The essence of kosher food is that people eat extremely useful and environmentally friendly products. In addition, this way of eating is thought out and rational, meeting the laws of the kosher (kashrut) - the established rules and norms of Judaism. Although most people who seek a healthy diet these rules are not important, for them, products are important. Here, if not to complicate everything is simple.
Kosher products have a special kosher sign that guarantee high quality, usefulness and environmental friendliness of the product. Of course, these products cost more than conventional products, and it is understandable because to put a special sign requires certification, which affects the value of any product.
It is worth noting that Jewish laws have long been demanding not only foodstuffs, but also all aspects of life in general. There were requirements to the methods of cooking food. The word "kosher" is translated from Hebrew as "fit", in our case it refers to products suitable for food.
Kosher products.
Here are some of the main products that the Torah should compose a kosher diet.
Meat: goat, beef, lamb; wild herbivores - venison and elk meat.
Kosher meat is, if the animal has forked hooves, and it is capable of chewing gum. If one condition is missing, the meat of the animal is not considered kosher.
In addition, there is another condition - the slaughter of the animal must be carried out in a certain way, it is also important that the meat of the slaughtered animal is properly processed. This also increases the cost of meat.
Kosher fish are distinguished by two main signs - scales and fins. Not all fish have scales, which means they are not kosher: scales are absent in catfish, eels, sturgeon, sharks; black caviar is also not kosher. Mollusks, crustaceans and oysters are also not kosher.
The torus does not say what signs kosher birds should have, but in places there are enumerations of such birds, mostly predators and scavengers. Birds, like animals, must be hammered and treated in a certain way.
You can not use rodents (rabbits and rabbits) and insects, amphibians and reptiles. However, the Torah makes an exception for some insects (for example, for locusts). The use of honey is allowed, since it is not considered to be the products that are produced by the body of bees (and bees are known to be insects). The fact that honey is a kosher product is good, however, everyone knows that honey is produced only by bees, and honey is a product arising in the process of vital activity of these insects.
The essence of nutrition: the preparation of kosher products.
Dairy and meat products are not prepared together, and they can not be consumed in the same way. Most of the believing Jews use different dishes for the preparation of these products and even store it separately. By the way, this approach requires any sanitary standards, which in some countries are made by special services. And some Jews cook meat and dairy products on different tiles, however this has nothing to do with healthy nutrition or the compatibility of products.
Believing Jews use dairy products, only 6 hours after the reception of meat products, such a habit would be good to work out. Some after the milk eat meat products after 30 minutes, of course, it's too early, but better than using all at the same time. After eating cheese, meat is best used after 6 hours.
It should be remembered that milk should be kosher animals: a trusted rabbi must be present and follow the milking process and the preparation of the produce.
Bake bread should also be a Jew, while he must separate and burn a small piece of dough. If bread is baked in a large bakery, then turn on the oven, and watch the baking process a Jew.
Eggs should be cooked in three pieces in special pots, while in the presence of blood stains on eggs they should be washed.
Vegetable products. It may seem that everything is simple, but as mentioned above, the Torah forbids the use of worms and insects, so believers carefully sort through the flour, greens, cereals, legumes, berries, vegetables and fruits. Many of us do not attach so much importance to this, however, specially to use worm fruits for sure, no one will.
Kosher wines and drinks.
With kosher wines, everything is much more complicated, so this wine is much more expensive than Spanish and French quality wines. This is due to the fact that kosher wine is produced exclusively by Jews, grapes are harvested in special time, and the vineyard age must be at least 4 years old. And still, Jews give birth to a vineyard once in seven years.
Before starting the production of wine, the Jews perform prayer and sacrifice, during which the plant, as a rule, stops the remaining production processes. Also, Jews constantly sterilize communications and equipment, this approach has two meanings: the first - disinfects, the second - religious.
On Saturday, production does not work, if the process of cooking wine is seen by an outsider, the process begins anew. And if not a Jew (a Frenchman or a German) touches the products that were intended for the preparation of such wine, then the wine becomes non-kosher (the principles of purity of production and healthy eating, here do not play any role).
Israel's laws on food and nutrition are directly related to their religion, and they do not belong to the people of other countries, which is why you should not call certain products kosher just because they are environmentally friendly and natural.
As for alcoholic beverages prepared from grapes, here the Jews have their own opinion: many people can use such drinks in religious rites. Thus, it would be possible to prohibit drinks made from other berries and fruits, but here it is just grapes, so we can conclude that it is more about religious traditions than about the principles of health and nutrition.
Hence, it turns out that all the prescriptions and prohibitions of the Torah, though somehow related to nutrition, are a religious approach, and have no relation to the healthy nutrition and nutritional benefits.