One of the areas that I have needed to grow in wisdom has been our diet. For most of our lives our family has eaten a typical Standard American Diet. When we saw our parents’ health decline several years ago, we made a few changes, mainly by making our own whole-wheat bread from freshly ground wheat berries. Oh, that was so good and satisfying!
Then about a year and a half ago something came along and rocked our world — we discovered we needed to become a gluten-free family immediately. I felt like all of my kitchen knowledge flew out the window that day. Well, as much of a shock that it was, it has been a wonderful blessing, one that I am thankful for everyday. It set us on a path of healthier eating. Don’t get me wrong it, wasn’t without disappointments and fleeting moments of despair. But the Lord has been gracious to us and . . . what went from a study of what we could not eat any longer became a study of what are the healthiest and best foods that we could eat.
While I was reading all about gluten-free cooking a new book showed up last fall that caught my attention — Health for Godly Generations by Renée DeGroot. I quickly bought a copy and read it cover to cover as fast as I could. This book has literally transformed my thinking about food and what we should be eating. It made me ask some very important questions about the food we were eating, such as . . .
Where does it come from?
How was it raised?
What treatment did the animals have while alive?
What chemicals were used?
What could those chemicals be doing to our health, short term and long term?
As a Christian – and a mother – these were moral questions that I could not ignore.
I began sharing what I was reading with my family and put this book on my daughters’ reading list. After finishing Renee’s book I began to read the books she recommended for further study. Some I already owned, but hadn’t learned to appreciate them yet, others I was able to get through our library. This has become one of our favorite topics to learn about as a family.
A few of her recommended books that I have read are:
– “Nourishing Traditions” by Sally Fallon
– “The Coconut Oil Miracle” by Bruce Fife
– “The Maker’s Diet” by Dr. Jordan Rubin
– “In Defense of Food” by Michael Pollan
– “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth” by Jonny Bowden
As you begin reading different authors and what they have to say about nutrition and whole-foods pray for wisdom and discernment.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” — James 1:5
“The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.” — Proverbs 17:24
Giveaway
Renée DeGroot is graciously offering a copy of her wonderful book “Health for Godly Generations“ for one of our Raising Homemaker readers.
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(And you may be wondering: why gluten-free and what is a gluten-free diet?)
