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ELLEN G. WHITE ON WATER
HOW TODAY’S RESEARCH HAS PROVED HER RIGHT
By Julie MacLafferty
OBJECTIVES
1. Explore what EGW believed about water
2. Analyze current research on the benefits of water
3. Discover similarities between a 20th century prophet and 21st century
research
EGW COUNSEL: PERSONAL USE & CLAIMS
• Claimed divine inspiration had been given
her in regard to health—drinking and
treatment
• White personally used water as a method
of treatment
• United her efforts with prayer
EGW COUNSEL: BASIC BENEFITS
• “In health and in sickness, pure water is one of Heaven’s choicest
blessings. Its proper use promotes health. It is the beverage which God
provided to quench the thirst of animals and man. Drunk freely, it helps to
supply the necessities of the system, and assists nature to resist
disease.”
—The Ministry of Healing, 237, 1905
• Recommended “pure water” instead of other drinks
EGW COUNSEL: REASONS FOR SICKNESS
• “Many are living in violation of the laws of health, and are ignorant of the
relation their habits of eating, drinking, and working sustain to their health.
They will not arouse to their true condition until nature protests against
the abuses she is suffering, by aches and pains in the system.”
-- Spiritual Gifts 4a:133-135, 1864
EGW COUNSEL: WATER’S HEALING POWER
• “If, even then, the sufferers would only commence the work right, and
would resort to the simple means they have neglected,—the use of water
and proper diet,—nature would have just the help she requires, and
which she ought to have had long before. If this course is pursued, the
patient will generally recover without being debilitated.”
—Spiritual Gifts 4a:133-135, 1864
EGW COUNSEL: FIGHT DISEASE
• Sick should turn to natural remedies provided by
God
• Cites water as one of “the most effective remedies
for disease”
• Discourages use of antibiotics and drugs
• Counsels less dependency on these and more on
“God’s physicians”—water!
CURRENT RESEARCH: BASIC BENEFITS
• Water = integral component in every system of the body
• Body weight: 40-75% water
• Brain: 78% water
• Needed for brain to function properly
CURRENT RESEARCH: DEHYDRATION EFFECTS
• Constipation
• Kidney stones
• Dietician’s story: 3 different people with the same problem
• “muscle cramps, headaches, fatigue”
CURRENT RESEARCH: WATER FIGHTS DISEASE
• Lowers risk of cancer
• Study: Women & colon cancer
• Difference between water & other drinks
• Study: Men & bladder cancer
• Both bettered odds by almost 50%!
CURRENT RESEARCH: WATER FIGHTS DISEASE
• Pushes toxins out from body
• Ann Shattuck, epidemiologist: “express train”
• Prevents formation of kidney stones
• Aids asthma
• Contributes to healthier teeth & gums
CURRENT
RESEARCH:
DIAGRAM
DISCUSSION: EGW VS. CURRENT RESEARCH
• Basic benefits
• Sickness prevention
• Ward off disease
CONCLUSION: MY STANCE
• I agree with EGW
• Current research backs up her writings
• Personal evidence
CONCLUSION: BIBLICAL EVIDENCE
• “God requires the body to be rendered a living sacrifice to him, not a dead
or a dying sacrifice”(CTBH 52.3).
• “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is
in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you
were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies” (1 Cor.
6:19-20).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• "DO YOU DRINK ENOUGH WATER?." CONSUMER REPORTS ON HEALTH 11.11 (1999): 8. BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY: GRAPHICS
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• DIGITAL IMAGE. THE HEALTHY WAY. N.P., N.D. WEB. 1 NOV. 2015.
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• ELLEN G. WHITE. DIGITAL IMAGE. ADVENTIST BOOK CENTER. N.P., N.D. WEB. 1 NOV. 2015.
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