Food:
What is it?
It can be accurately stated that the
definition of food varies
with the eater. However, aside from
personal preference and
taste, general consensus holds that
food is a substance
that, when consumed, provides
nutritional support for
the body. It is usually of
plant or animal origin and contains
essential nutrients such as fats,
proteins, vitamins, and minerals.
The substance is first ingested, then
assimiliated by body cells
to provide life-sustaining energy and
growth. This being said,
food is arguably man's best friend in
that his body cannot
survive without it. The main
function of food therefore is to
properly nourish the body so that it
can be strong, healthy,
happy, and enjoy longevity.
Food:
The great debate
The definition of food is
perhaps outweighed only by the
controversy over what constitutes
proper nourishment.
The flap concerning what one should
and should not
eat has been batted around ad
infinitum for years if not
centuries. The debate, of course,
centers on diet. Depending
upon one's intellectual prowess or
perspective, proper
nutrition can have a number of
meanings. If we are to
step into the food debate arena,
then, we can expect to hear
a host of opinionated people voice
their views about food
ad nauseum. In the end,
however, we will most likely come
out of the debate more confused than
when we went in.
While
the opinions of men are countless,
the food dilemma
can actually be solved easily by
turning to YHVH Almighty.
It stands to reason that He Who made
us knows best how
to care for us. Therefore, what does
He say about food?
What does He say about diet? In
short, what should we
eat in order to be strong and
healthy?
Food:
Designed to feed a living body
We know from scripture that YHVH
formed man in the
beginning as a living organism. He
was fashioned out
of the dust of the ground (minerals)
and was made
alive by the breath (Spirit) of I AM:
And
YHVH Almighty formed man of
the dust of the ground, and
breathed
into his nostrils the breath of
life; and
man became a living soul.-
Genesis 2:7
As a
living soul, formed in the image of
the Ever-Living,
man was immortal. He possessed a
spiritual body that
did not need food to sustain it.
Nevertheless, YHVH
provided man food that he could
freely eat should
he so choose.
And
YHVH said, Behold, I have given
you every herb yielding seed,
which
is upon the face of all the
earth, and
every tree, in which is the fruit
of a
tree yielding seed; to you it
shall be
for food:- Genesis 1:29
The
food that YHVH custom made for man
was
found in fields, trees, and bushes:
grasses, leafy
greens, herbs, roots, fruit, and
nuts. All contained
seeds, an important stipulation of
YHVH, since the
seed contains the life-force of the
plant which allows
it to reproduce itself. Consuming
these seed-bearing,
'living' foods in their natural,
pure, raw state was thus
the perfect food that YHVH gave man
to nourish his
living body.
The
superior quality of living food is
found in its
make-up. These 'designer foods,'
created by the
hand of YHVH, have unique properties
that no
other 'food' possesses: living food
