There are so many sources of ultimate knowledge that I have a hard time sorting it all out. My focus today is the diet gurus with a nod to the revised nutrition pyramid.
When I was in college my mother went on Weight Watchers and had ongoing success. Since she did the cooking we all went on the program and I was doing very well with it until I was drafted into the Army and forced to eat military style. Later I tried different programs and had temporary success. Finally about 10 years ago I got serious about avoiding diabetes and lost what I needed.
I have always had a relatively healthy diet, or so I thought. I like most vegetables and dislike fat. I had my issues like an addition to salt but I am one of those people that salt does not attack. I was aware of the nutrition pyramid but did not worry about it because I ate that way anyway. Then they revised it by turning it upside down.
One of the lessons of my life is that I stop listening to the experts and the most recent “scientific research” which is usually paid for by the people being vindicated. You know the pattern. Coffee is bad for you then it cures cancer. Eggs are bad until they aren’t.
Several years ago my wife came across a book called The Weigh Down Diet. Over the years I have read it three times and keep coming back to the Biblical basis for its principles. One of the quotes jumped out at me on my recent reading.
God “has put food down on earth for us to enjoy, and He did not accidentally leave the basic four food groups out of the Bible.” p. 71I recommend the book as a source of principles. The author tends to get touchy-feely a lot which I don’t buy into but the principles are sound. Maybe your local library has a copy.
Shamblin, Gwen. The Weigh Down Diet. New York: Doubleday, 1997.
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