Author: Jordan S. Rubin, N.M.D., Ph.D.

Publisher: Siloam Press

Pub. in: April, 2004

ISBN: 0884199487

Pages: 288

Measurements: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches

Origin of product: USA

Order code: BA00408

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Is there a divine plan for health and nutrition that we can follow? Jordan Rubin emphatically says there is in The Maker's Diet. Based on his study of scriptures, health and nutrition, and his own experience of sickness and recovery, Rubin presents a diet and overall wellness plan that he believes lines up with God's plan for healthy people.

The Maker's Diet begins with Rubin's inspiring story of his battle with severe Crohn’s disease. His doctors called his case the worst they had seen. During college, Rubin went from the picture of health to death's doorstep - 6'1 and weighing 111 pounds due to digestive problems related to Crohn's disease. Rather than giving up after over a year of sickness, Rubin clung to his faith in God and sought one more solution. The final try was a man who had developed a Biblically-based diet and health plan. This early version of the Maker's Diet saved Rubin's life and led to his complete recovery and healing over the course of several months. He includes astounding before and after pictures of himself that demonstrate the diet's effect.

This experience inspired Rubin to enhance the Biblically-based diet through additional research and create Garden of Life, a health and wellness company.

Rubin emphasizes the benefits of natural and organic foods in contrast to the nutritional deficits found in processed and engineered foods. He also compares the nutritional value of foods God included in the diet plan for the Israelites versus those excluded such as pork and shellfish.

The book offers a 40-day diet plan targeting not only weight loss but overall health and disease prevention. It consists of three phases. The general diet is a list of foods to enjoy and foods to avoid during the phases. For example, Rubin encourages readers to enjoy beef but to avoid pork. For all of the food, he recommends natural, organic or free range products for reasons he specifies. He includes sample meals and recipes. His diet also includes regular fasting for physical and spiritual health.

His Garden of Life company supplies many nutritional supplements and products to complement the diet. He recommends some of these but also lists various other suppliers of natural foods and products for the reader's benefit.

Some of Rubin's comments focus on healthcare and exercise. These are not Rubin's areas of expertise. His sincere though pedestrian writing about these topics offers little insight and may do a disservice to readers who follow his advice too literally. At times he seems combative toward the medical profession, as he contradicts what physicians and medical experts would advise regarding medicine, vaccinations and exercise.

While some readers obviously credit Jordan Rubin for producing an inspiring diet and health plan with lots of useful and easy to understand information, others complain that many of his recommendations appear to be commercially motivated: many chapters of the book read like some marketing testimonials!

Those who posted negative reviews also questioned some of the concepts raised by Jordan Rubin. They insisted that, for example, the argument for eating only "clean" foods fails to ring truth. The Japanese, for instance, live longer than anyone and enjoy remarkably healthy lives, yet they eat large amounts of meat (especially seafood) classified by Dr. Rubin as "unclean." Rubin also cites many older medical texts that support his claims, although some of the science in those texts has been disproven in other areas.

And then, the author's own story relates his quest for health by noting he tried hundreds of different diets in an effort to erase his ill health before he settled on this one, supposedly God's very own. A different person might have responded positively to one of those other diets, as millions of others have, considering the testimonials we get in the cornucopia of diet books out there. If Rubin had gotten results from eating a Tibetan monk's diet, we'd probably be getting a completely different title for the book.

Last but not least is the immense discipline and faith required to benefit from practicing Rubin’s health plan, as a quoted reviewer has shared. Despite these drawbacks, we still think this book is a valuable diet and health reference and the best policy hence is to read the book with an open mind. You may have tried the other things but have not been successful. Maybe this one works for you even though it doesn’t work for others. Everyone says things from their own experience and perspective.

Target readers: Everyone who cares about their nutritional effectiveness, health and fitness.

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