Jesus Diet by Dr. Donald A. Miller

You don't have to be Christian to benefit from the Jesus

diet. After all, Jesus was not a Christian. In fact, you

don't even need to believe in God.

Please note: This article has nothing to do with several

"Jesus Diet" hits found on google.com. Some of those provide

food for thought, while others are just plain foolish.

For numerous reasons, exact knowledge about Joshua ben

Joseph, the person, is rather scarce. The New Testament was

assembled several centuries after his death, and really was

not focused on the historical person's life. In fact, I have

read excerpts from later theological texts which "prove"

that Jesus neither ate meat nor defecated, both of which

seem unlikely.

So, the best guess at what Jesus ate can be obtained from

study of Mediterranean cultures, especially the Jewish.

First Conclusion: Jesus never ate ham, not even for Easter

or Christmas. People ate pork at the risk of death from

trichinosis (a worm infestation).

Second Conclusion: Jesus did eat fish. This is documented in

the New Testament. He did not eat any sea food which lacked

fins or scales, such as clams, oysters, crabs, lobster,

octopus, eel, as these were un-clean by Jewish Kosher laws.

Likewise, he did not eat meat from pigs, horses, donkeys,

camels, vultures. He could have eaten deer meat, chicken,

duck, turkey, eggs, et cetera. Most likely, he did not eat

rabbit, squirrel, rat, or any birds of prey.

Kosher laws were originally based on good empirical

observation on what foods did or did not cause illness. They

are not the latest word on good health practices. Some of

the Kosher laws go against modern medical and common sense.

However, the concepts of "eat only what is good for you",

and "do not kill food animals with avoidable suffering" are

certainly good ones.

Third Conclusion: Jesus did not eat four legged meat every

day. The average for those times was about once a week to

once a month, even for sheep herders. Hunters in the field

probably ate more meat. This does NOT mean that Jesus was a

vegetarian, as some claim.

Fourth Conclusion: Jesus ate bread; lots and lots of bread.

And it was not "low carb", either.

Fifth Conclusion: Jesus probably ate fruits, vegetables,

grains, garbanzo beans, nuts, olives, goat cheese, salted

fish (when fresh was not available). He probably also

needed salt in his diet, ate honey, but most certainly did

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BIO:

Dr. Donald A. Miller is author of "Easy Health Diet" http://easyhealthdiet.com/diet.htm, "Easy Exercise All Ages" http://easyhealthdiet.com/eeaa.htm, and numerous free articles on health http://easyhealthdiet.com/articles/.
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