what did the Holy Bible says about Vegetarian Diet

While the Jewish people were in imprisonment in Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king, recruited the most talented and intelligent young Jewish boys to serve in his palace. They were forced to adopt the customs and religious practices of the Babylonians. The Jewish diet was largely comprised of plant foods because of prohibitions against consumption of unclean meats. So thorough were the attempts to brainwash these young men of their former culture and faith in God, that four boys were given new names by the king and became known as Belteshazzar (Daniel), Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. The king lured the cooperation of these young men by setting aside daily rations of the “king’s food,” choice meat and wine. But Daniel resisted the king’s food, insisting he would not defile himself, since the meat offered by the king had been sacrificed to idols first. 
The commander in charge of the boys feared they would become pale and less energetic than other boys who consumed the king’s selected foods. “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king,” said the commander. 
But Daniel responded by saying: “Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then you let our appearance be observed in your presence and the appearance of the youths who are eating the king’s choice food; and deal with your servants according to what you see.” So he tested them for ten days. And at the end of the ten days their appearance “seemed better and they were fatter than all the youths who had been eating the king’s choice food.” And so the boys continued to eat vegetables, and exhibited unusual intelligence and the king favored them in his service. [Daniel 1: 1-20] 

This account in the Book of Daniel is authenticated by modern science. Today there is avid enthusiasm for vegetarianism, particularly due to the emphasis upon eating more fruits and vegetables to maintain health. Although iron in plant foods is 10 times less absorbable compared to iron from meat, the incidence of iron deficiency anemia among vegetarians is not significantly greater than that of meat eaters.

Resent studies confirm that those who avoid consumption of iron-rich animal products and solely consume a plant food diet, do not become anemic. The increased vitamin C in the diets of vegetarians increases iron absorption from plant foods.

 A study of 11,000 vegetarians in Britain revealed their mortality rates were one-third lower than meat and dairy consumers.  Another study shows that vegetarians have half the mortality rate from cancer and a 60-percent reduction in cardiovascular disease. 

Where should we go to find out the real way of Health?

Health care consumers may ask the question, “whom should we trust for accurate information when it comes to matters of health?” In an interdependent and specialized society, modern man relies upon others to interpret scientific and medical data. But do the interpreters always tell the truth? Most physicians have been taught very limited methods of therapy, so they have little knowledge or experience outside high-tech treatments and patented medicines. If any cures exist outside their experience or training, particularly if those remedies do not require the continued need for doctors, they are likely to be rejected. Home remedies, vitamins and herbal cures are flatly dismissed as being unproven, despite reams of scientific evidence and thousands of years of use in some cases. 
For many, to question their doctor is as irreverent as questioning their priest. Yet, consumerism has begun in medicine. Insurance companies and government agencies have begun to require doctors and drug companies to prove their treatments are safe and effective. So there is a growing movement to question conventional medical care. The temples of medicine are crumbling. 

Healers have been said to have a special gift. Some are called saints. For most of mankind’s history, health and a godly life were fused. Religious leaders prescribed folk remedies to their flocks. Plagues cut short the human life span, so for a great part of human history man lived under the threat of his imminent demise. Nutritional deficiencies and lack of personal and public hygiene were the hidden causes behind most epidemics. But mankind interpreted sickness as evidence that the reigning gods were unhappy. Mankind pled for mercy and universally came up with the idea of offerings to appease the gods. 

Secrets of health, particularly natural remedies placed on earth by our Creator, have often been concealed from the public by kings, politicians, physicians, pharmacists and even religious leaders. Better to be sick and have to rely upon a god, a physician, a king, than to be healthy and independent of the overseers. When royalty held possession of the many herbal compendiums that were published over the ages they were considered part of their inherent omniscience that was to be passed on down through family lines. Kings and queens commissioned explorers to return to their kingdoms with precious herbal remedies from afar.
The pharaohs in Egypt and the emperors in China were quick to mix their magic potions with a variety of herbs to obscure which one held the healing power so the laity would not have this knowledge. But when this knowledge was discovered by the common man and became a threat to the ruler and physicians, it was branded as witchcraft and sorcery and was condemned. Not much has changed over the centuries. In the modern world pharmacological prescriptions are obscured in Latin and any remedy that is not ordered by a physician and dispensed by a pharmacist, that is outside the approved compendium of 3200 drugs, is considered to be unproven and possibly dangerous.
And people are not completely satisfied with the technical advancements of modern medicine, of just prolonging life and postponing death. In the face of all the medical breakthroughs, all of a sudden there is a turn towards alternative medicine and a return to traditional health practices. The use of shamans and health gurus are on the rise and acupuncture, massage therapy, Chinese herbs and mind-body medicine techniques are in vogue. Why?

As spectacular as the advancements in medical technology have been over the past century, there may be limits to progress. Chronic diseases still plague mankind, and longevity has given rise to an array of age-related health problems such as arthritis, diabetes, cancer, and retinal disease, for which modern medicine has few remedies. The “magic bullet” drugs are falling into disfavor with the realization that it costs nearly as much to treat their side effects as it does to purchase them. Medical mistakes are now among the leading causes of death in the U.S. Germs are becoming resistant to antibiotics and health officials fear worldwide plagues. Mankind is still vulnerable to viral epidemics (AIDS comes to mind), which antibiotics are useless against. The Medicare system, which pays for the medical care of retirees, could not afford to provide a cure for cancer even if it were to be developed. Many retirees cannot afford the drugs they are prescribed, and many others do not have health insurance. 

So God is the true Dietician, Holy Bible is the best diet prescription manual for all human being on this earth.

Why go veg? Chew on these reasons:

You’ll ward off disease. Vegetarian diets are more healthful than the average American diet, particularly in preventing, treating or reversing heart disease and reducing the risk of cancer. A low-fat vegetarian diet is the single most effective way to stop the progression of coronary artery disease or prevent it entirely. Cardiovascular disease kills 1 million Americans annually and is the leading cause of death in the United States. But the mortality rate for cardiovascular disease is lower in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians, says Joel Fuhrman, MD, author of Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss. A vegetarian diet is inherently healthful because vegetarians consume no animal fat and less cholesterol and instead consume more fiber and more antioxidant-rich produce—another great reason to listen to Mom and eat your veggies!
You’ll keep your weight down. The standard American diet—high in saturated fats and processed foods and low in plant-based foods and complex carbohydrates—is making us fat and killing us slowly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a division of the CDC, the National Center for Health Statistics, 64 percent of adults and 15 percent of children aged 6 to 19 are overweight and are at risk of weight-related ailments including heart disease, stroke and diabetes. A study conducted from 1986 to 1992 by Dean Ornish, MD, president and director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, found that overweight people who followed a low-fat, vegetarian diet lost an average of 24 pounds in the first year and kept off that weight 5 years later. They lost the weight without counting calories or carbs and without measuring portions or feeling hungry.You’ll live longer. If you switch from the standard American diet to a vegetarian diet, you can add about 13 healthy years to your life, says Michael F. Roizen, MD, author of The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat. "People who consume saturated, four-legged fat have a shorter life span and more disability at the end of their lives. Animal products clog your arteries, zap your energy and slow down your immune system. Meat eaters also experience accelerated cognitive and sexual dysfunction at a younger age."
Want more proof of longevity? Residents of Okinawa, Japan, have the longest life expectancy of any Japanese and likely the longest life expectancy of anyone in the world, according to a 30-year study of more than 600 Okinawan centenarians. Their secret: a low-calorie diet of unrefined complex carbohydrates, fiber-rich fruits and vegetables, and soy.
You’ll build strong bones. When there isn’t enough calcium in the bloodstream, our bodies will leach it from existing bone. The metabolic result is that our skeletons will become porous and lose strength over time. Most health care practitioners recommend that we increase our intake of calcium the way nature intended— through foods. Foods also supply other nutrients such as phosphorus, magnesium and vitamin D that are necessary for the body to absorb and use calcium.
People who are mildly lactose-intolerant can often enjoy small amounts of dairy products such as yogurt, cheese and lactose-free milk. But if you avoid dairy altogether, you can still get a healthful dose of calcium from dry beans, tofu, soymilk and dark green vegetables such as broccoli, kale, collards and turnip greens.
You’ll reduce your risk of food-borne illnesses. The CDC reports that food-borne illnesses of all kinds account for 76 million illnesses a year, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths in the United States. According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), foods rich in protein such as meat, poultry, fish and seafood are frequently involved in food-borne illness outbreaks.
You’ll ease the symptoms of menopause. Many foods contain nutrients beneficial to perimenopausal and menopausal women. Certain foods are rich in phytoestrogens, the plant-based chemical compounds that mimic the behavior of estrogen. Since phytoestrogens can increase and decrease estrogen and progesterone levels, maintaining a balance of them in your diet helps ensure a more comfortable passage through menopause. Soy is by far the most abundant natural source of phytoestrogens, but these compounds also can be found in hundreds
of other foods such as apples, beets, cherries, dates, garlic, olives, plums, raspberries, squash and yams. Because menopause is also associated with weight gain and a slowed metabolism, a low-fat, high-fiber vegetarian diet can help ward off extra pounds.
You’ll have more energy. Good nutrition generates more usable energy—energy to keep pace with the kids, tackle that home improvement project or have better sex more often, Michael F. Roizen, MD, says in The RealAge Diet. Too much fat in your bloodstream means that arteries won’t open properly and that your muscles won’t get enough oxygen. The result? You feel zapped. Balanced vegetarian diets are naturally free of cholesterol-laden, artery-clogging animal products that physically slow us down and keep us hitting the snooze button morning after morning. And because whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables are so high in complex carbohydrates, they supply the body with plenty of energizing fuel.
You’ll be more "regular." Eating a lot of vegetables necessarily means consuming more fiber, which pushes waste out of the body. Meat contains no fiber. People who eat lower on the food chain tend to have fewer instances of constipation, hemorrhoids and diverticulitis.
You’ll help reduce pollution. Some people become vegetarians after realizing the devastation that the meat industry is having on the environment. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), chemical and animal waste runoff from factory farms is responsible for more than 173,000 miles of polluted rivers and streams. Runoff from farmlands is one of the greatest threats to water quality today. Agricultural activities that cause pollution include confined animal facilities, plowing, pesticide spraying, irrigation, fertilizing and harvesting.
You’ll avoid toxic chemicals. The EPA estimates that nearly 95 percent of the pesticide residue in the typical American diet comes from meat, fish and dairy products. Fish, in particular, contain carcinogens (PCBs, DDT) and heavy metals (mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium) that can’t be removed through cooking or freezing. Meat and dairy products can also be laced with steroids and hormones, so be sure to read the labels on the dairy products you purchase.

Thank to Vegetatian Times--10/15/2008

No Change in Structure of Animal Flesh after Cross

The animals whose flesh properly digests and nourishes the human body were so MADE IN THE ORIGINAL CREATION. No change was ever made in the structure of mens bodies at the time of the flood, or at the time of Jesus death, or any other time. Neither did God make some sudden change in the structure of animal flesh, so that what once was unfit for food will now digest properly and supply the bodys needs.
The unclean animals were UNCLEAN BEFORE THE FLOOD.
Notice, before the Flood, Noah took into the ark of the CLEAN animals, to be eaten for food, by SEVENS; but of the unclean, of which he was not to eat during the Flood, by TWOs only enough to preserve their lives. The inference is inescapable that the additional clean animals were taken aboard to be eaten for food while Noah and his family were in the ark.
Prior to the flood, clean animals were usually offered as sacrifices. Those who ate the sacrifices often partook of the animal flesh, but vegetables were the main constituent of diet. After the flood, God gave Noah not merely the green herb vegetables as the major part of diet, but of every type of living creature clean animals, clean fish, clean fowl. (Genesis 9:3 and Leviticus 11).
This verse does not say that every living, breathing creature is clean and fit to eat, but that "as the green herb have I given you all things." God did not give poisonous herbs as food. He gave man the healthful herbs. Man can determine which herbs are healthful, but man cannot by himself determine what flesh foods are harmful. That is why God had to determine for us in His Word which meats are clean. Since the flood, every clean, healthful, nonpoisonous type of animal life is good for food just as God gave us the healthful, nonpoisonous herbs.
This does not give us permission to do as we please!

We Are Eating POISON!

We do not eat all plant that grows out of the ground. Some plants that grow are POISON, not PLANTS for Eating.
But did you know there are many kinds of poisons? Potassium cyanide will kill you very quickly. Some poisons will result in death within a few hours or a few days. But very few seem to know there are other poisons people mistakenly eat as foods which result in premature death after continuous usage for, say, ten, or thirty, or fifty years. The only difference between these poisons we falsely call foods and potassium cyanide is the relative number of minutes, hours, or years it takes to accomplish its mission. Just as every plant that God caused to grow out of the ground was not designed for food, so it is with animal flesh. Some will say, "Well, if swines flesh isnt supposed to be eaten as food, what did God create swine for?" You might as well ask, what did God create weeds and poison vines for? Everything may have been created for a purpose, but not everything for the purpose of eating. Now some believe that in the original Creation in the Garden of Eden God did not intend any animal flesh to be eaten. Gods revelation on that point is vague, and many have argued it both ways. However, God has revealed that certain animal meats are to be eaten as food now, in this age, and Jesus who came to set us an example did eat flesh as well as vegetables and fruits, and so do I.

Healthy ideas for better life

In March 1990, Health and Welfare Canada published its new nutritious recommendations for Canadians which are:
Make your nutrition more enjoyable by variety.
Give the bigger part of your nutrition to cereals, breads and other grain products and also to vegetables and fruits.
Choose more dairy products, meats and more lean foods.Try to obtain and maintain a healthy weight by being active regularly and by eating healthy.Consume salt and caffeine in moderation.With a little imagination, it is possible to improve our nutrition and to vary our daily menus. To feel physically fit and obtain the necessary nutrition for good health, variety is the secret to a balanced diet. We should consume nutrients of every group of the Healthy Food Pyramid each day:
Grain Products: include all kinds of breads, cereals, rice and pasta. They mainly supply Vitamin B Complex and fibre.Fruits and Vegetables are a source of dietary fibre, Vitamin A and Vitamin C.Dairy Products are important for bone development of adolescents and maintenance of bone structure of adults. It contains mostly calcium and protein. Meat and Meat Substitutes are an excellent source of iron and protein. All meats, fish, tofu, legumes and nuts.Fats and refined sugar may be consumed in moderation.
Later on we are going to present to you some healthy menus, balanced according the Healthy Food Pyramid. We also propose ways to convert so called “standard” menus into more health-conscious ones.Our philosophy is that the pleasure of eating well does not have to be complicated!