The Maker's Diet

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Summary: please read all the reviews of this book before you buy
Review: Jordan Rubin has questionable degrees. Use any search engine and read the articles on the degree mills.
$42.5 million, that's how much Rubin made last year selling products. That number came from Garden Of Life's web site. His books are just infomericals for his expensive products. The books are given away in many natural foods stores. It's a marketing tool not a book. Just a warning, please read the all the reviews of this book before you waste time and money on this book and the products that he pushes in this marketing tool.

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Summary: Not much substantiated
Review: I have to admit I wanted to love this book - it had the makings of a wonderful book. It's just that, when compared to other publications similar to this one, The Maker's Diet just failed to support it's claims. Not to mention it takes biblical references out of context and doesn't really rely too heavily on those either.

Considering this is supposed to be a Bible based diet, I found very little biblical reference.

Also, I began to feel that this was just a storefront for Rubin's line of supplements that he sells on his website (which, by the way, NEVER mentions the Bible at all).

I opted to put this one down and pick up "What the Bible Says About Healthy Living: Three Biblical Principles That Will Change Your Diet and Improve Your Health". It is much more sensible and has support for its claims.




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Summary: A Commitment in the Journey
Review: After reading the Maker's Diet I became very excited and was ready to apply it in my life full steam ahead. I had been suffering from several pains and even lost part of the sight in my left eye due to stress with a combination of eating all the wrong foods.
The information in the book made me more aware of what I was doing to my body and just what God had really made to be the most effective foods for me to live a long and healthy life. I was encouraged and up lifted by Dr Rubin's words.
The Bible tells us that we die from a lack of knowledge, and I can see how we are killing ourselves with the American Standard Diet (SAD) because of our lack of knowledge and understanding of what is really healthy for us.
Knowing this information now causes me to look at food in a whole new light and as I walk into the local store I realize that there are few healthy foods that are offered to the American public.
Although I realize that eating healthy is far more costly to the pocket book, I know that in the long run I would spend much less because I would have less of a need for medical expenses.
I truly believe that Dr Rubin's approach in the Maker's Diet is the best because it is addressed on a Biblical point of view.
The Bible holds the words of truth and in as much as Dr Rubin comfirms his findings with the scriptures I find that the message he shares is turth as well.
The most important part of this journey however, is commitment. As with anything we do, I realized that what made this work for Dr Rubin was his commitment to find a cure, a commitment to live. Reading his book I could see first hand how being committed to changing our eatting habits, our exercise habits, and our spiritual habits we would be changing our lives forever. The question for me was not if it would work, but would I work it and stay committed to it?
Although the information was awesome I know that reading it once is not enough to make me committed to it. That is why I enjoyed the sections with web-site information, where to buy the foods, support forms on his web, etc. That could very well be the most important part of the book.
Dr Rubin seems to be commited now to making people aware of the turth to overcoming illness and living free of desease. I do believe he is right.
I highly recomend the reading and the implamenting of the of the Maker's Diet. Take control of your life so that life will not take control of you. You can do that through the Maker's Diet.
I am doing it now and am beginning to find releaf in my pains. I praise the Lord for Dr Rubin's desire to spead the word and educate the people of God's best plan for HIS people to live a long and healthy life. In so doing we are able to serve Him longer and more effectively.
Read it, apply it, share it today!




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Summary: Theology aside, diet guidelines make sense and work.....
Review: Recommended by an online newsletter, I read this book hopefully, but really not expecting it to differentiate itself from other books recommending forms of "healthy" eating and supplementation. My eyes were wide open: Dr. Rubin does sell a product. And my mind was wide open: Dr. Rubin's view of the digestive system as a second brain was intriguing. So, for about a week, I loosely integrated into and eliminated foods from my diet as recommended. An increase in well-being was so dramatic that I replaced my supplementation with basic items suggested.

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Summary: Very Good Read, The Diet works
Review: This is a good read, chock full of inspirational true stories, impartial research to back Rubin's claims, and easy to follow diet instructions.

The fellow in the prior post has misinterpreted badly the Bible passages he notes (with overly great verbosity). In the Mark 7 passage, Jesus is making the point that diet doesn't make a man sinful - breaking moral law does (sinful attitudes/motives) - that's the context. The Pharisees thought that diet trumped morality. Jesus was correcting them, but he never said that those meats were now clean for healthy consumption. He said food does not cause moral defilement.

In the Acts 10 passage, he gets it wrong again. God was telling Paul to not call anything unclean **that he had cleansed**. There is no indication in that passage that the animals in that dream were of the forbidden type - Peter arbitrarily called things unclean. Which fits with the context of what Jesus was getting at: nowhere did God ever say that the Gentiles could not receive redemption, and in fact even in the old testament, God redeemed Gentiles like Rahab. Peter had an unbiblical bias, which God was correcting.

The rest of his opinioned tome is equally inaccurate. Nowhere does Rubin imply that following the law will get a man saved. Again, there is a distinction between moral law (the things that had the penalty of death), and health laws of the old testament.
The Jews believed that following the moral law would get them to heaven. Jesus corrected that by saying no one has kept the moral law - no one - and that they were written to help us know that we need a savior to get to heaven - and one that will free us from our propensity to sin, morally.

But the health laws are more akin to gravity and physics - you can violate them and still go to heaven, but you may get there faster than you wanted to.


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Summary: The makers diet
Review: I would rate this 5 stars except for one simple fact. Reality. If you can afford to live this way I think you would be much better off. I am putting as much as I can afford into practice myself and feel that I am benifiting greatly for it. It's jut so darn expensive. I mean an extra 200-400 per month expensive. His next book should be about how to make it more afordable.

Just a comment on the other reviews. When he talks about not exercising, I think what he is talking about is extreems i.e. marathon runners, boddy builders, professionel dancers, and no I don't mean strippers.

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Summary: Defense of Daniel L Edelen
Review: This is in defense of an excellent and informative review written by Daniel L Edelen. See his review if you are considering purchasing this book, then use your own judgement. It appears that other reviewers simply don't like his opinion. Fine. Beautiful. I wish more people would write reviews like he does. Honestly.

Mr. Edelen is obviously a Christian who is very familiar with scripture. If in doubt, please read his other reviews. How can one question another's faith with the following statement? "It has already been mentioned that you need to read the entire chapter of Mark 7 to understand what Peter was talking about."

Easy solution. Read Mark 7. Most notably read Jesus' Word in Mark 7:14-23. I know the answer. You will as well.

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Summary: A Really Great Book!
Review: This is a very good book and makes perfect sense. It's a diet that actually works. What an amazing story also.

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Summary: Complete solid resource for health
Review: Jordan Rubin has given me a step by step plan for improved health. The one thing America does not need is another diet book. Jordan has given the reader a total plan for health, not just weight loss. What an amazing experience to go thorugh the 40 day plan with friends and coworkers. I have learned action steps for my health that I will continue thorughout my life. The resource section and recipes are like having a coach with you at home. Unlike other health books, Jordan has given the reader those to turn to purchase tools that will improve their experience. The biggest connection that Jordan Rubin gives the reader is he has walked through his own health crisis and is victorious! I to am feeling victorious after going through the Maker's Diet, as I have increased energy and am closer to my ideal weight. One of the most important changes I have made in my life is that of the advanced hygiene program that Jordan recommends in his book. Who needs to fear flu shot shortages when you can daily improve your immune system! I recommend The Maker's Diet to anyone who wants to improve their health and the health of those they love.

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Summary: Brilliant Book
Review: I've been looking for a biblical source highlighting divine truth and this is the one. A rhetorical nutrition fact which Rubin vindicates (although his disease was a bit different) is that natural foods are easier to digest than un-natural processed and preserved food. Where this makes a big difference is in your bodies' reaction: Your body must produce more acid in order to digest difficult food. A high ph can result in anything ranging from common acid-reflex to cancer.

To those who think Rubin's book is bad theology, one would have to look at the Greek of Mark 7:19. The words "Thus he declared all foods clean" are not there, and are inserted as a measure of smoothing out the syntax eisegetically.