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Just happened upon this little book a few weeks ago. Written by Dr. Scott Conrad, MD with forward by James Robison. Really makes you think about food addiction in ways you probably never have. He promotes "healthy" eating which in his opinion includes some lean meats and non fat dairy (that's the downside of the book) but his insight on the vast wisdom of God that we as believers can tap into is very enlightening, and how God knows so very much more about each of us than we even know about ourselves is insightful.

For instance he says that God knows everything from eternity past through eternity future and asks the reader to make a pie graph of how much we as individuals think we know compared to that. He says to be generous, let's say 1%. By our own admission, God knows 99% more than we could ever know. We think we know the answers to our problems and often go back trying to do what we "know" is right for us. He says we need to tap in to God's wisdom to guide instead of trusting our own 'knowledge" about what is right for us. This is why, he says, many people fail on diets, they are eating in a way God never intended. Of course, I am paraphrasing all this.

He also sheds light of how we hurt others when we are so out of shape and unheathy, we can be little benefit to those we love.

I am a firm believer in a vegan lifestyle, but this book really opened my eyes to some things I had never thought about. It's a small book that can be read in a couple hours, but there is alot of wisdom in those pages in my opinion.

Thanks for this interesting post, VM!

A good brother had dealt with his wife's poor health for years and as she continued to decline, he said he wanted to stay alive so he could take care of her...and he did until she died. I call that love.

If we choose to be as healthy as we can be, we increase our capacity for helping and serving others in addition to serving as a good example for them.

I think we have a duty to God, others and ourselves to try to be healthy.

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Romans 12.1, 2 KJV)