No one has yet addressed how the human body is constructed for food digestion, except for the teeth. When I was in college studying biology (I have a minor in it) and in Nursing School, we were taught that the length of the intestine is what determines what an animal eats. Herbivores have long intestines because plant food is more difficult to digest; carnivores have short intestines, and the human being, like bears, have an intermediate length intestine, making us omnivores, designed to eat both plant and animal matter.
Now it appears that the Creator intended human beings to eat both plants and animals, why are we arguing about his design? If one wants to be a vegetarian as their own preference, fine, but don’t try to make it a religious thing and try to say we should only be eating vegetables, because that is at cross purposes with the design of the human body, created by God.
As far as unsafe food, cases of trichinosis and listeria and mad cow disease are rare in developed countries, that’s why they showcase them on such shows as Medical Mystery (I saw that show too), whereas E Coli is a common bacteria that can contaminate both plant and animal food and water, and the most widespread cases recently have come from contaminated vegetables. In other words, you are more likely to get sick with E coli from eating your salad than getting trichinosis or listeria from your meat, and the EColi infection can kill you more quickly.
One has to use some common sense and not become sensationalist and scare yourself and others with some exotic disease that most physicians will never encounter in a lifetime of practice in this country, when the real danger of food-borne illness might just be on the fingers of someone’s unwashed hands or veggies or improperly cooked meat right in home and restaurant kitchens across the country.
If it’s good enough for Him it surely must be good enough for you.