Is it true, Jews are forbidden from eating fish with no scales?!
Question: Is there any truth that these fish contain fats that are bad for your heart.
Answers: Is there any truth that these fish contain fats that are bad for your heart.
In the Torah, Jews are commanded to not eat certain foods. These "unclean" animals are all scavengers who will eat from dead carcasses which could carry disease such as trychinosis. In biblical times there was no way of knowing what food could carry disease. The biblical instruction regarding fish is that only fish with fins and scales could be eaten. This is why shellfish and catfish are not kosher.
aa don think so fish contains good proteins
good for health
yes even shia muslims dont eat fish without scale
in leviticus chapter 11, some instructions what to eat and what not to eat (i stopped with the fish; it goes on a long ways after that so be warned, these are not ALL the rules! i didn't want to spam.)
1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them: 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is wholly cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. 4 Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that only chew the cud, or of them that only part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. 5 And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you. 8 Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you. 9 These may ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them may ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are a detestable thing unto you, 11 and they shall be a detestable thing unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in detestation. 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.
god aside, the reasoning behind not eating the forbidden things is that they carry transmittable disease, not that they indirectly cause (for example) heart disease. trichanosis even today can be gotten from eating pork and shellfish if it is not properly stored and prepared. in the days before refrigeration, they were dangerous indeed; people died.
but no, the fat in shellfish is low in cholesterol. problem is, we tend to dip our lobster tail in butter, don't we? we bread and deep-fry our fish. THAT is not heart-healthy.
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