Is it true that Jews (ones that follow Hebrew dietary laws) don't eat the fats of meats?

Question

Is it true that Jews (ones that follow Hebrew dietary laws) don't eat the fats of meats?

Answer 1

Most Jews I have known do trim off the fat, yes.  They're not totally restricted from eating fat since if you eat meat it's kinda impossible not to eat a bit of fat...even in the leanest cuts you're going to have some fat.  They just cut off the main sections although a lot of the leftover fat is cooked out since they have to eat their meat welldone (they are prohibited from consuming blood so they can't eat medium or rare).

Answer 2

NO

Answer 3

There are bits of fat in nearly all parts of meat. Even if you cut away the large hunks of fat, there are small bits in the "lean" section of the meat.

Even skinless boneless chicken breast (one of the healthiest things you can eat, based on my experience...and my experience includes being a vegetarian for 2.75 years) has a tiny bit of fat in it.

To completely avoid the fat in meat, you'd have to refrain from eating it.

Answer 4

It's impossible to take off ALL the fat from meat. However, most fat is taken out of it. The fat that IS taken off mostly, is the fat that surrounds vital organs.

Answer 5

God prohibited humans from eating animal fat from cuts of meat for disease prevention reasons in the human body that our scientists are just now realizing. God is telling us that red meat is not unhealthy to eat if it is grilled well done or the blood cooked out of it and all external fat cut off and thrown out before eating such meats.

Answer 6

The main parts of fat is taken off, however in some meats there's a little bit left, it's just how muscle is. We do take the blood out which is why a lot of kosher meats are heavily salted.  

Answer 7

The simple answer is it depends what fat you are talking about.

The Torah prohibits Jews from eating the fat that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity.  This fat, also called suet, can be peeled off in sheets.  It is forbidden to eat the suet of bovines (cows) and ovines (sheet and goats).  The suet of kosher wild animals, though, is permitted.

This fat, interestingly, and perhaps this is the underlying reason for the prohibition, was part of the offering of an animal on the altar.  Since wild (kosher) animals were not permitted on the altar, their suet was not prohibited.

Intramuscular fat (the fat known as marbling in a regular piece of meat ) is absolutely permitted by Torah law, though it might not be the healthiest choice of food.

The fats of all other kosher animals (fowl, fish) are all permitted.