Helping you nourish your family wisely 

Poor Food Choices

There are several broad food groups that you should try to avoid:

God has listed specific foods that we should and should not eat in Leviticus 11 (as well as Deuteronomy 14).  You can read through this list by clicking here.

In addition, any foods that have been changed from the way God created them will be detrimental to your health.  Here is a list that may help:

Which are the worst?  Where should you start?  If it were me, I'd start in this order:

1. Commercially processed foods
2. Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated fats
3. Refined Sweeteners
4. Pasteurized, homogenized milk products

If you conquer these top four villains, you'll have eliminated the majority of unhealthy foods from your diet.  The other problems can be replaced more easily at this point.

Go to your cupboard with a permanent black marker.  Put a big X on any food product that contains something harmful for you.  Read all labels!  You probably can't afford to go "cold turkey" and eliminate all those foods from your cupboards today.  If you did, you'd have nothing to eat for supper, then you might be tempted to eat out at McDonalds!  However, after you mark each harmful substance, you'll begin to be disgusted by your own pantry -- a very healthy first step toward being motivated to eat right!

After X-ing all the bad foods, return here to learn more about them or to determine EXACTLY which ingredients are harmful for you:

Wow!  Did you read all those links?  Congratulations!  You are now well on your way to understanding good health!  To continue, click below.

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