“Upon leaving Eden to gain his livelihood by tilling the earth under
the curse of sin, man received permission to eat also ‘the herb of the
field.’”
While vegetables are not, as some suppose, the chief article of a
vegetarian diet, they form an important part of it, supplying the bulk
so necessary to good digestion, as well as the mineral elements. One
writer says, “Nearly all vegetables are blood purifiers; they dissolve
other food and greatly assist digestion.”