The Original Bible Diet

The opening post to the label of Recipes, Food, Nutrition should be something that sets the stage or forms a thought-path, and that brought me to the Original Bible Diet.  I don't remember where I found this a couple of years ago, but, it stated that "these foods are your key to total health" and that's a big promise.  I'm reasonably sure that if someone followed this to the letter, it could very well be true.

Genesis 1:29 
"And God said, Behold, I give you every seed bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.  They will be yours for food."

"Behold, I give you every herb bearing seed..."  (a seed which does not develop wood-resistant tissue).  Some examples are:
Grains:   wheat, corn, rye, barley, rice, millet, oats, buchwheat
Seeds:   sunflower, sesame, flax, pumpkin seeds, etc.
Legumes:   soybeans, lentils, peas, peanuts, other beans
Succulent foods (containing seeds):  eggplant, okra, bell pepper, squash,
green  beans, pumpkins, cucumbers, tomatoes, melons.

"...and every tree that has fruit with seed in it." (woody perennial plants, shrubs, bushes)
Some examples are:
Fruit trees:  citrus fruits, sub-acid fruits, sweet fruits, neutral fruits
Nuts:  almonds, pecans, cashews, brazil, walnuts, chestnuts, filberts, acorns, pine nuts.

(Now, the whole thing gets just a little dicey, in that I am not real comfortable with the claims made in some of this portion.  I'll leave it up to you...)

"...TO YOU IT SHALL BE FOR MEAT."

Genesis 1:30 originally the green herbs were given by God as food for the animals.
"And to every Beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and the everything that creepeth upon the earth...I have given every green herb for meat; and it was so."

But, these vegetables (green herbs) were added to man's diet AFTER he sinned (to help fight disease), and are part of our diet today.

"And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast harkened unto the voice of thy wife...cursed is the ground for thy sake...and thou shalt eat the herb of the field." Genesis 3:17,18

Some of these vegetables include:
Leafy herbs:   celery, cabbage, kale , chard, lettuce, etc.
Flowers:   globe artichoke, broccoli, cauliflower
Roots:   carrots, beets, potatoes, turnips, etc.
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Now, this is a purely vegetarian diet, I'm sure that fact can be obvious, and I, like most people, do not subscribe to a vegetarian diet.   Although I just love a really good hamburger, shrimp scampi, roasted chichen, etc., I do lean heavily to the above listings.  I rarely eat more than 4 or 5 oz. of meat/poultry/fish a day. 

I believe that somewhere there is a Bible diet that is actually set up for losing weight and many a Bible diet guru has written books and are on the speaking circuit and I'm just a little curious if it is any more effective than any other diet.  We'll talk about diets...