Foods that are GOOD
and not good to eat!

God has provided not only plants but also animals to be food for mankind. However, God did not create ALL animal flesh to be eaten by humans. Because He desires mankind to sustain good health, He has revealed which animal flesh He has specifically created for food. This knowledge was made known from creation as shown in the account of Noah and the Flood.

God, in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, clearly specified which meats are fit for human consumption and which are not.

The classification of CLEAN (what man can eat) or UNCLEAN (what man should not eat) is easily identifiable by the characteristics that were created in the animals. Any warm-blooded mammal that has split hooves and chews the cud is clean to eat. All other warm-blooded animals are not. Of the creatures that live in the waters, only fish with fins and scales are clean to eat - all others are not. Of the fowl, God forbids eating the flesh of fowl that are scavengers. All reptiles are unclean, as are all insects except locusts, grasshoppers and certain beetles.

Contrary to many professing Christians, the New Testament does NOT abolish or do away with God’s laws about foods - especially meats.

The dispute between Jesus Christ and the Pharisees in Mark 7 was not about the eating of meats. Rather, it concerned His disciples eating food with unwashed hands - a ridge ritual the Pharisees adopted that was not commanded in the Bible. The vision that Peter saw, which is recorded in Acts 10, was given to reveal that no human is to be called 'common or unclean.' It was not a divine authorization to change God’s laws concerning food.

The apostle Paul upheld these laws as a requirement for Christians. He described the meats that Christians are permitted to eat:

"Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy . . . commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth." (1Timothy 4:1-3, NKJV)

Paul was clearly showing that some meats were created to be eaten, and others were not created to be eaten. Below is a comprehensive list, based upon the Bible, of what is considered foods that are good - and not so good - to eat!