Yes I am curious. Why did the Hebrews outlaw pork? I read that it changes your blood chemistry for up to a day after eating it.
Quoting: Nick Nailher (Eissak) it had nothing to do with blood chemistry
in ancient times
pigs were an economic burden on hebrew culture
the word Hebrew comes from the word Habiru.
the Habiru were wandering nomads who traveled
from place to place.
so grain to feed animals had to be used
efficiently since the Habiru were not
in one place long enough to grow grain
of their own. They had to trade for grain
with other cultures.
pigs were the ONLY animal that did not chew it's cud.
for those unfamiliar with the term
chewing it's cud means an animal chews
it's grain then it regurgitates that grain
back into it's mouth and eats it over again.
horses, cows, ox, donkeys, goats, sheep, etc ...
ALL chew their cud (eat food twice)
PIGS DO NOT
so it took twice as much grain to feed pigs
since they didn't eat twice on the same food
so pork was outlawed because pigs created
a grain shortage among the nomads. pigs
were too expensive to feed.
so the Habiru forbid the use of pork,
later this got in the bible as being
the word of YHWH, but in fact, it was
for man made reasons
feeding pigs brought down the Habiru economy.
however, it had absolutely nothing to do
with god YHWH, man created the law and said
it came from god.
and now you know the real reason why
Hebrews don't eat pork ;)