Creation Diet is the new Paleo!

My Friend was doing an Esther Bible study and thought today's was interesting.  Esther 2:9~ says the girls were given "Special foods". She is currently doing the Beth Moore study on Esther and this is what  Beth Moore says about the foods they were eating and why:

"In all probability the "special foods"..involved fattening the girls up.  What a refreshing thought!....Esther and her royal cohorts were under royal command to eat!  The fattening foods they were served, however, were probably not the Persian version of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy.  Since they were intended to enhance beauty, their meals were probably rich in olive oil and the tables spread with assortments of nuts and higher density fruits and vegetables like our bananas, avocados, and yams."

Since we have decided to eat Paleo, I have felt really uncomfortable with all of the sites and books we are reading to learn more about the foods we should eat, why we should eat them and the science behind it. Paleo: is shortened from "paleolithic era". The times of cavemen millions of years ago. As a christian, I do not believe the world has been around for millions of years. I don't believe in Evolution. I hate that the way we eat is associated with Evolution because people assume that we are somehow going to become Evolutionists. - I JUST WANT TO EAT NATURAL!!! I am a creationist and I am a firm believer in God creating the heavens and the earth and I don't believe the world has been around for millions of years.
 I don't want to get into a biblical discussion on a food blog but if you are interested in my theories- read the Bible or check out Ken Ham.  He is the best because he compares and contrast Creation and Evolution and gives wonderful insight to both theories. I remember reading his book when I was younger- Answers in Genesis and even had the privilege of seeing him speak. 

I would prefer to call the way that I eat the CREATION diet! 

So here are a few Bible verses that I feel align with how we are currently eating. I am going to try to transform our "PALEO" diet to my own version of "Creationist diet". What would Adam and Eve eat? What was in the Garden of Eden? What was at the last supper? What did God  provide for his people when they needed healing and new life? 

Let's start with my personal Favorite: 

• Daniel 1:12-17~"Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.  Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see."  So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days. At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.  So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead. To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

The rest of these I got from Robert Kolar's site

• Song of Solomon 2:5~ Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love
• 1 Samuel 30:12 ~  part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.
• Deuteronomy 14:9~Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales.
• Luke 24:42-43~They gave him a piece of broiled fish. And he took it and ate it in their presence.
• Numbers 11:5~We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
• Deuteronomy 8:8~a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey;
• Matthew 23:23~"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices--mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
• Luke 11:42~"Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone

• Genesis 1:11~Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so.
• Genesis 1:29~Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

Flour from this bible was not the typical WHITE processed flour that we can buy today- it was made by the people from Manna or grains. When eating "CREATION" style- we use almonds, coconut, flax and other naturally produced flours for baking. This means that we do eat bread- it may not be the bread that America is used to but it is a bread and I think it would probably be more like the bread that they ate in the Bible.

• Numbers 11:7 -9~The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. 8) The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into cakes. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. 9) When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

• John 19:29-30~A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. 30) When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
• 1 Samuel 14:27~But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb. He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
• 2 Samuel 17:29~honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows' milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, "The people have become hungry and tired and thirsty in the desert."
• Genesis 43:11~Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift--a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
• Genesis 9:3~Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything."

I am going to continue my research and align my eating from a biblical standpoint. But God gave us Fish, Meat, Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables and Water to be healthy. From now on I will be trying my hardest to refer to my eating as the "Creation diet" rather than the Paleo diet. What are your thoughts? What else can you tell me about Foods in the Bible? What are your favorite Food Bible verses?