Eating to Live

I am currently reading, "What the Bible Says About Healthy Living," by Rex Russell, M.D. It has been extremely eye opening as he goes to each different food group and shows how the foods that God specifically condones for eating are in fact the healthiest ones for us. He also shows that the ones that he forbid the Israelites from eating are the worst...and most dangerous for us.

His premise operates on 3 principles. 1. Only eat the foods God gives us to eat. 2. Eat them in the most natural way possible. 3. Do not let food become your God. America has abandoned all of these principles. We eat almost anything, we use hormones and pesticides that are detrimental to our animals and plants, which in turn harm us, the consumers, and we "live to eat, instead of eating to live." Food is an idol for most of us.

Eating naturally is an outflowing of a self-sufficient lifestyle. This book has been an encouragement and I recommend it to you all.

Side note: This isn't one of those christian books that say we're supposed to eat a pre-fall diet of only vegetables. Meat is good for you as long as it is clean and not stuffed with unnatural substances. Also, he isn't a legalist. He doesn't operate under the assumption that eating "unclean" substances is a sin, just that it's not God's intended way to live.

Michael Pollan has come highly recommended to me as an authoritative author on the subject of eating habits. These books below are the next on my list.



Haven't seen this movie yet, but added it to the blockbuster online queue...looks interesting.