What Would Jesus Eat?: The Ultimate Program for Eating Well, Feeling Great, and Living Longer, written by Don Colbert M.D., explores the life of Jesus and takes a comprehensive look at foods mentioned in the Bible.
Colbert says “If you truly want to follow Jesus in every area of your life, you cannot ignore your eating habits”. He outlines a program based on natural foods and Jewish dietary traditions that will not only improve your health but will also help you to examine the spiritual aspects of your diet.
The basic concept of the diet is that we shouldn’t consume foods that were not a part of the diet that Jesus would have eaten.
Colbert explains that Jesus ate a Mediterranean-style diet based on wholesome, unprocessed foods in accordance with ancient Jewish dietary laws.
Based on his research he concluded that the diet of Jesus would have included fish, whole wheat bread, olives, figs, dates and red wine. Fish was widely available and was probably eaten on a daily basis, while red meat would have been consumed only occasionally, perhaps once a month.
Foods that are forbidden in the Bible, such as pork, are to be avoided, as are all processed foods including refined white flour and sugar.
What Would Jesus Eat is not a diet in the traditional sense but rather involves making a change in the way you approach your eating habits. In addition to adjusting your dietary pattern you are also encouraged to tune into the reasons behind your usual food choices.
If you don’t think you are ready to implement the entire diet plan Colbert recommends that you start by changing just one thing at a time. For example, replace soda with water, or start cooking with extra-virgin olive oil instead of butter.
Fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, fish, olives, figs, dates, red wine, olive oil.
Breakfast
4 oz fresh-squeezed fruit juice or a small piece of fruit |
Lunch
Tuna salad |
Dinner Lentil soup |
Jesus spent a large part of his days walking and this is the recommended form of exercise. Dieters are encouraged to engage in walking every day.
What Would Jesus Eat?: The Ultimate Program for Eating Well, Feeling Great, and Living Longer retails at $14.99.
What Would Jesus Eat will appeal to dieters who are able to find inspiration to change their lifestyle by connecting to their faith. In particular the use of prayer before eating a meal can help to increase awareness of food choices and reduce the likelihood of overindulgence.
Although the exact composition of the diet of Jesus is debatable, The Jesus Diet offers dieters a ‘back to basics’ approach that is nutritionally balanced and demonstrated in the scientific literature to support successful weight management as well as to promote general good health.
God wants us to eat His way. NIV Ephesians 5:29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church
1 Timothy 4:3 abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving.
What about artichoke?
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This is based on a lot of speculation and generalization. If you want to get into what Jesus actually supposedly preached and advocated, it was the Essene raw vegetarian diet that respected all life, even including not eating a plant if it meant killing the plant to do so. And you thought raw vegetarianism was something radical and new? Nope! You also water fasted one day a week on the Sabbath, (sundown Friday to sundown on Sat.) you didn’t have more than two meals a day, after noon and before sunset, (and ideally, only one meal a day!) Isn’t it ironic that all these years later these are exactly the ideals that we are being told are the healthiest? Hmmm. http://www.towardsfreedom.com/wdh/towardsfreedom/RTTheJesusDiet.html
And to think I was just looking up a recipe for Essene bread. (A sprouted wheat bread made up of nothing but ground sprouted wheat berries baked on a rock in the sun or in a dehydrator or low temp oven.) No flour, no yeast, no nothing else! It’s different, but amazing! (Flatbread)
great for quitting addictions.thanx
This sounds amazing! I was already exploring a Mediterranean diet so this was a welcome addition!
I am very interested. I think this is a awesome plan and spiritual devotion. Looking forward to the journey a life change