What is a "Healthy Diet"?

I think everybody will agree that the first step toward becoming healthier is always a "healthy diet."  Unfortunately, however, figuring out what constitutes a "healthy diet" is not always that simple.

For some, a "healthy diet" means eating according to the FDA Food Pyramid. For others, it means avoiding carbs. Still for others is means drinking diet sodas and eating low calories.

With all the conflicting information out there, how are we to know what a "healthy diet" is?

As Christians, we need only to look to Abba Father for the answer. Because the same God who created our bodies also created the perfect food for our bodies and gave it to us to eat.

So what does a "healthy diet" mean?

A healthy diet means whole food just the way God created it with as little change or input from man as possible.

It means learning and understanding God's Biblical dietary laws, because even though we aren't under Old Testament Law, we know our Father never says anything that's not really important. So when He calls something "unclean", you better believe it's really, really bad for you.

It means fresh, clean water without additives, whole fresh fruits and vegetables, clean animals raised as God intended, nuts and seeds, greens consumed as fresh as possible...

When fresh is not available, look to low-tech means of preserving food to keep the most nutrients... like drying and fermenting. Abba Father didn't make it hard. He didn't create His wonderful gift of food to require a chemical lab to preserve its nutrients.

So regardless of whether you're just trying to "feel better" or trying to place your body in the best possible position to heal itself of disease, eat as Father God intended and you won't be disappointed.