Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on how does culture & religion affect the types of food/meat you can consume. On a comparative basis, many food taboos seem to make no sense at all, as to what may be said unfit by one group may be totally acceptable to another (Ojwang, 2011). On the other side, food taboos have a long history and one have to expect a well explanation for the existence of certain dietary customs in particular cultures. However, no single theory may explain why people embrace special food taboos. This paper wants to bring back interest in food taboo research and apply a functionalist’s explanation. Nevertheless, to highlight some of the modalities of probable reasons for food taboo certain examples have been chosen, such as traditional food taboos in orthodox Jewish and Hindu societies as well as reports on aspects of dietary restrictions in communities with traditional lifestyles of Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Nigeria. A medical background is particular for many, including some that are perceived as religious in origin. On one hand, food taboos can assist in utilizing a resource more effectively. contrary, these taboos can guarantee conservation of some resources. These taboos, whether scientifically ascertained, are usually meant to protect the human individual and that certain allergies and depression are linked with each other and could lead to declaring food items taboo that were identified as causal agents for the allergies. Additionally, any food taboo recognized by a particular group of people as part of its ways help in bringing togetherness to the group, it aid a particular group distinct itself from others, and therefore bring the feeling of togetherness. There is this question being put across as to why animals don’t eat the same kind of food. This often look like it is a funny question, but it is important question than one could think. Additionaly, to grow and live, animals allover require the same basic things: carbohydrates, protein, fats, some minerals and water. Then why should we have this different variety of food on the planet earth. Heterotrophic organism all need almost the same kind of food stuffs but because of their different sizes, different habitats, and different anatomies this variety of species will need different foodstuffs to satisfy their need (Abdussalam & Kaferstein, 1996). A lion can also eat a mouse and a dog can eat a zebra but they are not built for this category of food stuffs. Same with grazers like cows they don’t climb threes and giraffes on the other hand can’t graze on the ground. Additionally, it is a Natural that, where there exist resource that is not yet exploited, it often becomes a matter of time before organism discovers and uses it. However, high competition for one and the same kind of food by some species definitely would lead to the extinction of one of them or it would lead to the same species occupying different niches, either with regard to the food itself or the timing of feeding. It is now somehow clear why different species with different habitats and anatomies use certain food items, also with regard to specific species there are also different food specialties and therefore it is no obvious why individuals of the same species should prefer certain resources (Abdussalam & Kaferstein, 1996). It is therefore capturing the attention why the same adults of the same species and gender will prefer different foodstuffs yet they are equally built. Some competition could be at play, varying collecting skills and strategies, acquired through learning could also be another because.