Are the Old Testament's strict food laws relevant for today's church?

I am on the last day of my fast and I am thinking about how to eat better when I start eating again this evening. I am going through the "Extreme Makeover - Body by God" study with some other people of LCC who are also concerned about their eating and health.

I came across this article this morning, in Today's Christian, on the book Holy Cow! Does God Care What We Eat? by Hope Egan.


Does God Care what We Eat? By Jennifer Schuchmann

The petite, 5-foot-4 woman stepped up to the podium at a Chicago church and lowered the microphone; her auburn curls framed the gentle smile on her face. Hope Egan doesn't look like a revolutionary, but her recent book, Holy Cow! Does God Care About What We Eat?, and her passionate endorsement of Old Testament food laws for today's New Testament Christians have been stirring up discussion wherever she goes.

This crowd of 200 Christian women listened intently as Egan shared her struggles with compulsive eating, her discovery of a "biblically kosher" diet, and God's role in the journey.

"I was consumed with thoughts of food," she began. At work, she visited the candy machine several times a day. Though she sat at the same table when eating with others, she wasn't fully present. Instead, she fixated on the food, obsessing about something as simple as a plate of cookies: How many should I eat? We each get three, but I've already eaten my three; there won't be enough if I eat more. Why aren't they eating their share of the cookies? Don't they like these cookies? Will anyone notice if I eat just one more?

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