| The low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet
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| | grapes were among those available to Old
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| has a lot of followers these days. Yet
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| | Testament people. What about dairy
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| its effectiveness for long-term weight
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| | products? The Bible makes few references
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| loss--let alone overall health--has yet
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| | to any, occasionally mentioning butter
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| to be proven. Fortunately, we don't have
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| | and cheese, usually made from the milk of
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| to resort to trial-and-error to find out,
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| | sheep and goats.Besides water, wine is
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| and we don't have to wait a generation or
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| | the drink most often found accompanying
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| more. We have written records of what our
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| | food in the Bible. It was less likely
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| earliest ancestors ate--and why, and with
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| | than water or milk to be contaminated,
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| what results.According to the Genesis
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| | because the alcohol content killed germs.
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| account of Creation, God said, "I have
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| | Often the wine probably was not
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| given every green herb for food." In
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| | fermented, and enjoyed by people of all
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| antediluvian (before the Flood) times,
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| | ages.The diet of New Testament peoples,
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| people lived much longer and bore
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| | as far as we know, was similar to that of
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| children far later in life than people
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| | Old Testament peoples. Unlimited seafood
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| have since. Later, correct diet formed
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| | was available from the Sea of Galilee;
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| the basis of Mosaic Law, and no other
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| | seven of Jesus' disciples were fishermen.
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| ancient writing regarding diet is so
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| | Fish could be eaten boiled, sun-dried,
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| strict. So, what did God tell His people
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| | pickled, or salted.Now, here's the
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| to eat?The Old Testament Israelites
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| | interesting thing. Humans began to eat
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| thrived on an almost exclusively
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| | meat only after the Flood, when the earth
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| vegetarian diet. The use of meat may not
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| | was a wasteland and Noah and his family
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| have been forbidden per se, yet it was
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| | had nothing else to eat until they could
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| not considered necessary for health,
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| | establish their crops and wild plants
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| being generally reserved for special
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| | flourished again. Whereas God originally
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| occasions. Protein sources were mainly
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| | said, "I have given every green herb for
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| grains, including wheat, barley, and
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| | food," He now said, "Every moving thing
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| millet; and legumes (referred to as
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| | that lives shall be food for you." For
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| "pulse"), such as beans, peas, and
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| | the first time, humans were allowed to
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| lentils. Nuts, especially almonds and
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| | include animals in their diet.But here's
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| pistachios, provided an additional
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| | the catch: we don't know if people were
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| source.Bread, the basis of everyone's
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| | supposed to continue eating meat
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| diet, appears frequently in both
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| | indefinitely, or if it was a temporary
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| Testaments. This was whole-grain,
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| | solution to the food shortage problem.
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| unrefined bread, containing the germ, a
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| | Postdiluvian peoples have not lived such
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| rich source of complex carbohydrates,
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| | long lives as those before, and many
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| vitamins, and other nutrients. Bread
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| | suffer from diet-related ailments that
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| could be made from other grains besides
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| | were almost unheard-of in those days.
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| wheat; barley provided fiber and
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| | Perhaps regular meat eating should be
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| high-density lipoproteins, which help
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| | viewed as a sacrifice that Noah's family
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| control cholesterol. Grains could also be
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| | had to make for the survival of the
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| roasted rather than made into bread.Foods
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| | species. Other episodes have occurred in
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| were flavored with onions and garlic as
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| | human history when similar sacrifices
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| well as other herbs and spices. The manna
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| | were made: Native Americans, pioneers,
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| referred to in Numbers is thought to have
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| | people lost in the wilderness.It is also
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| been coriander seed.Leviticus advises us
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| | worth noting that nearly every culture on
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| not to eat animal fat. People used olive
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| | the planet traditionally has, as its
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| oil for cooking as well as flavoring;
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| | staple food, some type of complex
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| unlike animal fats and tropical oils, it
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| | carbohydrate product: Asians have their
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| guards against heart disease, cancer,
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| | rice; Latin Americans, their tortillas;
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| high blood pressure, and obesity, rather
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| | Irish, their potatoes; continental
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| than exacerbating them. Sugar as we know
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| | Europeans, their bread. There's no law
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| it did not exist; honey, a natural sugar,
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| | against eating a low-carb, high-protein
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| pre-digested by bees, was used for
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| | diet. But those who do so because they
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| sweetening.Fruits release digestive
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| | prefer to will not reap the health
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| enzymes to help metabolize food.
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| | rewards of those who choose more wisely.
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| Apricots, figs, dates, pomegranates, and
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