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Blain

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Ok so like a lot if not most of americans my diet is not exactly healthy in fact it's not at all and if I am to be working out in the gym this summer my diet has to take a complete u turn. However I don't know where to go online to know what foods I can eat and what they can do for me. For instance Peppers are very good for building muscle celery burns calories like fire burns straw vineger speeds up the immune system and also sharpens thinking however this about all I know and I am on a very strict diet of vegetables wheat bread and my worst nightmare peppers because I don't know what I can and cannot eat at this point.

There are so many bad things in many of the name brand foods we eat, in fact syrup that you use on pancakes is one of them not because of the sugar but because it's a man made syrup and has things in it that are bad for you. unless it's maple syrup. But anyways I am torturing myself by forcing myself to eat peppers and I already feel the effects-well a different type of effects. My body is not used to eating food like that so the peppers make my stomach queasy and the taste is absolutely vile but I am forcing myself to eat them.

However I know little to none about this stuff and I need to know a very reliable site or source to learn this stuff, like what foods do what and how it can effect you. I don't mean just any site or source it has to be legit because I cannot afford to put anything in my body that isn't good
 

PopClick

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Blain, just start by eating foods that are as close to the way God made them as reasonably possible. Fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, eggs... stay away from things that are hard to pronounce and don't really sound like food. Oatmeal is good, but cereal with artificial colors, flavors, hydrogenated oils, and heavily processed sugars isn't so good. Choose foods that look like they grew that way, instead of having been contrived in a laboratory.

The specific things that specific foods do for your body is (in my opinion) over-hyped and really isn't as important as eating a balanced diet, and consuming a little bit of a lot of different foods. As good as peppers are for you, they really won't make a good diet if you eat little else besides them.
 
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Ok so like a lot if not most of americans my diet is not exactly healthy in fact it's not at all and if I am to be working out in the gym this summer my diet has to take a complete u turn. However I don't know where to go online to know what foods I can eat and what they can do for me. For instance Peppers are very good for building muscle celery burns calories like fire burns straw vineger speeds up the immune system and also sharpens thinking however this about all I know and I am on a very strict diet of vegetables wheat bread and my worst nightmare peppers because I don't know what I can and cannot eat at this point.

There are so many bad things in many of the name brand foods we eat, in fact syrup that you use on pancakes is one of them not because of the sugar but because it's a man made syrup and has things in it that are bad for you. unless it's maple syrup. But anyways I am torturing myself by forcing myself to eat peppers and I already feel the effects-well a different type of effects. My body is not used to eating food like that so the peppers make my stomach queasy and the taste is absolutely vile but I am forcing myself to eat them.

However I know little to none about this stuff and I need to know a very reliable site or source to learn this stuff, like what foods do what and how it can effect you. I don't mean just any site or source it has to be legit because I cannot afford to put anything in my body that isn't good


Brother Blain,


Be careful with those peppers, they can burn a hole in your stomach lining. When you eat them, eat them with other wholesome foods that will help tame the heat.
When you eat healthy, your body will automatically lose weight. Just like your body automatically gained weight from malnourishing fillers what America calls food. The way the world works out if not natural, God meant for us to work in the outdoors where there is plenty of fresh air and not where you are forcing the body to do unnatural work outs with equipment The best way to eat is like many athletes eat. Many are now becoming vegan. Many animal products are full of drugs just so the sellers can sell it on the market. Meat is ok if you are getting it from a farmer that you know who does not drug his animals.

If you look at the cows and their muscle mass, what do they eat in the field to be so strong and healthy? They are totally vegans..even horses. We can learn a lot from the animal kingdom. Don't forget to balance these green leafy veggies with all of the colors of the rainbow in the veggie and fruit department. Grain, nuts and legumes. And the bonus if you can plant your own organic garden, you will get even better results with organic seed. Don't forget to pray and ask God to bless all of your efforts. Be sure to maintain your water intake with wholesome juices. If you go onto you tube and look up vegan cooking or vegetarian cooking..they will show you how and what to eat.
 
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Matthew 15:11
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
 
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Matthew 6:25
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
 
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wwjd_kilden

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Don't overcomplicate it man

Eat plenty of
- Vegetables (main food source)
- Grain (preferably whole grain) in bread, cereal etc (watch out for sugar in cereal!)
- Fish / poultry, especially "fat" fish

Add:
- Rice/ Pasta (yes, you can eat carbs, just don't make it the only thing you eat :p)
- Lean meat
- Frut
- Vegetable oil (ie olive oil)
 
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wwjd_kilden

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If you do want to complicate it, maybe try this site?

Foods List
 
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Matthew 15:11
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”


Brother be careful not to misinterpret this part of the scripture, because if you believe it to be this way, go and check in the hospitals and nursing homes.

It's true what comes from the heart defiles a person which is the thoughts that can defile. Our thoughts bring about actions too. Out of the heart the mouth speaks. Also the foods we eat can also defile the body by making us sick and even bring about death. You can eat whatever you want but also be willing to accept the consequences of your actions towards the body. Do you not know that your body is the temple of God? 1 Corinthians 3:16
. God says, He wishes about all that we prosper and be in good health even as our souls prosper. 3 John 2. The prospering of the health coincides with the prospering of the soul aka character.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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PopClick nailed it. It's getting harder and harder to find wholesome, natural, organic food, but it's still out there. And if you find it, there is still stuff in nature that is just as good - if not better - than the processed, nutrient devoid, sugar saturated, packaged stuff.

Make sure to avoid excessive empty carbs and excessive sugar, also. Natural sugar from fruits is one thing, but the sugar found in a lot of packaged/processed foods is awful, and your body just turns that sugar into fat - which reminds me: be wary of labels. "Low in fat!" doesn't mean anything if the product has 27 g of sugar in one serving.
 
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Blain

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ty everyone for your advice, I make sure to drink lots of water in fact I drink a 44 ounce super big gulp of water every hour or two, and I do eat vegetables I drink milk I eat peanut butter for protein and milk plus other things I know for a fact that my body needs, but as it turns out there are certain meats I cannot eat such as pork and even ham however turkey is a plus and I cannot have mayo but I can have mustard.
 
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Siberian_Khatru

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Good Blain! And as good as pork tastes, it's a pretty fatty meat. Avoid red meats most of the time and, if you can, incorporate more fish. Go organic where you can also.

That is a lot of water, my friend, but that's good too. :D I sometimes add lemon to mine; lemon has natural cleansing properties. People think I'm weird for drinking plain hot water with lemon, but...no, okay. I am weird.

Good luck!
 
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butterfly712

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PopClick nailed it. It's getting harder and harder to find wholesome, natural, organic food, but it's still out there. And if you find it, there is still stuff in nature that is just as good - if not better - than the processed, nutrient devoid, sugar saturated, packaged stuff.

Make sure to avoid excessive empty carbs and excessive sugar, also. Natural sugar from fruits is one thing, but the sugar found in a lot of packaged/processed foods is awful, and your body just turns that sugar into fat - which reminds me: be wary of labels. "Low in fat!" doesn't mean anything if the product has 27 g of sugar in one serving.
That's very true,a lot of foods have the low in fat in it,these days there's just so much food that is not good for you,and drinks,it's best just to drink water.
 
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Matthew 15:11
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
Matthew 6:25
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Brother be careful not to misinterpret this part of the scripture, because if you believe it to be this way, go and check in the hospitals and nursing homes.
Huh?.......i quoted the Word and these verses are not misinterpreted as you presume. Tell me where God commands us in the NT to do pull ups,dips,push-ups, and other physical exercises and commands us to touch not and taste not? You promote things of the flesh that perish with the using taught by men and not by God. Do you not know that the flesh will die but the soul who believes in Christ Jesus and receives salvation will live forever?

i believe every word spoken by Father through Christ Jesus is good and hold His Word above my own or any other man's word. God's Word is The Bread of Life, His Word is plain and simple to understand, and is perfect. 2Timothy 3:16
God is not the author of confusion but those who trust in flesh and allow others to interpret The Word for them often are very confused when it comes to biblical discernment and scriptural interpretation.

Romans 8:5-9

5For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. 8Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.


It's true what comes from the heart defiles a person which is the thoughts that can defile. Our thoughts bring about actions too. Out of the heart the mouth speaks.
Look again.......
Matthew 15:11
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.”
This verse is saying dirty food (food eaten with unwashed hands) that goes into the mouth does not defile a person "but what comes out of the mouth;this defiles a person" Also in context, Matthew 15 1-20 is about God condemning man's religious traditions and vain worship.


Also the foods we eat can also defile the body by making us sick and even bring about death. You can eat whatever you want but also be willing to accept the consequences of your actions towards the body.
George Burns outlived Jack LaLane btw. George Burns drank hard alcohol and dipped his cigars in it old school style for over 80 years without following a exercise routine or diet. Jack LaLanne could not keep his muscles nor his physical life it wasn't in his hands. He kept a strict diet and exercise regiment but died physically earlier then Mr. Burns. That is just one example. Did Jacob avoid meat who lived to be 147 years old physically( Genesis 47:28)? Did Noah refrain from drunkenness and how old was Noah when he died physically (950yrs old)? The last 2 examples are about those who had faith in God. See how faith in God and not diet and exercise benefited them both physically and spiritually?

Colossians 2:16-23
16Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. 18Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions,[SUP]d[/SUP] puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, 19and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
20If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations21Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch22(referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? 23These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.


Do you not know that your body is the temple of God? 1 Corinthians 3:16.
The verse you quoted is about division in the church. It speaks about avoiding false teachers who beguile the true body of Christ, the living stones that make up the true church and one body of Christ (temple). It speaks of a Christian's need to be pure in word and heart in conversation being undefiled from false teachings. It's about emphasizing truths of scripture and not promoting false doctrines such as diet and physical exercise.

1 Corinthians 3:1-2

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1But I, brothers,[SUP]a[/SUP] could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,

Even to this day, even to this day.......

God says, He wishes about all that we prosper and be in good health even as our souls prosper. 3 John 2. The prospering of the health coincides with the prospering of the soul aka character.
3 John 2 is a greeting to Gauis who walks in truth unlike you who has been beguiled and attempts to beguile others.

2 Timothy 3:13
while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Context is so important when attempting to understand and properly interpret scripture. We don't just get to pick and choose what soothes our own itchy ears but in context of all scripture we edify the whole spiritual body of the church in truth.