Ellen Gould White (born Harmon) (November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was a prolific Christian author and one of the American Christian pioneers whose ministry was instrumental in founding the seventh-day Sabbatarian Adventist movement that led to the rise of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her writings covered theology, evangelism, Christian lifestyle, education and health (she also advocated vegetarianism). She promoted the establishment of schools and medical centers. During her lifetime she wrote more than 5,000 periodical articles and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 titles are available in English.
Ellen White menurut Clive M. McCay, ahli nutrisi dari Cornell University:
"In 1915 at the ripe age of 88 died one of the most remarkable women that America has produced. Her name was Ellen White. Although she had only a few months of formal schooling when a child, her list of books even today numbers about 60. Some of these are books about her or compilations from her lectures...
The writings of Ellen White... provide a guide to nutrition that comprehends the whole body. Much of this wisdom of the past is not understood today...
Ellen White died before modern biochemistry... and the composition of foods [was understood] ,—but if people followed her plan even today they would be far better fed than they are in their attempts to eat bad diets and then compensate by miracle foods. She advocated simple, natural diets, low in fat, low in salt, well prepared and modest in amount. Gradually she became a vegetarian,... [and] taught the importance of good food for health and the essentiality of a healthy body if we are to have a good soul"
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