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The Doctor Who Proved God Was Right About Pork
A board-certified radiologist tried to disprove Leviticus 11 — but what he discovered shocked even skeptics. Here's why unclean meats still defile the body — and why the Kingdom of God will never serve pork.
Daniel Macaraeg
June 25, 2025
If God calls it unclean, your oven doesn't make it clean.
Dr. Rex Russell was no religious fanatic.
He was a medical doctor — an invasive radiologist trained to follow the evidence wherever it led.
When he began researching biblical dietary laws, he wasn't trying to prove anything. He was simply investigating whether ancient wisdom held up under modern scrutiny.
What he discovered changed everything.
In his book What the Bible Says About Healthy Living (page 150), Dr. Russell cites a groundbreaking 1953 study conducted at Johns Hopkins University by Dr. David Macht:
“An Experimental Pharmacological Appreciation of Leviticus XI and Deuteronomy XIV,”
Bulletin of Historical Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 47:1 (April 1953): 444–450
The study tested animal flesh toxicity on controlled growth cultures. A substance was classified as toxic if it slowed the culture’s growth rate below 75%.
The results were stunning:
Every single biblically permitted animal
tested non-toxic (above 75%)
Every single biblically forbidden animal
tested toxic (75% and below)
Is this just coincidence?
Or confirmation that God's dietary laws weren’t ceremonial — they were biological truth?
"Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. They are unclean to you."
—Leviticus 11:8
God’s dietary laws aren’t Jewish traditions. They’re creation instructions.
God didn’t say pigs were unclean because of culture. He said it because of design.
Dr. Russell explains:
“What is so good about ‘clean’ meats, and what is so bad about ‘unclean’ meats? The flesh of clean animals such as beef, and fish that have scales and fins, is ideal for the health of humans—just as we would expect from the hand of a loving Creator… Many land animals God designed for food provide an additional benefit in that they generally eat grasses and grains that were also designed for food.”
—Russell (pp. 73–74)
David Meinz adds:
“Almost all of the creatures on the unclean list are scavengers… A pig will eat anything. Vultures, almost by definition, are known for their scavenger habits.”
—Eating by the Book, p. 225
But it’s not just scavenging.
“Note that an animal doesn’t have to be a scavenger to be unclean… Rabbits, as innocent as they appear, are the cause of tularemia in humans.”
—Russell (pp. 76–77)
The Pig Problem
Pork reveals God's wisdom most clearly:
“The stomach acids [of pigs] become diluted because of the volume of food, allowing all kinds of vermin to pass through this protective barrier… These toxins and infectious agents can be passed on to humans when they eat a pig’s flesh.”
—Russell (pp. 76–77)
Dr. Don Colbert concurs:
“Swine are also extremely filthy animals… Aside from the diseases routinely carried by swine, pork is also a very fatty meat. The toxins in pork are held especially in the fat…”
—What Would Jesus Eat? (pp. 49–50)
“But modern cooking makes it safe!”
Not quite.
“Even the microwave oven heats meat unevenly… Some of the most toxic poisons are not destroyed by heat.”
—Russell (p. 80)
“Food poisoning by toxins, virus, or bacteria occurred in spite of thorough inspection… including handling and cooking.”
—Russell
You wouldn’t drink boiled sewage.
Why eat it just because it’s fried in breadcrumbs?
Yahshua never ate pork — and never said you could.
Years after Christ’s resurrection, Peter saw a vision of unclean animals:
“Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”
—Acts 10:14
If Christ declared pork clean, Peter never heard about it.
Peter later explained the vision wasn’t about food:
“God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean.”
—Acts 10:28
And Christ? He upheld every letter of the law:
“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law… I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.”
—Matthew 5:17
If He ever ate pork, He would’ve sinned — and couldn’t be our Savior.
“But wasn’t that just for Israel?”
Not according to Isaiah.
“Those who sanctify themselves… eating swine’s flesh… shall be consumed together.”
—Isaiah 66:17
When Christ returns to set up the Kingdom of God, holiness won’t be optional.
And the Marriage Supper of the Lamb won’t be serving pork. As Jordan Rubin notes:
“God gave His moral law and His dietary guidelines to the Jews at the same time… Just as the moral guidelines preserved the culture of Israel, so the dietary guidelines preserved their physical health.”
—The Maker’s Diet
The Kingdom is coming. You decide what’s on your plate.
You can believe theologians — or the Great Physician.
You can trust government food codes — or the God who designed digestion.
But know this: The same Christ who died for you never ate pork for you.
Modern science is catching up to ancient wisdom.
The Johns Hopkins study didn’t make God right — it proved He always was.
“Observe and obey all these words… that it may go well with you and your children after you forever…”
—Deuteronomy 12:28
“Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”
—1 John 3:3
You’re not saved by diet.
But obedience reveals who your Lord and Master really is.
Coming soon: A perfect world — with perfect laws, perfect health, and perfect peace. And yes, the Kingdom menu will be kosher.
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