Bible-based diets are latest diet fad

• Thou shalt not eat junk food or snack between meals is the 11th commandment for millions of Americans caught up in a Bible-based slimming craze.

• In The Weigh Down Diet, Gwen Shamblinadvises readers to stick within "God's perfect boundaries of hunger and fullness" if they want to shed a pound or two.

• He argues that, in Biblical times, people who ate a raw diet lived an average of 912 years, although concedes he lacks the science to prove it.

• That, says Mr Rubin - who describes himself as "a biblical health coach" - means eating yoghurt derived from raw, fermented milk rather than the pasteurised, low-fat, flavoured variety.

  In The Weigh Down Diet, Gwen Shamblinadvises readers to stick within "God's perfect boundaries of hunger and fullness" if they want to shed a pound or two.

• He argues that, in Biblical times, people who ate a raw diet lived an average of 912 years, although concedes he lacks the science to prove it.

• That, says Mr Rubin - who describes himself as "a biblical health coach" - means eating yoghurt derived from raw, fermented milk rather than the pasteurised, low-fat, flavoured variety.