BROWSE DIETS

Maker’s Diet

Maker’s Diet on-line program

The Maker’s Diet is based on Biblical principles, and addresses not only nutrition, but focuses on the four pillars of health; physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional. The Makers Diet was written by Jordan Rubin - who suffered considerable health problems (Crohns disease). He was able to reverse the symptoms by incorporating a whole foods diet regimen - and a faith in the Maker Himself.

Maker’s Diet - Nutrition

The nutritional aspect of the diet is based on ancient Jewish dietary laws. Pork and bacon are to be avoided, as are fish without fins or scales (i.e. shellfish). Food in it’s most pure and natural form is to be eaten.

There are also a considerable list of ‘required’ supplements on the list.

More Than A Diet

The Makers Diet is a holistic 40 day program that encompasses many aspects - not just healthy eating. The daily regimens include prayer and exercise, as well as meal plans.


One of the most popular faith-based diets in recent years.

To quote the diet:

There appears to be no scientific basis for some of the medical claims of the diet. However a diet richer in unprocessed foods is certain to have some benefits.

Supplements - Buyer Beware

The Maker’s Diet also has a line of supplements - under the brand name “Garden of Life”. Beware of these - in 2004 the FDA ordered the company to “stop making unsubstantiated claims for it’s products” (reference). Author Jordan Rubin’s credentials have also been questioned.

However despite this there are many positive comments from adherents to the diet.

Feedback

“I have followed the Maker’s Diet for going on three months now because I had some very serious digestive problems and am now feeling great, plus in the process have lost 12 pounds. I could have gone to the doctor and got a prescription for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, but decided I would spend my money on healthy foods. I am so glad that I chose this path” - Jeri

References

The Maker’s Diet by Jordan Rubin - 4 star review at Amazon.

Find kosher recipes here.

See More

Maker’s Diet - Official Site.

User Reviews

  • Laurie
    June 1st, 2009

    We followed “The Makers Diet” per Dr. Mercola after our son was injured after receiving his 22 mos. M.M.R vaccination. Shortly after this M.M.R he developed leaky gut which is prone to colitis or crohn’s disease. Our son was 4 yrs old at the time and had suffered severe stomach pain, nausea and also lost so much weight due to the M.M.R vaccine. We followed the diet for 2 years and he now is healed from the leaky gut. Our son is now 10 yrs old and is a healthy almost stocky built young boy. He rarely ever gets sick when others around him have viruses and flu’s. As a family we still today follow some of these old principals in our daily diets as probiotics, Cod liver oil, coconut oil and eat only organic fruits and veggies. It may cost more for groceries but it pays off as our Son has not seen a medical doctor since he was 22 mos. THANK GOD FOR THE MAKERS DIET!

  • Kristin
    January 15th, 2009

    I started on this diet 3 years ago because I was desparate to find a cure to my chronic ulcerative colitis. I had been on high-dose steroids and hospitalized many times to get it under control. My condition became very grave and we were afraid I was not going to make it another year. Amazingly, within a few weeks of changing to the Maker’s Diet my symptoms all but diappeared. I have enjoyed 3 solid years of remission from the colitis symptoms. Praise God for His goodness and kind instruction!

  • MS
    December 29th, 2008

    Frankly, I think that while interesting this debate is rather old, and anyone that has thoroughly studied the bible (for example, in a basic college course) is likely to have formed their own opinions regardless of what anyone else says to them. Now on to the diet….I have had a severe digestive disorder for 2 years now that is has general symptoms of IBS, but bouts of extreme weight loss, bowel issues, inability to eat, and occasionally bleeding and vomiting. It’s horrible and has yet gone improperly diagnosed but I believe that it is the beginnings of chrones or colitis due to both my ancestry and extreme symptoms. I’m pretty much done with doctors as they tell me the same things over and over and I now have sooo many medical bills and no diagnosis. What I CAN tell you however, is that all of my symptoms get better with a very similar diet including: No fried foods, No cow’s milk dairy, no yeast, nothing processed and very little sugar. Based on these things I think regardless of your spirituality or lack thereof, this diet is right on course.

  • DB
    November 18th, 2008

    To “remain nameless”, your quote is erroneous, “everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected” IF IT IS SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD OF GOD AND PRAYER. The problem is that this is MISQUOTED so often by those “whose God is there belly and their damnation just” (Paul to the Romans). Peters vision was not an authorization to eat that which was common or unclean, but rather an admonition for him to stop treating gentiles like they were pigs. That which had been made clean were not pigs (as anyone who has seen one can see) but rather that gentiles had been cleansed at the cross. The laws of health never changed.

  • DB
    November 18th, 2008

    Strange that he should call it the makers diet and yet include meat. My Bible says in Genesis that the original diet didn’t include meat. He avoids Pork and shell fish which is correct according to Genesis, Exodus, and the last chapter of Isaiah, but misses the fact that unless the blood is properly drained from the animal and the fat carefully removed, even beef is considered unclean (kosher slaughter follows strict rules). I don’t doubt the success stories of a few, but more would benefit if they followed the plan more closely than this half way attempt.

  • Reply to anonymus
    October 9th, 2008

    The Maker’s Diet is not a vegetarian diet. Dr Rubin recommends that you eat healthy meats. Know what you are talking about before you try to criticize something.

  • remain nameless
    September 18th, 2008

    The Maker’s Diet is the only thing that has worked for healing my GI and I believe it is because many of the principles were taken from the Bible.I couldn’t let the comments section end on the former comments. The Bible verses that anonymous was referring to was 1 Cor. 8:10-13 and it is talking about meat used in ritual sacrifices. Some people’s convictions were not to eat meat sacrificed to other gods. If you think that you are better because you eat meat or do not eat meat, you have completely missed the point of the Bible. It’s not about food, it’s about the free gift of salvation through Jesus. That being said, let me leave you with 1 Tim. 4: 1-4: “But the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate <>, which God has created to gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with gratitude.”

  • Also Anonymous
    July 24th, 2008

    I must disagree with some of the statements from Anonymous. I am a vegan and know of others who don’t eat meat who also have strong faith. I believe more strongly in religion than some of my close family members who eat meat! However, I don’t think that people have to be a vegetarian, and that someone can live a healthy life in other ways as long as it is a balanced diet with a focus on food that is processed as little as possible and hopefully organic as can be! SOME people could die on a vegetarian diet IF it was unbalanced in some way or they were ingesting toxins somehow. There is so much research out there and I know of MANY vegetarians who are healthier than the average person. It truly is about balance and wisdom. Too bad some of your vegetarian friends died, but maybe they were going about it the wrong way and/or had other factors that caused their demise! Personally I can say that since becoming vegetarian/vegan I have more energy, am usually healthy and can think clearly, AND am more in tune with spiritual things. Just to show there is a way to be a vegetarian, healthier, and strong in the faith!

  • Anonymous
    July 2nd, 2008

    The Bible clearly states that those who only eat vegetables are of weeker faith, but that we should not judge them for that. It is very sad when those who claim the vegetarian way as the only way when there are many people who would die on that sort of diet…and yes, I do have proof of that.

  • don
    June 30th, 2008

    THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT MEAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL DIET. MEAT WAS ADDED AFTER THE FLOOD DUE TO THERE NOT BEING ANY OTHER GRAINS ETC AT THE TIME. THE ONLY MEAT THAT WAS ALLOWED WAS FISH THAT HAVE SCALES AND ANIMALS WITH A SPLIT HOOF AND CHEW THEIR CUD. YOU CAN GET PROTIEN FROM GRAINS AND VEGETABLES WITHOUT THE MEET

  • Anonymous
    May 6th, 2008

    In August of ‘07 I went on this diet to help with symptoms of an auto-immune disease. Four Doctors told me to go back on prednisone, but I refused and stuck to this diet, I glad I did, or else I may still be on prednisone. Within two months, all of these symptoms cleared up. This diet is not a hoax. I have a brother-in-law that was near death when he went on this diet after struggling with Crohn’s and Colitus for more than a year… That was two years ago, he is now symptom free. If you know anything about auto-immune diseases, you would understand that there isn’t a cure for them, only the ability to go into remission. That is what this diet did. Also, if you are underweight, this diet wont help… it is designed to put you at your optimum weight, whether that be more or less than you are… I lost 30 lbs…
    This diet makes perfect sense to those who read the whole book, and have a religious background… it is just a call to bring you back to the basics of eating.








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