Scientific evidence suggests omega-3 fatty acids can decrease the incidence of coronary heart disease and cancer. They are also excellent sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids necessary in the production of hormones. Our Creator proceeds to forbid unclean fish. These scavenger fish are no less unhealthy than swine, rats or cockroaches. The remaining passages of Leviticus 11 forbid us to eat such birds as the eagle, vulture, buzzard, falcon, raven, ostrich, owl, seagull, hawk, stork or bat.
All birds of prey are scavengers.
They eat the flesh of man and beast, ingesting diseases and parasites of the animals they eat. The clean birds, which exclude all birds of prey, are ducks, chickens, turkeys, quail and pheasants. They are primarily grain-eaters with the most developed gizzards of any species of birds. Oh, what wisdom and common sense our Father gives to those who will receive it. The Dietary Laws and the Moral Laws were given as a provision for blessings by God.