Bible foodSince the earliest days of the Israelites, sour or curdled milk (or curds) was mixed with honey, flavored with dates, raisins, grapes or other fruits or nuts. Those curds, many Bible scholars believe, were what we now call yogurt. Tradition says[...]Apples against diseases- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Nutritionists suggest that eating two or three apples a day can boost the body's protection against heart disease, thanks to the fruit's amazing ability to reduce blood pressure and lower dangerously high cholesterol levels. In fact, they say, the higher the cholesterol, the greater the benefits will be if you increase your consumption of apples. Apples also contain chemicals that scientists believed are vital in stopping cancer, and they also prevent tooth decay.The apple's ability to...http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/apples-against-diseases.html Grapes - Numbers 12:23- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Grapes were the first things Noah planted after the flood. Grapes were eaten fresh, dried and eaten as raisins just as we do today and pressed into cakes. But most of the crop of the vineyards was made into juice, wine and vinegar.One reason this delicious fruit was so important in the diet thousands of years ago was because of its high content of boron, a mineral that we now know helps ward off osteoporosis. Boron is now sold as a dietary supplement in health food stores, but the people...http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/grapes-numbers-.html Benefits of Eating Garlic- (Found September 17, 2008 ) One scientist reports: "Garlic has the broadest spectrum of any antimicrobial substance we know of. It's antibacterial, anti fungal, anti parasitic, anti protozoan and antiviral." Some researchers say that one medium-size garlic clove has as much antibacterial power as 100,000 units of penicillin.Because it was used so commonly as an antibiotic by Russian army medics during World War II, it became known throughout all of Europe as the "Russian penicillin." An astonishing 500 tons of garlic.http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/benefits-of-eating-garlic-.html Garlic- (Found September 17, 2008 ) It's one of the world's oldest healing foods. It was being used both as a favorite food and as a powerful medicine centuries before Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt and into the wilderness.Garlic and its cousin the onion were regarded highly for both health-giving and magical qualities in ancient cultures. Garlic was one of the first foods to be deliberately cultivated, although wild varieties grew in abundanceEvidence of its healing powers is detailed in 4,000 year old records.http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/garlic.html More positive effects from eating fish- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Experts warn that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the red light warning us that a life-threatening heart attack may be headed toward us like a runaway train. To stop it, they say, get that blood pressure under control!The Center Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Berlin studied 24 men with slightly elevated blood pressure. For two weeks, half of the group dined daily on two seven-ounce cans of mackerel and followed that with three cans a week for the next eight...http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/more-positive-effects-from-eat.html Fish diet benefits- (Found September 17, 2008 ) For more than 200 years, cod liver oil was prescribed for a number of ailments, including rheumatism and arthritis, because it was believed it could "lubricate the joints." But it wasn't until 1985 that doctors writing in the New England Journal of Medicine recommended that arthritis sufferers could benefit from eating fish once or twice a week.In the case of arthritis, the omega-3 oils do "lubricate" the joints by reducing painful inflammation. The National Institute of Arthritis and...http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/fish-diet-benefits.html Fish mentioned in Luke 24:42-43- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Fishing on the Sea of Galilee and the River Jordan was a huge industry. During their exile in Egypt, the Israelites learned to prize fish from the Red Sea, and for the people of the Old Testament, there were precise dietary laws for seafood.We know today that fish is low in cholesterol and contains healthy polyunsaturated fats.Since there was no way of preserving fish (except by salting), most people in Bible times ate their fish fresh - a wonderfully rich source of protein, potassium,...http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/fish-mentioned-in-luke-.html Cheese- (Found September 17, 2008 ) Since milk in biblical times didn't stay fresh very long, the people who lived then turned much of it into cheese or other by-products. Consequently, the people of the Bible were expert cheese makers. A gallon of fresh milk produced about a half pound of cheese that could then be utilized in many different ways while still retaining the numerous health benefits of milk.Find cheese recipeshttp://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/cheese.html Coriander- (Found September 17, 2008 ) When the Children of Israel wandered in the desert and received manna from the sky, they described it as looking like coriander seed.Ever since, coriander has been called "the healer from heaven." Coriander is an annual plant of the carrot or parsley family and has pink or white flower clusters. The fruit consists of globular, grayish-white colored seeds. It grew wild throughout Egypt, ancient Palestine and other countries in the region. The seeds have a pleasant, aromatic oil. They are...http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/coriander.html Barley can lower blood cholesterol- (Found September 17, 2008 ) A diet that includes lots of barley, three times a day, has lowered blood cholesterol by about 15% in a number of medical studies.That same high fiber content keeps us regular, relieves constipation and wards off a wide variety of digestive problems. It also may help block cancer. As anyone who has done any Bible study at all knows, bread - always made from barley or other whole grain flours - was regarded as so vital to good health and a long life that it was called "the staff of...http://biblefood.findjunkfood.com/barley-can-lower-blood-cholest.html |