I've always imagined the Pig taboo originated in the specific practical reason that it's easy to get parasites from pork meat (1), especially if your understand

I've always imagined the Pig taboo originated in the specific practical reason that it's easy to get parasites from pork meat (1), especially if your understanding of food safety and sanitation is pre-modern. "Originated" however, does not mean that this is actually a compelling reason. Just that someone thought it was. Of course you could argue, "no, it's as safe as anything else if you ..., they could have ...". Maybe they could have, but they didn't. 1) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9501363/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9501363/