Banish the sugar bowl in favor of the fruit bowl. For an occasional sweet treat, nibble on a few carob-coated raisins, almonds or peanuts. Carob tastes like chocolate but is minus the caffeine and extremely high in calcium. Biblical peoples didn't rely on salt, as we do today, to flavor their foods, but used a variety of herbs, such as cumin, coriander, mint, dill, rosemary and generous amounts of onions and garlic. Give the salt shaker a rest, and add some aromatic herbs to your cooking.
Good choices are oregano, parsley, sage, bay leaf and tyme.
Although wine was the common beverage in biblical times, because water was scarce, drunkenness was forbidden. I counted 55 biblical warnings against overindulgence, but only five passages exaulting its virtues. In view of what we know about fetal alcohol syndrome, the advice that the angel gave to Monoah's wife, who was to bear Samson, still holds true, Rosevear writes. Take no wine nor strong drink. Instead, include red grapes and grape juice in your diet which contain the protective ingredient found in red wine without the alcohol.