The Maker's Diet [Hardcover]

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's in-depth analysis of the typical American's diet compared to what he considers to be a healthy, nutritious diet impacted me. In the recent weeks since reading the book, I have changed my grocery shopping and eating habits to better follow the book's general guidelines for healthy eating.

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.

While he makes no claims that his diet is a "cure-all," he believes "the book was inspired by God and that the practical protocol it contains can greatly improve your health."

The Maker's Diet 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.

He does come across as an expert in nutrition and natural remedies. Although not from mainstream or even physical universities, his advanced degrees are in naturopathic medicine, nutrition and natural therapies.

I think The Maker's Diet will benefit all readers who are willing to make changes in their diets. It offers general guidelines and specific programs to follow. Throughout the book, Rubin expresses the importance of his relationship to God and the Biblical foundation to his diet. In addition to his own miraculous story, he includes testimonies of sick people who recovered on this diet and overweight people who lost weight while on it.

I have used Garden of Life products for years and they have made my life bearable from all the problems I went through. I have shared these products with people who have been suffering and they have been seen improvements in their health (and they have shared the products with other people).

No, I do not agree with everything the book says, but the idea that there is a holistic health program that provides information and recommendation based on organic food, exercise, cleansing, meditation, and nutritional supplements as part of one program is a breakthrough. It is not a fad diet nor is it a Christian Book. It provides advice on how to prevent diseases and live a healthier lifestyle.

day? They ate a lot of what we eat NOW...except, they GREW
THEIR OWN vegetables, and fruit, and raised their own chickens.
And when they wanted MEAT...which, by the way, was probably
almost every day...they just went out in the country side and
brought home a rabbit, or deer, or turkey, and they processed
their own beef and pork.
I am head over heels in love with the message in The Maker's
Diet...and I think if a person followed it to the letter, they
would see profound improvement in their health in no time at all.
And while I think the supplements he recommends are probably
some of the best you can find anywhere, I don't think...unless
you're battling a serious or heaven forbid...terminal illness,
that you really "have" to take them to see improvement.
About 3 years ago, the Hallelujah Diet was the rage in our area.
I bought all the books and videos, because I knew 3 people who
had made drastic improvement in their health using that diet.
My husband and I (our children are grown) went on the diet..and
stayed on it for 3 weeks. We juiced the vegetables, left off
the sugar, quit meat...and I can tell you for a fact, that
after about 1 1/2 weeks...we felt so good and energetic...our
thinking was so CLEAR..we could NOT believe it...but then we
started "wanting" meat...and "wanting" ice cream...and our
health was fairly good...so we thought..."Oh, why fool with
this...". But NOW...we're getting arthritis, vision could be

better, etc...and we're thinking..."Ok, "maybe" diet WILL make
a difference." Our ancestors started the day off with bacon
and eggs, biscuits and gravy, coffee with sugar...and ended
the day with fried chicken, whipped potatoes with real cream
and butter and red eye gravy...with flour gravy on the side...
corn cut off the cob...and topped with a big dollop of butter..
and covered with salt and pepper...fried okra, green tomatoes,
and squash...and then topped it all off with a big apple pie
and a bowl of ice cream...AND LIVED TO BE IN THEIR 90'S!!!!!
BUT...they raised their own chickens...grew their own potatoes,
milked their own cow and made their own cream and butter...
grew their own corn, okra, tomatoes and squash...picked apples off
their own tree..and churned their ice cream. AND YES, that
takes TIME...but, oh, what a life...we're newly retired...and
just now going "back" to that way of life...and I can tell you
for a fact...it's priceless!!!! I wouldn't trade a day in our
garden for a week in the Mall Of America. We all need to learn
to slow down and LIVE...THIS IS NOT A DRESS REHEARSAL...life is
not about MONEY and STUFF...it's about how you feel inside and who you have beside you...Anyone interested in the Maker's Diet can also check out the website of Dr. Joseph Mercola....author
of Total Health Program...I think his site is www.mercola.com
TONS of good information on his website...there is also a
Maker's Diet fan club...and The Maker's Diet website is
www.makersdiet.com If you're sick and tired of being sick
and tired....The Maker's Diet is your answer....it's all up
to YOU !!!! Katydid