I joined a cruhch in 1996 that espoused a vegan holistic diet. I had generally eaten healthily before, as my mother was registered dietician but a huge proponent of organic produce, deep sea fish, homemade meals, kefir and yogurt, and I was a daily 3-6 mile/day runner. On my vegetarian diet of organic grains, beans, rice, tofu, miso, fruit and greens, my joints ached constantly that some days I could barely walk, and my weight ballooned. My medical bills were outrageous. Heart problems, Hashimotos Thyroiditis, Hip and low back problems in spite of the fact that I continued to walk 3-4 miles daily and work outdoors.In November 2009 I returned to a diet of raw whole milk, grass fed meat, and eggs from my chickens, a few greens here and there, small amounts of frozen wild blueberries, an occasional green apple, cod liver oil, Irish butter and bacon, the cheap stuff. NO GRAINS or TOFU ever. I've never felt better. I've lost 60lbs. My thinking is clear and my body is pain free. Thyroid antibodies are the lowest they've ever been, no palpitations, no bradycardia, normal BP, no swollen ankles and ZERO joint pain anywhere. Am I crediting the bacon with my good health, no, but it tastes good and I haven't seen any downside to eating it!

, Don't you under stand even now? 17 Don't you see that anything that enerts the mouth goes into the stomach and passes out into the latrine? 18 But what comes out of your mouth is actually coming from your heart, and that is what makes a person unclean. 19 For out of the heart come forth wicked thoughts, murder, adultery and other kinds of sexual immorality, theft, lies, slanders. . . . 20 These are what really make a person unclean, but eating without doing n'tilat-yadayim does not make a person unclean. Since you're citing what Leviticus has to say about our porcine brethren, I suppose you also support his other dictums, some of which are Hares are unclean since they chew the cud. 11:6Baby girls are twice as dirty as baby boys. 12:1-8Menstruating women are unclean to God. 15:19-30Homosexuality is an abomination to God. 18:22Children who curse their parents, adulterers, and homosexuals must be killed. 20:9-12The unchaste daughters of priests must be burnt to death. 21:9Handicapped people must not approach the altar. 21:16-23 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 26:29 Ah, the mumbo jumbo of Leviticus. He's certainly an authority that we can all look to for good advice on what to eat, how to behave, and what we should and should not do, eh?NOT!