Is eating biblically just eating healthy?
Bible-based diets can offer an appealing repackaging of certain age-old food tenets.
From The Times
June 1, 2026

Kayla Bundy, a 27-year-old content creator, believes her diet to be part of a higher calling. For eight years she has been a biblical eater, someone who consumes mostly foods mentioned in the Bible.

A plate of food with hummus, sprouts, onion, sausage and a yogurt sauce over it.

Kayla Bundy

The diet has made a resurgence amid the Make America Healthy Again era. →

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