What Food Can You Eat On The Makers Diet?

The Maker's Diet is a 40-day eating plan that was created by Jordan S. Rubin after overcoming his own lengthy health battle with Crohn's disease and colitis. The program is based on biblical principles and avoids all processed foods, focusing instead on organic foods such as berries, vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds, fish, grass fed beef, pastured poultry, wild fish and raw non-pasteurized dairy products. Each phase of the program lasts two weeks and includes daily prayer, exercise and meal plans.

Poor Diet and Disease

According to Dr. C Everette Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, poor food choices cause nearly two-thirds of all fatal disease. Jordan S. Rubin explains in "The Maker's Diet" that American's have accepted poor health as a normal consequence of aging, but that many primitive people do not suffer from heart disease, obesity, or cancer at the rates we do in America. The goal of the Maker's Diet is to improve the three I's: insulin, infection, and inflammation.

Phase One

Phase one is very restrictive with the goal to cleans the body of toxins. During this phase, it is not uncommon if you experience detoxification symptoms such has headache, low energy or sleepiness. Phase one restricts disaccharide-rich carbohydrate food such as sugar, honey, bread, potatoes, corn, beans and legumes. This limitation of carbohydrates for the first two weeks helps improve insulin sensitivity, and improves the ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 fats, which can aid in improving inflammation and immune health. All pork and shellfish are considered unclean by the Makers Diet and are, therefore, also eliminated.

Phase Two

Phase two allows you to continue to enjoy all the foods from phase one, such as grass fed beef, venison, veal, lamb, pastured poultry, turkey, and duck, wild freshwater fish, goats milk and cheese, organic fats and oils, non-starchy vegetables, berries, organic coffee and herbal teas, while adding more variety in the way of dairy, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds.

Phase Three

Phase three marks the beginning of the maintenance phase and is designed to encourage a healthy long-term eating plan by consuming food from each of the food groups. This phase of the diet adds more complex carbohydrates such as beans, whole grains and whole grain breads, and starchy fruits and vegetables such as potatoes and bananas.