Season 4. Ep 88. What is Food?
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This episode of Physically Spiritual I will explore the question, “What is food?” I will dive into Nutrition, Chemistry, History, and Theology of Food, as well as Jesus' Words on Food, and the Eucharist.
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Food Series #1 - https://www.becominggift.com/post/modern-science-holiness-physically-spiritual-87
Ladder of Being - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being
What is Food? - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food
nutriment in solid form
material consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth, repair, and vital processes and to furnish energy
something that nourishes, sustains, or supplies
What does the body need? - Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen = ~96% + minerals - https://www.thoughtco.com/elements-in-the-human-body-p2-602188
Food as Biology - Nutrients: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient
Essential v. Non-Essential
Carbohydrates - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate
Essential Fatty Acids - Linoleic acid (LA), an omega-6 fatty acid, and α-linolenic acid (ALA) an omega-3 fatty acid.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/fat/Chemical-composition-of-fats
https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/other-nutrients/essential-fatty-acids
Essential Amino Acids - Phenylalanine, Valine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Methionine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Lysine, Histidine.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/essential-amino-acids#how-many-are-there
Brief History of Food - https://livefitketo.com/the-human-diet-loren-cordain-football-analogy/
Agricultural Revolution = Half Yard Line | 1.5 feet
Industrial Revolution = Hundredth of the Last Yard | ⅓ inch | ~1 centimeter | pea
Modern Synthetic Food - Thousandth of a Yard | ~1 millimeter | tip of sharpened pencil
“The macronutrients of the body are carbohydrates, fats, and protein, but the macronutrients of the soul are the true, the good, and the beautiful.”
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat [or drink], or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” Matthew 6: 25 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/6
“The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.” He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’” Matthew 4: 3 - 4 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/4
“the disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” So the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.” John 4: 31b - 34 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/4
The Eucharist - https://www.usccb.org/eucharist
The Eucharistic Revival - https://www.eucharisticrevival.org
“Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. [..] Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” So Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” So they said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.” John 6: 27 - 35 - https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/6
Physically Spiritual E 36 | “Egyptians and the Eucharist” - https://www.becominggift.com/post/the-eucharist-physically-spiritual-s2e10
Time Stamps
1:15 What is Food?
2:00 What the Body Needs
2:45 Food As Chemistry
7:15 A Brief History of Food
17:00 We Need More Than Food
20:00 Jesus’ Words About Food
26:45 God Is Food
30:15. History & the Eucharist
