Question on Kosher Diet?

Question

Hi! I would like to find out more about the Kosher diet. Is it based strictly on food laws derived from the Old Testament or Torah? Or has the strict Kosher diet had other rules and regulations added to it?

If someone followed this diet, would they gain or lose weight? Overall, how healthy is it in terms of cholesterol, fat intake, salt, preservatives, etc. Is there a website which outlines what is considered acceptable foods to eat on this diet?

Thank you in advance for these answers.

Answer 1

there is allot of great advantages to eating kosher. i view it in more of a way that if the animal ate garbage would I no thank you pigs eat trash and catfish and shrimp eat dead animal parts that settle at the bottom of water. my husband follows kosher by his belief. i follow kosher to a certain point of would i want to eat something that grew up before it died eating something i would not. and yes i know horses and cows eat grass, but that is vegetation like a carrot.

Answer 2

As far as I am aware, the Kosher diet is based strictly on the Torah. However, I think only Orthodox Jews follow this to a tea. I think that over the years some things have been added to it, but I'm not really sure.

Answer 3

A kosher diet is very healthy Get a kosher cooking cookbook and read for yourself I recommend the great kosher chef Jeffrey Nathan who has many such cook books

Answer 4

It has nothing at all to do with weight gain or loss. It is simply rules for what is allowed and not allowed to eat. There are skinny, fat, and fit jews.
If you want to lose weight, speak to your doctor -- not your rabbi!

Answer 5

G-d would not give us something unhealthy! Remember, He GAVE this to us! When has He ever given bad gifts??

I base mine on the Bible, not on Jewish laws, which add alot to it.
This makes sense as well, I am Christian. I love the Jews but I am not one.

Email me if you want more on this

Blessings
David