Good Health compiles Ellen G. White's articles from Good Health magazine, addressing practical health reform topics for general readership. These articles made health principles accessible, providing scientific rationale alongside spiritual motivation. White addressed diet, exercise, hygiene, disease prevention, treatment of common ailments, and lifestyle choices affecting health. The magazine format allowed addressing current health fads, warning against patent medicines, promoting natural remedies, and answering reader questions. Articles connected physical health to spiritual well-being, showing that body stewardship prepares for receiving Holy Spirit. The compilation demonstrates health message designed for mass distribution, reaching non-Adventists through practical wellness counsel while introducing spiritual truths.
Essential for health educators. Valuable for those seeking natural healing methods. Anyone questioning health reform's importance finds practical and spiritual rationale.
“Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power—these are the true remedies.”