Vegetarian Diet and mood

There are a lot of different vegetarian diets; lacto-vegetarian, ovo-vegetarian, vegan, or raw.  Some people may even be vegetarian most of the time with a supplemental of meat here and there.  Whatever the case may be there are people examining through research different forms of the diet in order to find out its effectiveness on the body.  In doing my own research I was somewhat surprised to find that research has seen a positive change in mood when it comes to a vegetarian diet.  I was not surprised with the findings because the Bible supports this idea and actually gave us insight into the phenomena long before now.  What surprised me is that man has actually found out through research what God already stated hundreds of years ago.  Dealing with the children of Israel when God brought them out of Egypt, He fed them with bread from heaven. (Exodus 16:4; Psalms 78:25)  But they lusted after the flesh and cried out to God for meat.  God gave them their desire for flesh but told them it would cause them leanness of soul.  (Psalms 106:15; Psalms 78:26-32).  Soul and spirit are interchangeable in the Bible. (1 Samuel 1:15; Job 7:11; Isaiah 26:9).  One of the truths that can be drawn from the Israelite experience is when God stated eating the flesh and lusting after the flesh will cause your soul or the spirit to be lean He meant it, the spirit or mood will be depleted.  Science is seeing the evidence that this is true, when the flesh is avoided a positive change in mood occurs.  You can search the below link and read the study for yourself.​

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