Bible Diet


Many people know that in the Old Testament times there were laws about food. God did not allow Israelite people eating certain types of food while giving examples of healthy or recommended meals too. There are some scholars that believe that the rules about food were not vain, and if people follow them, they stay healthy and well-shaped. They are also saying that this part of “law of Moses” should be applied to Christians too, since there have not been any instructions from Jesus as for the changes on this matter.

Bible Diet or Maker’s Diet has been advertised on radio and in books for several years. It is based on the diet described in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Here a person does not only read the names of the products which can be consumed, but also the ways it should be raised, cleaned, cooked and consumed. The diet plan follows the Bible about the physical form of the products (having fins, scales, etc.) and how a particular animal lived and what it ate.

In the very beginning God said, “I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” (Genesis 1:29) This means that there are two main large groups of food: trees yielding seed such as fruit trees and nuts; and every plant yielding seed as legumes, grains, vegetables, and herbs.

This diet is similar to vegetarian, kosher or vegan diets, but at the same time the plants here have their hierarchy based on the way they multiply and produce seeds. Different groups (trees, plants with edible seeds and field plants like vegetables, herbs and roots) have their specific nutritional value and cover specific health needs. The followers of the Bible diet say that fruit, vegetables, nuts, whole grains and legumes make the foundation of the diet. Herbs, exercises, water and sunshine are also important as a side product. “Clean” meat, meat by-products and vegetable oils are not necessary and stand as an optional feature in the diet plan.

Fruits and vegetables are called “plants of the field”. They are the main part of the diet, but the benefits of herbs are clearly stated as well. They have high nutrition value, cleanse the blood and greatly improve immune system. Herbs relieve and cure diseases by fixing the cause of the problem, some of them provide immediate comfort. Any person should experiment with herbs trying to find which ones are most useful.

As for meat and fish products, the followers of the diet stay with Leviticus 11. It says that a person can eat water animals with scales and fins. They are such fish as trout and salmon, but it is not allowed to eat animals like catfish, lobsters, crabs, etc. A land animal is appropriate for food if it “parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud”. Such animals are cows, goats and sheep. As for the birds, many of them are considered to be clean. The exceptions are birds of prey, bats, scavenger birds and winged insects (except grasshoppers).

The Bible does not have recipes or diet plans scheduled for every day of the week throughout the whole diet period, but at the same time it gives simple instructions as for what can be eaten and what not. Besides the products that are allowed to be consumed, there were also times of feasts and celebrations and there were times of fasting when the intake of food was limited.

The followers of the diet believe if a person eats healthy food, has an active life-style and follows God’s laws, both the body and the spirit will stay in perfect condition.

Katerine Stone

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Posted on January 25, 2010 
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