Posted: Sep 6, 08 2:09am
The Scripture and your diet:
Raisins
1Sa 25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
1Sa 30:12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
1Ch 12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
Raisins may help with:
Raisins are one of the richest sources of the mineral boron and provide concentrated amounts of polyphenolic phytonutrients.
You need Boron for bone health (especially post-menopausal women), turning vitamin D and estrogen into their active forms and other yummy things.
Researchers at Tufts University ranked raisins and prunes as the #1 cancer-fighting fruits.
Oleanolic acid (also an antioxidant) in raisins actually kills bacteria in the mouth, protecting gums and preventing cavities - this despite raisin’s usual spot on the “bad for teeth” list of snack foods. Oleanolic acid has other health benefits too, including liver protection.
Raisins are really high in iron also.
