(I realize the schedule for this challenge is to blog Monday through Saturday, but I am choosing to blog Sunday through Friday instead, and take my rest on the seventh-day Sabbath.)
"F" is for fiber. What is fiber? Wikipedia says: "Dietary fiber or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive enzymes." Fiber helps regulate the body's use of sugars, helping to keep hunger and blood sugar in check.
Fiber is found in fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, grains, legumes. Notice, these are all plant based! There is no fiber in meat, dairy, eggs, which are animal products.
What was the original diet that God gave man when He created this world?
Genesis 1:29 says, And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food." NKJV
Genesis 3:17, 18 go on to say: Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you,
And you shall eat the herb of the field. NKJV
Notice that the original diet was whole food plant based! Maybe it's still a good idea to have as great a whole food plant based diet as possible now. What say you?
You won me over with this post. I'm checking out new blogs to follow from the A to Z Challange. I began a plant-based diet a few years ago and have felt so much better plus lost 15 pounds.
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