The Maker’s Eating regimen: The 40-day well being expertise that can change your life ceaselessly

Much more than a diet….
In all reality this book is not about a diet, but rather about a serious life change for the better. This book puts together what my family and I have been trying to do for the past 2-3 years now. It provides a sound model for eating and living based on biblical principles. After reading some of the other reviews, I think somepeople are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Just because Rubin has a supplement company that provides alot of the healthy products he describes in the book, doesn’t mean his advice is skewed or necessarily biased. It looks like some are questioning Rubin’s credentials and education to discredit his advice. However, I have founds many other resources and websites that also come to the same conclusion as Rubin when it comes to our diets and lifestyle. Rubin goes to extensive details to provide the reader plenty of solid medical facts to explain what the human body needs and why other eating patterns fall short.He provides the names and websites of almost 100+ other companies that provide healthy eating and living information and products.My family and I considered ourselves very healthy compared to most people we know, but were shocked to find out the negative side effects of Soy products. We have been consuming a good deal of Soy over the past two years, from Tofu, Soy Milk, Cheese, veggie burgers, etc. I was shocked to learn of the side affects”Processed” soy can have, especially in Baby formula (where there are several lawsuits now against soy manufacturers). This was a reality check for us to look at what we are really eating, even though we thought we were healthy. If anyone wants more info on soy dangers see the website: […]Overall, I would Rubin’s advice very highly. Can you actually imagine what would happen if millions of people actually switched to a lifestyle similar to the Maker’s Diet? Our nation’s health would dramatically increase almost immediately. All those people who are hopping from one diet to the next would really benefit from this book. If nothing else, this book serves as a huge wake up call to all those who are unaware of the toxins that surround us. From chlorinated/flouronated public water supplies to Hydrogenated fats/oils that are labeled as “healthy” by most food companies to the hormone laden chickens and beef we eat to the herbicide/pesticide vegetables that line our groceries. Yes, I do think it is time people took a hard look what the put into our bodies and ask themselves what has changed over the last 100 years of modern agriculture and food processing. Do youself a favor and get this book to read…

Common Sense Approach Goes Back to the Garden
I cannot understand why anyone would scoff at Jordan Rubin’s common sense advise to eat real food that tastes good instead of pre-packaged junk engineered to meet demand, maintain shelf life and make suppliers wealthy. Come on, there are no conspiracy theories at work here simply because Rubin bases his eating plan on something that he also happens to believe in. If you don’t like his religious conviction, read around it, but don’t miss out on some interesting facts about the food that is currently available to us in our local supermarkets and recommended by today’s diet gurus.For the most part, anyone interested in staying healthy already knows what Jordan is going to say; he has simply compiled it in a book format and has added a wonderful resource appendix for those of us who do not have fresh dairy and hormone-free beef available to us. His insistance on ingesting what he calls HSO is nothing new, many people drink super green drinks on a daily basis; the clenzology and aromatherapy ideas have been around since the dawn of time; he certainly didn’t invent them and convenient kits for home use have been around for quite awhile—you certainly need not buy his. Don’t let the commercial Garden of Life blurb in the back of the book deter you—there are also blurbs about many other interesting resources that you just might want to look into—that’s why they are in the back of the book as appendices. (This book suffers from a lack of an index; I found it super difficult to refind things that I had already read without one.)The program uses a 40 day approach–think 40 days of Lent—40 days of fasting in the desert—-and breaks down this period into 3 segments, 2 week in each. The first 2 weeks helps to stabalize your insulin resistance and to balance out omega3/omega 6 ratios that help out your immune system. A sample meal on this phase is: a tuna salad with raw carrots and celery. The next 2 two week periods simply add different food groups into the mix. Where phase one was primarily protein and greens, some dairy, nuts, legumes and oils, the second phase includes fruit and more of a selection in the categories in the first phase. (Sample meal: Chicken with oregano and mushrooms, corn on the cob and steamed broccoli with carrots and butter.) The third phase is the mainentance phase where good grains are finally included as well as additions to the categories in the other two segments. (sample meal: Lamb chops, potato with butter, steamed vegetables (broccoli, carrots and peas))Rubin includes some testimonials as well as his own story of his successul battle with Crohn’s disease. I found his most interesting chapter to be entitled “The Desperate Search For Health”, where he speaks of many of the common diet and medical fads with which we are currently bombarded.Bottom line: If you don’t like Rubin’s religion, read the book for the information he has painstakingly provided. There is nothing odd or absurd about it — in fact, his most controversal “don’t” is avoiding shellfish; he likes goat milk because it is easier to digest; he explains why he likes fermented products, he doesn’t like the American obsession with hygiene products, or the push to eat more soy, he even includes an interesting list on “how to get sick”. Rubin is so natural he takes the idea of the French potager — (backyard garden providing herbs and seasonal vegetables) and has expanded it to include the penultimate garden of Eden, literally. Just how bad can that be?

The book is well written with facts, research, testimonies of the author and others and Faith based on the biblical diet and the reasons for it. Comparisons between this diet and all other diets are also given as well as the importance of the GI tract and other very useful but overlooked information. The author has listed foods for each phase depending on the individual’s preference, budget, lifestyle etc. The maker’s diet recommends a holistic change to lifestyle in all areas of an individual’s life. It is a book that should be taken seriously and used as a guideline. It has helped us a whole lot!

It was good to read how this diet came about. It does appear extreme at first but you must use your imagination and creativity, e.g. use swede instead of potato for making rosti, stuffed peppers.Using the book is essential if you want to follow it correctly, Wikipedia is not good enough! Also it caters for the US market, therefore you may need to improvise e.g. alternative flours and I really missed hot drinks in the first two weeks. It’s good to know where your health stores are too. Study the book before you start the diet. This book really makes you question why you eat certain prepared foods and although I cook a lot, I will do more afterwards too. I lost 17 pounds during Lent and it really curbed the sugar cravings too. I will do this again during the year.