It is not the chief end of man to gratify his appetite.
There are physical wants to be supplied; but because of this is it necessary that man shall be controlled by appetite?
Will the people who are seeking to become holy, pure, refined,
that they may be introduced into the society of heavenly angels,
continue to take the life of God’s creatures, and enjoy their flesh as a luxury?
(Counsels on Diet and Foods 381.1)