Christians are free to eat anything that the Old Testament once prohibited, except what was determined in the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15):
• abstain from things contaminated by idols
• abstain from what has been strangled
• abstain from blood
These dietary restrictions were instituted for the Gentile Christians so that they wouldn’t become a stumbling block to their Jewish Christian brethren.
Interestingly, Paul says it’s fine to eat meat that was sacrificed to idols as long as you don’t know it was sacrificed to idols, but if you know it was sacrificed to idols then you can’t eat it (1 Corinthians 10:27-28). So, realistically, you have two of three dietary restrictions still in effect (since you can simply not ask if it was sacrificed to idols).
Also, does that mean you can’t eat a rare steak? Fun fact, steaks are bloodless. The red dripping down your meat is composed of water and a muscle tissue protein called myoglobin. Blood is actually drained from animals before they get cut into pieces.
Weirdly enough, some women eat their placenta after giving birth (super gross and creepy). This would definitely fall under the “abstain from blood” command that all Christians must still obey since the "blood" from the dietary restriction refers to lifeblood (Leviticus 17:14).
If you don’t go around visiting butcher shops asking to buy blood so you may drink it raw while pretending to be a vampire or run around trying to choke chickens to death so you may eat them, you will most likely never break these dietary restrictions that are still in place for all Christians.
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Iron: Oxygen transport, energy production.
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Zinc: Immune system, wound healing.
Potassium: Fluid balance, nerve function.
Iodine: Thyroid function, metabolism.
Selenium: Antioxidant, thyroid health.
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alright everyone, get in there
get in the soup
(see this post for "recipe")
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