Diet and Parental Influences—If parents had lived healthfully, being satisfied with simple diet, much expense would have been saved. The father would not have been obliged to labor beyond his strength in order to supply the wants of his family. A simple nourishing diet would not have had an influence to unduly excite the nervous system and the animal passions, producing moroseness and irritability. If he had partaken only of plain food, his head would have been clear, his nerves steady, his stomach in a healthy condition, and with a pure system he would have had no loss of appetite, and the present generation would be in a much better condition than it now is. {1MCP 165.4}

Kost og forældres indflydelse. - Hvis forældre har levet sundt, og er mættet af enkel mad, ville der (166) være meget sparet. Faderen vil ikke være nød til at arbejde over sin styrke for at dække hans families behov. En simpel og nærende kost vil ikke påvirke nervesystemet og de dyriske lidenskaber til opirre sig urimeligt, der fører til gnavenhed og irritabilitet. Hvis han blot havde taget den enkle mad, ville hans hoved have været klart, hans nerver faste, hans mave i en sund tilstand, og med en ren organisme vil han ikke have mistet appetitten, og den nuværende slægt vil være i meget bedre tilstand end nu.