Continued from Part 1

What is Your Food?

The battle begins in choosing food. Do you believe this is the case? The entire fall was based upon a food choice. You bet there are certain foods that I like and that I feel I need! Don’t be fooled some foods can either truly nurture your wellbeing and others trap you. We are all subject to listening to infomercials regarding certain foods and no doubt we may think the advertisement stupid or funny regardless we just might find ourselves giving in and responding to the eye candy and consuming the food. Don’t buy it or give in. Educate yourself and carefully choose!

Good Foods / Bad Foods You Choose:

• Juicy steak, cheeseburger, fries (arterial disaster and surgeons friend)
• Bowel of broccoli (may not like this as well but good for you)
• Dark chocolate (really like this)
• Spicy foods and cultural foods (I like spicy foods can’t eat much anymore)
• Triple mocha double shot latte (Wow! How many can I have?)
• Lots of bread and pasta (you don’t have to be Italian to like this)
• Nice glass of wine (nothing like a good glass of wine!)
• Tobacco (can’t really see how this is essential to health)
• Pornography (bad food!!)
• Material goods (Lots of toys can get expensive and ruin relationships)
• A good read (a problem if you are illiterate learn to read it’s a must)
• Nature walks (doesn’t sound manly but is one of the best habits to form)
• Exercise (a necessary much neglected part of our physical diet)
• The Bible (feasting forever type of food)

In Genesis 2:9 God created every tree good for food. This simply means that the trees that bore seed bearing fruit were edible and to be used for complete nourishment. Both the “tree of life” and the tree of “knowledge of good and evil.” are mentioned in the O.T text. So what’s wrong with some of the above items? Some foods nurture, some medicate, some are fun foods, some are essential to living and some are flat out a worthless waste of time and energy. Some of these foods we eat, experience, and put into our daily living and others we may ignore, not really feel we need or maybe feel we can’t live without. Regardless both trees were created by God. However, only one tree was forbidden by God to use as food. Yes, even the tree of knowledge of good and evil is included in this perfect park. See the next blog “Wrong Tree Wrong Food.”

Physical Food—Let’s turn our focus now to foods that feed our physical body that are wholesome, nurturing and biblical.

Root Words for Food

Just to let you know the Hebrew word generally used in the O.T. text for food is maakal; food: — eaten, food, fruit, provision, something to eat. The Greek word generally used in the N.T. text is trophē; nourishment, food: — enough, food, meals, support. Stay with me…..

Live food and dead food are on the menu you decide

God created a paradise, a beautiful perfect park if you will, with great tasting fruit and green herbs that Adam and Eve had at their disposal to take and eat as food. Before the fall fruits, grains and vegetables were the main staple for nourishment of physical body. It was perfect food meeting every nurturing need of the body. There was no genetic engineering of this food. It grew naturally in a rich environment and it was alive!! Everything was organic!

Animal food came after the fall as there was no need for shedding the blood of animals for food. All foods before the fall were unadulterated because of the perfect conditions in which they grew and flourished. All foods after the fall were marred. After the fall the Earth lost its perfectness and the process of death and decay ensued.

Whole Food is Live Food
Genesis 1:28-30 says every plant yielding seed and every tree with seed in its fruit God gave for food for man and beasts. There was no flesh eating noted before the fall. It is proven by research that consuming foods rich in fiber, vegetable matter and fruit is healthier than consuming heavy amounts of meat products.

Discovery: Organically grown vegetables, herbs and grains are healthier and this is an established fact according to research. Individuals that consume more vegetable matter are eating more alkaline which is also proven to extend life and health and decrease degenerative disease. Organically raised and cared for meat and wild fish are excellent choices but the bulk of the diet should be vegetable and fruits. You will notice significant vibrant health when you make these changes.

Old wise saying,
Live food equals live person!
Dead food equals dead person!

Your Cells Depend Upon It!

Every human cell is dependent upon live nutrition. It is a medical fact that foods high in bad fats (Trans fats) will breakdown healthy cells and causes them to die at a high rate. Human cells that are malnourished (poor diet and nutrition) results in compromised cell function and premature aging. Certain foods promote this activity so ask yourself???