26. My Reflections

Glutton-Free: Cultivating a Theology of Enough

Part 26: My Reflections

In conclusion, let’s summarize the Key Research Findings: 

• Trans fat in meat and dairy causes clogged arteries leading to heart attacks
• Animal products, sugar, and white flour feeds cancer so that it grows
• Whole foods provide the antioxidants our bodies need to fight cancer and can actually reverse heart disease

Ideally we would all be eating a Whole Food Plant Based Diet. And while I don't follow it perfectly, I eat way less meat and dairy products than before. I agree with Thomas Jefferson who treated meat “as a condiment for the vegetables.”

And so as we prepare to conclude this series I think it's important to remember where we started. The double deceit of gluttony was that our eating habits do not only affect our own health, but also have an impact on our global neighbors.

“God’s people must practice self-denial to aid the poor and share the gospel. But we must maintain a biblical balance. It is not because food, clothes, wealth, and property are inherently evil that Christians today must lower their standard of living. It is because others are starving” (Sider. Loc 2301).

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