I cannot eat junk food or dessert.

[Wayne222]

      I always loved donuts and coffee. I always like seven layer chocolate cake. I loved potato chips and dip with soda pop. I really loved ice cream ha ha. Does anyone think it's spiritual wrong to eat such foods since it's harmful to the body ?

[walla299]

Nothing wrong with enjoying donuts, coffee, chips, or other things - but there is a principle of not letting it control you or cause others to stumble. A doughnut or cheeseburger every now and then shouldn't be a problem. Eating them every day could definitely cause problems.

 

[JohnR7]

8 minutes ago, walla299 said:

Nothing wrong with enjoying donuts, coffee, chips, or other things

 Cardiac PET scans revealed that 99% of patients were able to stop or reverse their heart disease after five years on the Ornish Program. Perhaps there is nothing wrong with eating a donut, but when you add the S then you are going to increase your risk for heart disease and other diseases like cancer and diabeties. 

[JohnR7]

28 minutes ago, Wayne222 said:

Does anyone think it's spiritual wrong to eat such foods since it's harmful to the body ?

We are to love God, love our neighbor and love ourself. If we do not take good care of ourself then we are not loving our self and we are setting a bad example for others. 

[Wayne222]

2 hours ago, JohnR7 said:

We are to love God, love our neighbor and love ourself. If we do not take good care of ourself then we are not loving our self and we are setting a bad example for others. 

That is true. It's hard to turn down free donuts. I work at QT warehouse. We have free donuts free soda pop free coffee free hot chocolate free frozen smoothie. So it's big temptation.. I don't eat donuts everyday. Thanks you are right.

[Sower]

4 hours ago, Wayne222 said:

  I always loved donuts and coffee. I always like seven layer chocolate cake. I loved potato chips and dip with soda pop. I really loved ice cream ha ha. Does anyone think it's spiritual wrong to eat such foods since it's harmful to the body ?

My direct answer would be no. All those foods are edible and contain certain nutrients the body needs. Sugar consumption would be the biggest health danger if you don't have discipline. Then there's moderation......

Healthline Wellness Newsletter

"Some studies have suggested that sugar is as addictive as Cocaine. People often enjoy the dopamine release that sugar brings. But due to the addictive nature of sugar, long-term health effects like obesity and diabetes are a risk of sugar overindulgence.

Eating sugar releases opioids and dopamine in our bodies. This is the link between added sugar and addictive behavior.

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is a key part of the “reward circuit” associated with addictive behavior. When a certain behavior causes an excess release of dopamine, you feel a pleasurable “high” that you are inclined to re-experience, and so repeat the behavior.

As you repeat that behavior more and more, your brain adjusts to release less dopamine. The only way to feel the same “high” as before is to repeat the behavior in increasing amounts and frequency. This is known as substance misuse.

Cassie Bjork, RD, LD, founder of Healthy Simple Life, states that sugar can be even more addicting than cocaine."

 

 

The U.S. is the most obese nation in the world, just ahead of Mexico

Published: May 29, 2017 at 1:03 a.m. ET

By

Barbara Kollmeyer

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Obesity rate will reach nearly 50% by 2030 in the U.S., says OECD

The obesity epidemic is a public health crisis in the U.S. Over one -third of all adults are obese; and another two thirds are overweight and on the way to becoming obese. In racial and ethnic minority groups including blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans, obesity has touched nearly half of the adult population.Jun 21, 2019

[Marathoner]

I'm in agreement that what we eat doesn't constitute a spiritual wrong. There are times when some of us are left with no choice but to eat what is given to us and we can be grateful to the Lord for it, or we can be choose to be miserable and grumble instead. Having been under those circumstances for a number of years in the past I chose the former --- gratitude --- knowing that food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food. God destroys them both. If it wouldn't kill me outright or make me desperately ill, it was food for the taking. 

My adopted mother was a fanatic about avoiding processed food, relying only upon whole ingredients. Because food isn't a big deal to me, it was a simple matter to adopt her preferences. Over time when her health started to wane I did all the cooking; I prepared her meals in a manner which met with her approval, so I became accustomed to a very simple diet. After she passed on and the Lord sent me to this city, my first encounter with restaurant food was... an unpleasant experience. Ugh. Necessity encourages frugality, and the frugal know that whole ingredients are less expensive to purchase. The caveat? 

You have to devote time and energy to their preparation, of course. Those times when I binged on burgers because working late made it impossible for me to go home and whip something up, I paid for that a few hours later with sluggishness and "brain fog." Overindulging sweets like chocolate (which I crave ) does the same thing. Ah, but making a big tuna salad sandwich and eating that for lunch or dinner doesn't induce brain fog or a case of the sleepy attack, so common sense tells me to take it easy on sweets (and burgers!) unless I'm prepared to face the consequences. 

Two green chile double cheeseburgers = 

Not when I'm working... 

[Wayne222]

I 

9 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

I'm in agreement that what we eat doesn't constitute a spiritual wrong. There are times when some of us are left with no choice but to eat what is given to us and we can be grateful to the Lord for it, or we can be choose to be miserable and grumble instead. Having been under those circumstances for a number of years in the past I chose the former --- gratitude --- knowing that food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food. God destroys them both. If it wouldn't kill me outright or make me desperately ill, it was food for the taking. 

My adopted mother was a fanatic about avoiding processed food, relying only upon whole ingredients. Because food isn't a big deal to me, it was a simple matter to adopt her preferences. Over time when her health started to wane I did all the cooking; I prepared her meals in a manner which met with her approval, so I became accustomed to a very simple diet. After she passed on and the Lord sent me to this city, my first encounter with restaurant food was... an unpleasant experience. Ugh. Necessity encourages frugality, and the frugal know that whole ingredients are less expensive to purchase. The caveat? 

You have to devote time and energy to their preparation, of course. Those times when I binged on burgers because working late made it impossible for me to go home and whip something up, I paid for that a few hours later with sluggishness and "brain fog." Overindulging sweets like chocolate (which I crave ) does the same thing. Ah, but making a big tuna salad sandwich and eating that for lunch or dinner doesn't induce brain fog or a case of the sleepy attack, so common sense tells me to take it easy on sweets (and burgers!) unless I'm prepared to face the consequences. 

Two green chile double cheeseburgers = 

Not when I'm working... 

    I agree we have to be grateful. And I think the human body has laws of what works right as regards to eating. I eat at least six servings of fruit and veggies. If I don't I feel unwell. I eat blueberries everyday. I make juice made from carrot and beets and spinach everyday. It's expensive but I don't waste money on smoking or drinking. I never do either. Or fast food which is expensive. McDonald's is expensive now. But I agree it's not a spiritual sin to eat bad food. But image if we know we will get sick if we eat wrong but don't care enough and then we ask people to pray for us and want healing. God is not pleased I bet. Blessings !

[Marathoner]

1 minute ago, Wayne222 said:

I 

    I agree we have to be grateful. And I think the human body has laws of what works right as regards to eating. I eat at least six servings of fruit and veggies. If I don't I feel unwell. I eat blueberries everyday. I make juice made from carrot and beets and spinach everyday. It's expensive but I don't waste money on smoking or drinking. I never do either. Or fast food which is expensive. McDonald's is expensive now. But I agree it's not a spiritual sin to eat bad food. But image if we know we will get sick if we eat wrong but don't care enough and then we ask people to pray for us and want healing. God is not pleased I bet. Blessings !

If we are in a position to exercise choice in the matter, my friend, then I agree that it makes perfect sense to eat sensibly. No question about that! For years I labored under the sun looking after my adopted mother's greenhouse and gardens, and also shepherding her livestock. Nothing can possibly compare to the fruits of our labor when that fruit adorns the table, and the fact that we accomplished this in the high desert is nothing less than astonishing. She started it on her own and when I arrived, her dream of an oasis of green in an unforgiving land became reality. But this is an ideal, not necessarily a reality for us all. I think what you're doing is great! It's certainly better for you than living on burgers and donuts. 

I've never asked the Lord for healing because I'm content with my lot in this life, so I can't say that I identify with that part of your post. Whatever befalls me is His will and if there are consequences to how I live or what I've suffered, I accept this knowing it's my place. I don't ask Him to rescue me from anything. I only ask the Lord for the strength to endure whatever comes. Therefore, when it pleased the Lord to restore my legs which were affected by muscular dystrophy (they were getting progressively weaker), I was rendered speechless by what He had done. I'm still reeling because I never once asked Him to do such a thing. My legs are strong because of Him!

I never ask for healing, brother. Whatever the Lord does, He does so because it pleases Him. And He has done so much for my sake that I don't dare ask Him for a single thing. Why should I? God gives me what I need, no more and no less.  

[Marathoner]

I don't ask for anything for myself, but I do indeed ask the Lord to bless others. I pray that He blesses you according to His will, @Wayne222. I know that you need to be fit for work. May you recover swiftly!