. “Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power--THESE ARE THE TRUE REMEDIES.” {MH 127.2} 

(Notice how dress isn't mentioned in this quote; neither is voice culture. This is the quote that makes almost all SDA's assume there's only 8 laws of health.) 
 
2. “There are many precious truths contained in the Word of God, but it is “present truth” that the flock needs now. I have seen the danger of the messengers running off from the important points of present truth, to dwell upon subjects that are not calculated to unite the flock and sanctify the soul. Satan will here take every possible advantage to injure the cause.”  {EW 63.1}
 
“But such subjects as the sanctuary, in connection with the 2300 days, the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, are perfectly calculated to explain the past Advent movement and show what our present position is, establish the faith of the doubting, and give certainty to the glorious future. These, I have frequently seen, were the principal subjects on which the messengers should dwell. (notice she doesn't say “state of the dead”, “hellfire”, “health reform”, etc., but many leaders and people claim these are what make present truth only, not realizing she has other quotes in the same book telling us the state of the dead and health are also present truth messages.” {EW 63.2} 
 
That quote you posted was written in 1909, and so was the following quote I am about to post.  She says WE NEED THE DIET OF A MORTAL.  What Diet Did Got Give To Man After They Were Mortals?
Vegetables.  And notice in the quote where she says this below, she mentions vegetables.  
Vegetables are a must have until we are given our food from angels during the great time of trouble.
 
We are mortal, and must supply ourselves with food that will give proper sustenance to the body.”  (CD 92.3)
 
“A diet lacking in the proper elements of nutrition, brings reproach upon the cause of health reform. We are mortal, and must supply ourselves with food that will give proper nourishment to the body.”  {CD 207.2}  
 
“Some of our people, while conscientiously abstaining from eating improper foods, neglect to supply themselves with the elements necessary for the sustenance of the body. Those who take an extreme view of health reform are in danger of preparing tasteless dishes, making them so insipid that they are not satisfying. Food should be prepared in such a way that it will be appetizing as well as nourishing. It should not be robbed of that which the system needs. I use some salt, and always have, because salt, instead of being deleterious, is actually essential for the blood. Vegetables should be made palatable with a little milk or cream, or something equivalent (Ella Kellogg said the equivalent today for milk and cream is coconut milk).  {CD 207.3}   1909

“Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition…”
{Ed 204.3}
 
“A benevolent Creator had given them evidences of His goodness and love in providing them with fruits, vegetables, and grains, and in causing to grow out of the ground every variety of tree for usefulness and beauty.”   {Con 10.2}
 
VEGETABLES ARE:

• Full of dietary fiber

• Low in Calories

• Low in Fat

• Full of Many Nutrients (like Potassium, Magnesium, Folate, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and more)

• Full of anti-oxidants

• Full of Phytochemicals

 
VEGETABLES DO NOT CONTAIN:

• Cholesterol

 
EATING VEGETABLES HELPS PROTECT AGAINST:

• Cancer

• Cataracts

• Constipation

• Diabetes Types I and II

• Diverticulosis

• Dry Skin and Other Skin Issues

• Heart Attacks

• Heart Disease

• High Blood Pressure

• High Cholesterol Levels

• Inflammation

• Joint Problems

• Kidney Stones

• Macular Degeneration

• Memory Loss

• Obesity

• Overeating

• PMS Symptoms

• Skin Damage From The Sun

• Sleep Problems

• Stroke

• AND MUCH MORE

 
MORE INFO ON VEGETABLES:
Cook With Something Similar To Milk & Cream (Eg: Coconut Milk) (CD 205)
DO NOT EAT BETWEEN MEALS
Do Not Leave Vegetable Waste Near House (CG 108)
Don't Eat Decayed (CD 309)
Eat A Variety Of (MH 299)
Eat In As Simple Manner As Possible (3T 352)
Eat Locally Grown (MH 299)
Eat Without Grease (2T 67)
Eat Without Spices (2T 67)
It Is HEALTH DEFORM To Tell People To Cook With Only Water (CD 212)
Makes Good Blood (CD 322)
Part of Diet Chosen for Man By God (EV 663)
PREPARE IN A HEALTHFUL MANNER (CD 319)
PREPARE WITHOUT GREASE (2T 67)
Ripe and NOT Decayed Beneficial
 
THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT VEGETABLES FROM THE SOP:
“Grains, fruits, nuts, and VEGETABLES constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator…”  (CD 81.2)
 
“The Lord intends to bring His people back to live upon simple fruits, VEGETABLES, and grains…”  {CD 81.4}
 
“Those who entertain visitors, should have wholesome, nutritious food, from fruits, grains, and VEGETABLES, prepared in a simple, tasteful manner. Such cooking will require but little extra labor or expense, and, partaken of in moderate quantities, will not injure any one…”  (CD 88.3)
 
“…Fruits, grains, and VEGETABLES, prepared in a simple way, free from spice and grease of all kinds…They impart nourishment to the body, and give a power of endurance and a vigor of.”  {CD 92.1}
 
“In grains, fruits, VEGETABLES, and nuts are to be found all the food elements that we need…”  (CD 92.2)
 
“If we plan wisely, that which is most conducive to health can be secured in almost every land. The various preparations of rice, wheat, corn, and oats are sent abroad everywhere, also beans, peas, and lentils. These, with native or imported fruits, and the variety of VEGETABLES that grow in each locality, give an opportunity to select a dietary that is complete without the use of flesh meats…”  (CD 94.4)
 
“For those who can use them, good VEGETABLES, prepared in a healthful manner, are better than soft mushes or porridge…”  {CD 108.2}
 
VEGETABLS ARE TO BE NICELY PREPARED:
“Nicely prepared VEGETABLES…will be beneficial…”  (CD 309.6)
 
“Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables constitute the diet chosen for us by our Creator. These foods prepared in as simple and natural a manner as possible, are the most healthful and nourishing. They impart a strength, a power of endurance, and a vigor of intellect, that are not afforded by a more complex and stimulating diet…”  (CD 310.2)
 
“…The grains, with fruits, nuts, and VEGETABLES, contain all the nutritive properties necessary to make good blood.”  {CD 313.3}
 
“…With such bread, and the abundant fruits, VEGETABLES, and grains with which our country abounds, no greater luxuries should be desired.”   {CD 320.1}
 
“…The simple grains, fruits of the trees, VEGETABLES, have all the nutritive properties necessary to make good blood…”  (CD 322.3)
 
“Many do not see the importance of having land to cultivate, and of raising fruit and VEGETABLES, that their tables may be supplied with these things. I am instructed to say to every family and every church, God will bless you when you work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…”  {CD 323.3}
 
“We need to keep more strictly to a simple diet of fruits, nuts, grains, and VEGETABLES.”  {CD 329.4}
 
“…Educating themselves to subsist on fruits, grains, and VEGETABLES. If we move from principle in these things, if we as Christian reformers educate our own taste, and bring our diet to God's plan, then we may exert an influence upon others in this matter, which will be pleasing to God.”  {CD 380.4}
 
“…Those who have feeble digestive organs can often use meat, when they cannot eat VEGETABLES, fruit, or porridge…”   (CD 394.3
 
“…All the elements of nutrition are contained in the fruits, VEGETABLES, and grains…”   (CD 395.2)
 
 
WEAKNESS DUE TO NOT EATING VEGETABLES:
“When flesh is discarded, its place should be supplied with a variety of grains, nuts, VEGETABLES, and fruits, that will be both nourishing and appetizing. This is especially necessary in the case of those who are weak, or who are taxed with continuous labor…”  (CD 397.4)
 
“…Some fall into the error that because they discard meat, they have no need to supply its place with the best fruits and VEGETABLES, prepared in their most natural state, free from grease and spices…”  (CD 399.1)
 
“…Hearty men must have plenty of vegetables, fruits, and grains…”
 
“Provide an abundance of good, wholesome food. Do not practice economy in this direction. Restrict your meat bills, but have plenty of good fruit and VEGETABLES…It will make blood and muscle, and give strength for daily duties…”  {CD 409.4}
 
“…It is the variety and mixture of meat, VEGETABLES, fruit, wines, tea, coffee, sweet cakes, and rich pies that ruin the stomach, and place human beings in a position where they become invalids with all the disagreeable effects of sickness upon the disposition…”  {CD 410.4}
 
Science in the Kitchen tells us HOW to cook veggies and yes the quote below is correct…it says COARSE veggies are in the same category as tea, coffee, etc. but we need to COOK THEM.
RAW VEGETABLES STEALS IODINE FROM THE BODY AND THE ENZYME IS NOT RELEASED FOR PROPER MINERAL ABSORPTION.
 
 
In the study of hygiene, students should be taught the nutrient value of different foods. The effect of a concentrated and stimulating diet, also of foods deficient in the elements of nutrition, should be made plain. Tea and coffee, fine-flour bread, pickles, coarse vegetables, candies, condiments, and pastries fail of supplying proper nutriment. Many a student has broken down as the result of using such foods. Many a puny child, incapable of vigorous effort of mind or body, is the victim of an impoverished diet. Grains, fruits, nuts, and VEGETABLES, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition; and when properly prepared, they constitute the diet that best promotes both physical and mental strength. {Ed 204.3}
 
 
I do have to say I am a little bewildered as to why EGW added grass in the quote I gave above
I don’t see grass in any quote you gave above.
 
WHAT'S WRONG WITH RAW VEGETABLES? 
             THEY:
·       Mess with Digestion
·       Don't have the released enzymes necessary for food break down
·       Produce a weakness in the system
·       Steal Iodine and other minerals that are crucial for health
·       Cause Diarrhea
·       AND THE LIST GOES ON
 
Here are quotes from 3 different people (Sister White, Dr. Kellogg, and J.H. Kellogg,'s Wife, Ella Kellogg) stating that coarse (Raw) vegetables are poison to the system:
 
TO LEARN HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES PROPERLY, READ THE FOLLOWING:
“During the last seven months we have been at home but about four weeks. In our travels we have sat at many different tables, from Iowa to Maine. Some whom we have visited live up to the best light they have. Others, who have the same opportunities of learning to live healthfully and well, have hardly taken the first steps in reform. They will tell you that they do not know how to cook in this new way. But they are without excuse in this matter of cooking; for in the work, HOW TO LIVE, are many excellent recipes, and this work is within the reach of all.
 
“I do not say that the system of cookery taught in that book is perfect. I may soon furnish a small work more to my mind in some respects. But HOW TO LIVE teaches cookery almost infinitely in advance of what the traveler will often meet, even among some Seventh-Day Adventists.”  {1T 680.2} 
 
·  ‘How to Live’ – How to properly Cook Vegetables - Pages 31-33
     https://lineoftruth.org/how-to-live-by-james-white-ellen-white-others-pdf/
 
·  ‘Science in the Kitchen’ – Pages 228-270
     http://readcentral.com/massappealnews//chapters/Mrs-E-E-Kellogg/Science-in-the-Kitchen/011
 
“Vegetables should be cooked until they are perfectly tender but not overdone. Many cooks spoil their vegetables by cooking them too long, while quite as many more serve them in an underdone state to preserve their form. Either plan makes them less palatable, and likely to be indigestible.”  (Ella Kellogg/Science in the Kitchen