Rastafarians take from Leviticus the eating of certain foods. Their diet consists mostly of natural, vegetarian) diet, while avoiding alcohol and salt. Many avoid pork, shellfish, meat, eggs, artificial additives and chemicals, and caffeine.

Do Rastas eat cheese?

It is also practiced because as strict adherents to natural living, Rastafarians often believe the human being is a natural vegetarian based on human physiology and anatomy. Some adherents to Ital diets are strict vegans, as they do not consider dairy to be natural for human consumption either.

Do Rastas eat rice?

You can eat brown rice and many roasted seeds which add flavor to the fruits and vegetables. Also, these are great resources of protein, so you might want to load up on peas and beans because you are not allowed to eat meat, unless it's fish and shellfish which needs to be bigger than 12 inches.