Jordan Rubin - The Makers Diet Daily Reminders

Introduction

N early twelve years ago I found myself suffering from an incurable illness. Its effective treatment escaped nearly seventy doctors. Yes, I felt hopeless. Yes, I was afraid. And yes, I felt deserted but I wasnt alone. From the depths of my despair I heard a still, small voice say to me, Everything is going to be OK.

After visiting what seemed like every doctor on the planet and trying every miracle drug, miracle diet, and miracle supplement, I found myself tearing through the pages of the worlds oldest, most sacred, and best-selling book.

What I was looking for in the Bible was not purely spiritual. I was looking for answers to my many debilitating health problems. What I found was mans first health planand the only health program I will need for the rest of my life. This ancient health program literally transformed the life of a seemingly hopeless twenty-year-old, and since I first wrote about it, thousands of people have used these same principles to pull themselves out of the grip of disease and enter the promised land of health.

The health principles on which this program is based are essentially the sameyesterday, today, and forever. (See Hebrews 13:8.) You too can enjoy robust health and freedom from disease by simply following the health plan designed by our Creator.

The Makers Diet is not merely a weight loss program it is a lifestyle. The Makers Diet Daily Reminders will help you sustain your commitment to the program by offering you daily encouragement and spiritual support. It presents life-changing health facts that are biblically based and scientifically proven, including a tip-a-day on boosting your immune system, attaining and maintaining your ideal weight, harnessing abundant energy, enhancing your physical appearance, reducing stress, improving digestion, and many more.

You owe it to yourself and everyone you care about to return to the Makers Diet. This book will give you the support you need to do just that.

DAY 1

M any Americans assume that the United States is the worlds healthiest nation. Unfortunately, statistics show that we are not as healthy as we might think.

We do enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world, with extraordinary emergency medical technology and trauma care. But this fact doesnt make us healthy. When we learn what good health really means, and we begin to practice the good health habits God has set in place, we will experience the abundant life that He has for us.

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

JOHN 10:10

Begin to pray that Gods abundant life will be yours as you put the Makers Diet into practice in your life.

DAY 2

M ost people who end up in ambulances and emergency rooms get there because they had an accident or a health crisis. And the emergency care they receive is often life saving.

That is quite different from evaluating our national lifestyle to arrive at one of healthy living that prevents disease. The concept of preventative medicine has only recently been given media attention.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Pray that God would give you the wisdom you need to prevent disease before it strikes.

DAY 3

M ost Americans eat great quantities of food frequently, based on convenience. In fact, the entire fast-food and TV dinner industries have flourished due to our fast-paced lifestyles that demand we eat convenient foods.

Unfortunately, our Creator didnt design our bodies to operate at optimum levels on junk food, fast food, or prepackaged foods prepared in microwave ovens. His laws that govern our entire human nature, including our health, bring consequences when violated, whether or not we accept the fact that they are still in place. The good news is, however, that we can change our lifestyles and avoid the health problems so many others face.

Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

1 CORINTHIANS 6:19

Begin to think of your body as the temple of Gods Holy Spirit; good health and a long life will be the result.

DAY 4

E lmer A. Josephson, a pioneer who dared to challenge the stream of popular dietary trends, said, There is no portion of the commandments of God in general, or of the Mosaic code in particular, that is not based on a scientific understanding of fundamental law. The laws of God are enforced and are as sure as the law of gravity.

Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

PSALM 119:97

Make the commitment to memorize at least one verse of Scripture each week.

DAY 5

A ll of Gods laws are like His law of gravitythey cant be changed. Our Creator specifically designed us to function best on the Makers Diet. In order to benefit from His plan, we must examine exactly what food is biblical and what food is unclean, unhealthy, or unacceptable according to both God and science (in that order).

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

HEBREWS 13:8

For one week, keep a food journal to see what foods you are consuming. You may be surprised at the amount of unhealthy food you actually eat.

DAY 6

P eter Rothschild, MD, PhD, wrote an unpublished book entitled The Art of Health. In a chapter called Please Dont Eat the Wrapper, he writes:

It suddenly dawned on us that God, the greatest master nutritionist of all times, has given us an all-purpose diet more than 3000 years ago.

There is abundant historic evidence that reveals that the average Israelite, up to the end of the last century [19th], was much longer lived than the average Gentile.

However, beginning with World War I, both diet and hygiene began to slacken among the children of Israel all over the planet, until only a small fraction remains true to biblical tradition.The trend of longevity is gradually vanishing among the non-observant. It appears that God indeed knew what nourishment to recommend.

He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.

PSALM 107:20

For a high-energy snack, slice a large date in half, remove the pit, insert a raw pecan into each half, and then sprinkle with coconut flakes. Its the perfect snack to stave off junk-food cravings.

DAY 7

M ichael D. Jacobson, DO, has noted that in the mid-fourteenth century, bubonic plague wiped out one-fourth of Europes population in just one year. But read historys record of how the Jewish people fared in the face of it:

Hundreds of years prior to the discovery of bacteria, the Jews were protecting themselves from the deadly Yersinia pestis microbe by practicing cleanliness and good hygiene.More than three thousand years before man discovered bacteria, the Creator had given detailed instructions that, if followed, would prevent the spread of such a deadly communicable disease.

He who has clean hands and a pure heartshall receive blessing from the LORD.