Continuing from yesterday's post, here are the
second SIX healthy food items found in the Bible.
7.
Legumes:
2 Samuel 17:28-29, Genesis 25:34. As
reported in the book of Samuel, beans were among the highly nutritious foods
sent to feed King David's hungry army and restore their strength for the hard
times ahead. Beans have a lot of soluble fiber, which helps lower LDL and
reduce blood pressure. The fiber also helps keep blood sugar levels
stable, stave off hunger, and even reduce the insulin requirements of people
suffering from diabetes.
8.
Nuts, including
almonds, pistachio nuts and walnuts:
Song
of Solomon 6:11, Gen. 43:11. Botanists today believe that Solomon's
"garden of nuts" referred to in Scripture was a rich grove of walnut
trees. At the time, walnuts were prized for the oil they produced, which
was regarded as only slightly inferior to olive oil.
Nuts contain the right mixtures of natural
ingredients whose benefits include cancer prevention, a lower risk of heart
disease and help for diabetics
9.
Olives:
The olive was one of the most valuable and
versatile trees of biblical times. It is mentioned frequently throughout
the Bible. Probably the most famous reference to olive oil and its
healing powers is in the parable of the Good Samaritan, in which the Samaritan
cares for a beaten and robbed traveler, treating his wounds with oil and
wine. Olive oil, mixed with wine, was even used to soften and soothe
bruises and wounds.
10.
Onions:
Numbers 11:5. Like its cousin, garlic, the onion is noted as a
cure-all. And the folk healers hold it in high regard as far back as 6000
years or more. At least 3000 years before the birth of Christ, onions
were treasured both as food and for their therapeutic value --- particularly in
the treatment of kidney and bladder problems
11.
Wheat:
Jeremiah 41:8, Ezekiel 4:9. Wheat was the "staff of
life." Biblical people ate their grain boiled and parched, soaked
and roasted, and even ate it green from the stalk. It was pounded, dried
or crushed to be baked into casseroles, porridges, soups, parched grain salads
and desserts. Ezekiel's bread was intended to be a survival food during
the dark days of the Babylonion conquest because it contained wheat, barley,
beans, lentils, millet and spelt. Wheat bran is high in insoluble
fiber.
12.
Wine:
I Timothy 5:23. John 4:46. Making wine from grapes is one of the
most ancient arts and the beverage of choice in the Bible. According to
Genesis, one of the first things Noah did after the flood was plant a vineyard
so he could make wine. Researchers are now rediscovering what the physicians
of the Bible knew centuries ago. In moderation, wine has a profound
impact on our health and healing. Just a single glass of wine a day may
be enough to raise the good cholesterol by 7% and help the body put up a
barrier to a variety of cancers.
Excerpts were taken from “12 Healthy and Healing Foods from the
Bible” by Judy Thompson, M.A. Health & Physical Education. Read the full article HERE.
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