What the Bible Says About Healthy Living

This book surprised me, as I finish a chapter and start a new one I was amazed at the new and interesting information.

What we eat is something that will effect us every day of our life. If I had to recommend one book other than the Bible to help a Christian grow and be more effective in this life it would be this book. Satan should not be getting a victory in this area but he has been because of the ignorance of so many modern Christians and the lack of sound teaching in the Church. Why are so many Christians who love the Lord and want to serve him in such miserable health? Could it be that they are ignoring God's wisdom on what they should eat to keep themselves healthy but instead are just following the crowd and eating foods that are destroying their bodies. This book has over 700 scripture references yet distills God's wisdom on the subject of what we should eat to three basic principles. If one follows these principles they will find themselves eating organic foods and rejecting the highly processed, adulterated food products pushed on them by the world. They will eat food that's processed as little as possible and retains all the nutritional value and disease protecting elements that our Creator put in the foods for our benefit. And thirdly, they will not get involved in any food fads and will have a balanced diet that includes fasting on a regular basis to keep their digestive system in good shape and to find the types of foods that work best for them.This book can be used as a reference for your family about each food group, why God designed it the way he did, why you should eat it, and why it is good for you. The many scriptures reveal that God has always had quite a bit to say about food and even why he declared that some foods should not be eaten. The health IQ survey itself is worth the price of the book but there is so much more. It's a book you will want to read over and over again and give as gifts to others to help them get some wisdom on the often confusing subject of what we should eat.

Great book! I like how it explains that eating according to the Bible will not make you righteous however it is wise. God created our bodies and food so to go by what He says is good to eat or not good to eat would be the best way to get and remain healthy.I also purchased the companion cookbook too! It's called "What the Bible Says about Healthy Living Cookbook" by Hope Egan and Amy Cataldo

This was a very beneficial read for me. I had of course heard about many of the recommendations that are in this book, but there were many new things I learned, and the book gave a Biblical foundation for those healthy choices. The author presents three principles for evaluating whether a substance is appropriate for consumption, and these are valid and compelling. I won't spoil the book by telling you any more about those.We have truly been "snookered" by the marketing and the culture around us. We don't consider just how much toxins are in processed foods and how drained those foods are of nutrients. Truly the only reason not to take Dr. Russell's suggestions is pride, and he elevates that to his readers' minds so that we know that what we are really doing is rejecting God's design. We know it is sinful to eat unhealthy, and yet so often we do it anyway and want everything to go okay. Russell makes the point that going with God's design is the only real way to be healthy. Everything else is just a twisted counterfeit. Even "healthy" substitutes we try to come up with don't do the trick; they just trick us into believing we are doing something healthy, when all along God's perfect plan is waiting.For skeptical minds like mine, I would want to know from the author why just because a food is mentioned in the Bible without a negative statement made about it that it is thereby good. Be warned that it is a dogmatic type of book; in the intro he suggests an amenable approach to non-believers, but I think you are going to find that he is certainly presenting a sermon and not just objective facts.Despite these weaknesses, I think this is an excellent book that showcases the utter ridiculousness of eating what the world calls food and getting back to a much more wholesome, healthy, and intelligent approach. Eating or not eating something doesn't make us spiritual, but our relationship toward God is revealed in our eating. May our lives reflect well!

Well written and goes into great detail . I absolutely enjoyed reading it.

This is an awesome book that teaches about food groups. For example, what does the Bible say about meat, salt, sugars, dairy? What did God tell Israel to eat so that they would have "none of these diseases?" What did the Bible say that Jesus ate? What does the Bible say about what God chose to feed people when he fed them miraculously? The Bible is good science. It just so happens that most serious modern health programs (not fads) end up saying almost the same things.I have 45 years of nutrition study. I found this to be one of two best nutrition books of all time. (The other being Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit, by Davis). I only found two things wrong in the book, which is an excellent report coming from critical me. The author said to limit beef and to limit salt, though he had just got finished whole chapters explaining that the Bible speaks well of each of those. I say that the author's premise was "what the Bible says", and the Bible does not say to limit them. So, he should not have said in this book to limit salt or beef.Read this book to learn interesting facts, like beef muscle meats are 98% clean of toxins, beef fat as in that layer of fat around a New York strip steak is 50% toxic, pork muscle and it's fat are 50% toxic. Learn what is a good oil, why you need salt, which sugars are best, and more.The author has good humor, no condemnation for disagreeing with him, and makes a good point about food not being the basis of salvation.

The book was an interesting, although slightly repetitive read, it confirmed what I already knew about food and drink ....but linked the authors research to God's word in The Bible. This I found fascinating and eye opening. I do think the book could do with a revamp in the area of its research....most is from 1990, so it feels a bit out dated. I didn't feel it was a platform to discuss homosexuality and sexual relations, I did not expect to read it in a book about healthy eating! Although I understood what the author was getting at...it felt laboured and out of place. Overall an ok read with very valid points.

This book makes a lot of sense so worth reading

This just makes sense

Have always been interested in origins of things and this outlines a perfect preplanned route which makes me feel safe.

Interesting book. It makes a lot of sense.