Top List of Healing Foods from the Maker's Diet by Jordan Rubin

Below is a summary of the top healing foods from the Bible as listed in The Maker's Diet by Jordan Rubin.

• · Fish and fish oil: Rich sources of protein, potassium, vitamins, and minerals. The healing power comes from the omega 3 fatty acids. The best fish are the cold water fish such as salmon, sardines, bluefish, herring, lake trout, mackerel, sablefish, whitefish, bluefin tuna and anchovies as well as in cod liver oil.
• · Grains of the Bible: The description of the promised Land in Deut 8:8 was a land of wheat and barley. John 6:9-13 describes the food the young boy brought to Jesus as five barley loaves. The young sprouts of these grains are known as cereal grasses and juicing them contains four essential compounds largely absent from our diet – Antioxidant enzymes, trace minerals, chlorophyll, high-quality vegetable proteins.
• · Cultured dairy from goats, cows and sheep: The milk of the Bible was consumed straight from the animals and was not pasteurized or homogenized or it was immediately fermented. They could not keep dairy products fresh so they learned from the wine fermentation process and used it to preserve dairy products. The result is what we know today as yogurt, cheese and curds. (see page 148 for benefits)
• · Olive Oil: Olive oil is one of the most digestible of all fats. Olive oil contributes to health of the bodies’ tissues, organs, and brain. It also reduces heart disease.
• · Small fruit (figs, grapes, berries) Figs are mentioned more than fifty times in the Bible and are the first fruit specifically named in scripture (Gen 3:7). Grapes were the first crops Noah planted after the flood (Gen 9:20) Grapes fight tooth decay, stop viruses, and are rich in other ingredients that researchers believe may lower the risk of cancer.
• · Soups/stocks: Stocks and soups appear in biblical diets as we see in Judges 6:19.
• · Healthy saturated fats (high vitamin butter, coconut oil) Butter from grass-fed animals. Extra-virgin coconut oil is one of the healthiest saturated fats available. Coconut oil can tolerate extremely high heats (other oils become rancid at high temperatures). Coconut oil reduces symptoms of digestive orders, supports overall immune functions, and helps prevent bacterial, viral, and fungal infections.
• · Honey: The Bible implies a strong influence of butter and honey on brain function: Isa 7:15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. Look for high quality produced locally and sold in its raw and unheated form preserving the enzymes.
• · Seeds (Soaked and sprouted) The germination process produces vitamin c and increases the B vitamins. (p152)
• · Omega 3 eggs: Eggs contain all known nutrients except for vitamin c.
• · Cultured/fermented vegetables: fermented vegetables provide the body with natural probiotics and enzymes. Sauerkraut, pickled carrots, beets, or cucumbers.
• · Organ Meats: Liver from grass fed animals is dense with vitamins A, D, B6, and B12.
• · Fermented beverages: kefir, grape cooler, natural gingerale, combucha and kvass.
• · Green vegetables: Green leafy veggies contain beta carotene and virtually every mineral and trace element.