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Allah has given us plenty of choices: orange, mango, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, guava, lemon, watermelon, honey, milk, apricot, chocolate, tea, mint, kiwi, pomegranate, apple…. 
And the list goes on and on with natural, colorful, healthy, delicious drinks that Allah has prepared for us to nourish and refresh and energize our bodies.

The one thing Allah has prohibited is alcohol as it makes you less dignified, covers your mind that Allah has blessed you with above all creations. That’s in addition to it being harmful to you spiritually, physically, mentally and socially. Even beyond religion, do you know how much alcohol is safe to drink? ABSOLUTELY NONE, Major Study Says!

So we’re going to overlook all the generosity and choices and focus on the few limited harmful ones?

The harm that results from drinking alcohol is not limited only to the one who drinks, so that he could be left to his own devices and choose whatever he wants for himself.Rather the harmful results affect everyone.The diseases that result from alcohol weaken society as a whole.The productivity of the drunkard is decreased because of his drunkenness, which affects others.The economy is affected as a result of the money spent on treating him, which also affects others.Moreover there are crimes which result from this addiction.In a World Health Organization report on violent crimes in 30 countries, including the US and the UK, it says that 86% of murders and 50% of rapes are carried out under the influence of alcohol.There are many similar, well-known statistics on such topics in various countries around the worl

With regard to road accidents, the statistics are even more well-known.In 1965 – for example – there were 49,000 deaths on roads in the US, and 1,800,000 cases of permanent disability.Public health officials at the time estimated that half of these deaths were caused by alcohol.The losses resulting from these deaths in that year alone were valued at 8900 million dollars.

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Allah has given us endless choices: all types of vegetables and grains, and nuts, and meats (rabbits, ducks, cows, sheep, camels…etc.) and the list goes on and on with healthy, delicious food.

The very limited prohibited kind like pork for example, and even scientists have elaborated on how much it is dangerous to your health.

So again, why overlook all the variety of healthy, delicious choices and fixate on few harmful things?

The Nature of Pork

The main utility of pigs in the ecosystem is as scavengers. They live and thrive on muck, feces and dirt.

It could be argued that in developed countries, pigs are bred in very clean and hygienic conditions. Even in these hygienic conditions the pigs are kept together in sties, and so the chances of them consuming filth are very high.

_Health Aspects

Research has shown correlation between pork consumption and several diseases. Eating pork can expose the individual to various helminthes (worms) like roundworm, pinworm and hookworm. One of the most dangerous of worms is Taenia Solium, which, in lay man’s terminology is called the pork tapeworm. It harbors in the intestine and is very long. Its ova i.e. eggs, enter the blood stream and can reach almost all the organs of the body. If it enters the brain it can cause memory loss. If it enters the heart it can cause heart attack, in the eye it can cause blindness, and in the liver it can cause liver damage. It can damage almost all the organs of the body.

A common misconception about pork is that if it is cooked well, these ova die. In a research project undertaken in America, it was found that out of twenty-four people suffering from Trichura Tichurasis (another worm commonly found in pork), twenty two had cooked the pork very well. This indicates that the ova present in the pork do not die under normal cooking temperature.

Pork has very little muscle building material and contains excess of fat. This fat gets deposited in the vessels and can cause hypertension and heart attack. It is not surprising that hypertension is a common ailment due to the prevalence of the consumption of pork.

Thus the prohibition of pork in Islam is a blessing.