Comments on: Eat Healthfully, But Not Just For Health (GNOWFGLINS)

By: Wardeh

Wardeh — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:13:24 +0000

Suzanne – Thanks for sharing your point of view. I want to clarify that Tiffany is a dear friend and I did not intend at all to diminish her beliefs. I value her opinion just as I value you yours.

I would agree that there is alot of foolishness in religion. There is foolishness in me. This post was old, along with my comment to Tiffany, and while I still believe what I said, I shouldn’t have said it in this context and in response to her. So for that, I ask yours and Tiffany’s forgiveness.

Thankfully, there is no foolishness in God. I am with you on how real foods help us connect with God. To recognize what He’s given us, use it, enjoy it, and praise Him for it – this is a great blessing and privilege!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:57:30 +0000

I would just like to say, in defense of Tiffany’s post (which I realize was posted quite awhile ago, but I still feel the need to comment), that no one should be made to feel that their beliefs are not as valuable as someone else’s beliefs because they are not from “the word of God”. I, personally, do not believe in this notion of “God’s word”. It is man who uses words to express himself, and it is a wonderful tool given to us by God, but it is not capable of expressing all that God is (I barely find it adequate at times for expressing myself). God expresses Himself through His creation, which we are all apart of and surrounded by. We do not need words or a sacred book to know God, we just have to become still and observe. Nothing can separate us from God, although we can certainly choose to ignor Him or become distracted by other things.

Wardeh, I know where you are coming from, I grew up in the Christian church. While I believe there is a bit of truth in every religion, there is also a lot of foolishness. Feeling threatened by someone else’s beliefs, defending your religion by diminishing the validity of someone else’s religion, this is all foolishness. Just to illustrate, the verse you quoted is from Proverbs, which was written before the New Testament, so if I were to follow your reasoning, then the New Testament is not God’s word (which, by the way, is exactly why the Jews did not accept Jesus).

One thing that has inspired me as I’ve started this journey into traditional foods, is that I feel a connection through it to the earth and to God. Cooking with real foods nourishes my soul in some way. I think it is because I am becoming more aware of God’s creation and how beautiful and perfect it is. This element was completely missing from my life when I was eating processed foods.

By: LaniQ

LaniQ — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:07:28 +0000

It is so refreshing to read this article. It seems that so often in healthy living/diet articles people tend to take you back to keeping of the Old Testament law as the only way to good health, forgetting the scripture that nothing is unclean of itself any longer. I do want to eat healthier, and give my family the most nutritious food as possible, but it seems like so many people make their diet almost like their new religion, and sometimes acting like they are holier because of their eating practices. I never want to turn up my nose at a dinner that someone cooks for my family, and I really do want to walk in love, as well as making the wisest choices for us. I find that we are very like-minded, and I am so looking forward the this course. I also home school our children, and am excited to teach them the things that I am learning. We have been studying the human body and looking into what can help our immune system to function well. We recently changed our eating habits- just adding in more fruits and veggies, trying to eat raw veggies and cooked ones at each meal, and I have been amazed that this winter we have hardly gotten sick. And if someone does start getting the symptoms of a cold, they have been gone in 2-3 days, instead of the typical 10. Such a blessing. I love hearing my 4 year old talk about the health benefits of spinach, and asking if he can have his own container of spinach for his birthday present! So fun. So thank you for all the time and research you have put into this.
God bless you and your family,
Lani

By: Wardeh

Wardeh — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:12:47 +0000

Susan – yes, that’s fine! It is fun to meet a like-minded person. Thanks for commenting!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:20:31 +0000

Ooops, hit submit before I finished. Anyway, just wanted to say this is a great article, and I may link to it from my blog if that’s okay! Thanks!

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:19:10 +0000

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing and putting into words what I totally agree with! My mother in law was a complete organic health-conscious to the extreme person, yet recently passed away from breast cancer. This made me re-evaluate everything I believed about healthy eating and living…is it worth it? It’s a long story, and I won’t elaborate now. But anyway I was excited to see your blog (I was actually researching sourdough as mine has been rebelling on me lately) because we share identical beliefs, at least as far as the health issue goes! And I’m from Oregon also, though I live in Canada now. My family still is there. Good for you on homesteading – that is a dream of mine although I don’t know if it’s the Lord’s will for our family. I have what I call an “urban homestead”, where I love to make everything I can (within reason) from scratch, and attempting to live as closely as possible to good old-fashioned ways. Someone put it this way in regards to what we eat, “If your great-grandmother would have to ask ‘what is it’ you may want to question the food you’re consuming. Obviously, different cultures consume different foods, but this is a good common sense rule for most things. Tofurky and Cheez-Whiz.

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:18:45 +0000

The same. I’ve always liked potatoes, but lately I’ve read a lot of places that it raises your glucose levels like white flour does. Thanks for your input. I think that’s what I’ll conclude, too. Like many things, they are good for you in proportion!

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:14:13 +0000

Wardeh, do you eat potatoes? I haven’t seen many in your recipes (except sweet potatoes). But red and russet potatoes…do you think they are good for you? From all the things I’ve read it’s pretty controversial. But they are a natural food from God. A lot of health experts, though, compare them to refined grains.
Thanks!

Erin, we eat potatoes less frequently than whole grains, but we do eat them. We love smashed red potatoes and oven-roasted red potato wedges. We like the flavor of red potatoes best, but that’s just preference. We agree with you that they are a natural food from God, which is why we eat and enjoy them about once every two weeks or so. How do you feel about potatoes?

By: Sonya Hemmings

Sonya Hemmings — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:27:48 +0000

Thank you, Wardeh, for offering this essay on healthful eating and for the way you pulled everything together, including those wonderful scriptures! It is good to be reminded–especially when dealing with the initially overwhelming challenge and the subsequent journey of learning that takes place when we or our loved ones are struggling with food allergies and intolerances–that food is a gift from God! You have provided me with some terrific “food for thought” that I can share with my food-allergic 7-year-old son (as well as his three younger nonallergic siblings) as I help guide him on his own adventure of discovering the foods that he can enjoy–most of them healthier things than what we would probably be eating if we had never had to deal with his allergies. I’ve always said (to the puzzlement of many of our extended family and friends) that his allergies have actually been a blessing to our family because we’ve had to really dig into the issue of just exactly what we’re eating and whether it is healthful. I also appreciated the comments you made about not judging someone else for what they eat or insisting that they are out of line if they don’t eat the way you do. (Although I do wish I could convince my husband to forgo fast food! I just can’t stomach the stuff now that we have altered our diet so radically, but he still indulges his cravings occasionally. I really have to bite my tongue on that one!)

Sonya

Sonya, thank you for your comments to this post. I am glad you found it encouraging. I also appreciate you expressing your thankfulness for your son’s food allergies. We have felt and said the same thing many times about the discovery of our son’s allergies. That led us to question the healthfulness of all our foods — so we thank God for the greater health we enjoy now!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:15:45 +0000

Wardeh,

My family has greatly reduced the amount of processed foods we purchase. We are still trying to make more wholesome choices in our carts. We are taking baby steps, spending more time in the produce section. Your guidelines have given me a lot of food for thought – pardon the pun. I want to take better care of this temple.

Peace

Good for you, Ellen! It sounds like you and your family are doing wonderfully — keep it up and all for God’s glory!