The “Biblical Diet”, Where You Can Only Eat What is Mentioned in The Holy Scriptures, is Going Viral

No processed foods or refined sugars, just what's specifically mentioned in the Bible: influencer Kayla Bundy, who calls herself a "biblical nutritionist," offers a meal plan that she claims helps you lose weight and nourishes the spirit.

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By Ilaria Canevara

In 2026, some people think they've seen it all in the food world: unique social trends like fricy, the matcha boom, and new grocery shopping methods have won everyone over, despite their peculiarities. But social media travels at supersonic speed and constantly proposes new fads: the latest is the one launched by American influencer Kayla Bundy, who presented a Christian diet to her 600,000 followers. What does it consist of? Eating only what is mentioned in the Holy Scriptures: in a typical day, in fact, she eats sardines, drinks raw milk, prepares a cup of bone broth, and consumes only locally sourced ingredients. Clearly, there is no trace of ultra-processed foods.

What Can You Eat Following This Viral Christian Diet?

Many believe this "diet" isn't anything new, given that it's not a recent discovery that constantly eating ultra-processed foods or refined sugars isn't very good for your health. But the biblical diet of Bundy, a twenty-seven-year-old influencer who now lives in Bali, Indonesia, is more unique than you might think. As she shows on her social media profiles, the American enjoys a bowl of bone broth on an empty stomach every day for breakfast, and then alternates eggs, cereal, sardines, or beef with Greek yogurt. Bread? Yes, but only sourdough, with tomatoes or avocado. Chocolate is also present, but only with 100% cocoa. For drinks, there's water with lemon or a homemade organic latte made with raw ingredients.

There's no room for burgers, fries, or creamy cheesecakes in this "trend." As Bundy told the New York Post: "I don't believe in cheating, because it's unbiblical. You're not being faithful to your spouse if you're only faithful to them six days a week. Cheating on your spouse, or on food, will never help your walk with God."

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I’ll never forget the year my body finally started screaming at me and I couldn’t avoid listening to it. Acne that wouldn’t quit. Weight that wouldn’t budge no matter how little I ate or how hard I trained. Injuries that kept piling up. A depression that felt like fog I couldn’t see through. Relationships and circles that didn’t call me higher. I was doing everything “right” and still felt like I was falling apart. Maybe you know that feeling. The one where you’re exhausted from trying and still waking up disappointed. Where you look in the mirror and feel like a stranger. Where you’re doing all the things but your body, your mind, your mood keep telling you something is off. That was me. It took one full year of that before I started wondering if it had anything to do with what was on my plate. Not in a restrictive, overhaul-everything way. But in a quiet, what-if-God-already-gave-me-the-answer kind of way. So I went to Scripture. And what I found changed everything. Not a diet. Not a detox. A framework rooted in what God actually designed food to do for the body He gave you. And when I started eating in alignment with that, the acne calmed. The weight released. The fog lifted. The injuries healed. The relationships shifted. My body stopped feeling like something to fight and started feeling like something to steward. If any part of my story sounds like yours, you don’t have to keep guessing. Comment FOOD and I’ll send you my Biblical Eating Guide, exactly what I eat, why I eat it, and the Scripture behind every choice.

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Other Foods Mentioned in The Bible

The Holy Scriptures state that "you may eat cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, deer, gazelles, and antelopes," which are considered pure meats. According to Josh Axe, an American nutritionist and science communicator specializing in naturopathy, pork, camel, and hare are therefore considered impure meats. He also emphasizes that fish with fins and scales are permitted, while shellfish are prohibited. Finally, all types of birds are permitted, with the exception of eagles, vultures, crows, ostriches, gulls, and owls.

A "Resurrected" Trend, Already Existing in The Early 2000s

Kayla Bundy calls herself a "biblical nutritionist" and offers, in addition to a paid masterclass, a weekly recipe guide (also paid). Her case, however, is not the first: in fact, several books on this topic have been published since the early 2000s. "The Maker's Diet" is a very popular book on nutrition inspired by the Holy Scriptures, published in 2004 by naturopath Jordan Rubin. The American author also wrote "The Biblio Diet" last year: in this text, he also proposes a diet based on biblical principles, but reinterpreted in the light of modern nutrition.