You don't, therefore, have to eat only the foods mentioned in the Bible to stay healthy, but you do have to eat the foods containing the same vital nutrients. Apples are rich in pectin, a fiber known to help keep the heart healthy. They also contain potassium, magnesium and phosphorus. Because wheat was more expensive, the ordinary Israelite made bread from barley flour. They simply mixed it with olive oil and baked it into flat loaves.
Beans are also complex carbohydrates.
They are rich in soluble fibers. Dried beans can slash high cholesterol levels in the bloodstream by as much as a whopping 20 percent. While there were no root vegetables such as beets, turnips or cabbages in the Holy Land in biblical times, there probably were carrots. They are known to improve and protect vision. Dates were among the most abundant of fruits.