Does the Bible Allow Us to Eat Everything?

Question: can we eat anything we want? Does the Bible allow us to eat whatever plants or animals we desire?

Answer: In a sense, we can eat whatever we choose. How about a salad woven with arsenic? Or maybe devour what you find behind the barn? The reality is that God won't stop us from eating anything, but he has given us a menu of what is good for us and what is not.

You know that arsenic salad would kill you in a short time. Some green herbs, such as foxglove and deadly nightshade, will do the same thing. We know we don't eat such poisonous plants.

We have terrible diseases with no apparent cause. Eating the meat of some animals, however, breaks our bodies causing disease. The ingestion of the genetic code of these animals can be the cause of the genetic mutation in the human body. However, like plants, there is still quite a lot of meat that we can eat without negative results.

God knows which animals are harmful to the human body and has told us which ones not to eat. These animals are found in the books of Leviticus Deuteronomy 14. God's guidelines make it easy enough to understand that while cattle are good for eating, eating pigs or even alligators are not!



Pure birds, which the Bible says are made for the health of humanity, have six main characteristics. They are not birds that prey on others for food. They eat food caught on the ground. They have a longer middle finger. They generally stand on a perch with three fingers on one side and one on the opposite side. Even clean birds have crops. These animals also have a gizzard. Any bird that does not have all these traits is considered unsuitable for food.

Clean seafood can be determined quite easily, since they must have not only fins but also scales. So why aren't oysters suitable for eating? God made them, and some other creatures like crayfish, to clean the waters in which they live from harmful substances. Their meat therefore contains chemicals that are harmful to humans.

The use of certain parts or sections of animals designated as unclean is also not permitted in the Bible. This means that humans should not eat foods cooked in pork fat (lard) or drink drinks containing clam juice. The word of God also warns not to eat fat or blood on any animal, provided they are clean or not (see Leviticus 3, 7).

A common food we eat today, mushrooms, are not specifically listed in the word of God. Recall that God declared to Noah that he could use any green grass for food. Mushrooms are neither green in color nor their herbs. I am a mushroom. According to some experts, even apparently edible mushrooms can contain poisons.

Certain Bible verses certainly seem to claim that we humans can eat anything. Here is something to consider anyway. The word of God states at the second coming of Jesus, those who have been found to eat pigs and even mice will be punished (see Isaiah 66:15 - 17). If we can eat whatever we want, in the sense that all animals have suddenly become "clean" to consume, then this warning is useless.

Christians must offer their physical bodies in sacrifice to God (see Romans 12) and therefore are required to prevent them from being polluted. The Bible claims that the Lord will destroy all those who pollute themselves (see verses 16 and 17 of 1 Corinthians 3). By virtue of conversion, believers are owned by Christ. Therefore, we must take care of what he has given us and eat only what he has created for our health.