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Originally Posted by Nancy LC
I doubt even the very devote eat much like they did in Biblical times.
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But they sure did like fatty meat back then. What about the references to the fatted calf and all that?
To quote the Bible (found in Barry Groves' book, "Natural Health and Weight Loss"):
"The first indication that fat was prized in the Middle East comes in Genesis, with the story of Cain and Abel and the account of the first recorded offering to Jehovah.
'And Abel was a
keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
'And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
'And Abel, he also brought of
the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And
the Lord had respect unto Abel und to his offering.
'But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect."
OK, so the Lord's Prayer doesn't mention bacon, but, according to Genesis, God likes lamb and the fat of lambs - red meat and fat!!!
So, He must have been the very first low-carber! And if anybody knew what was good for human beings, then surely He did: He made us after all...
amanda