Editing Rastafari (section)

=== Diet ===
{{Main|Ital}}

[[File:Ital food - 01.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A Styrofoam container of food, plastic fork, and glass of juice|An [[ital]] breakfast; ackee, plantain, boiled food, breadfruit, and mango-pineapple juice]]
Rastas seek to produce food "naturally",{{sfn|Clarke|1986|p=83}} eating what they call [[ital]], or "natural" food.{{sfnm|1a1=Clarke|1y=1986|1p=83|2a1=Barrett|2y=1997|2p=141|3a1=Fernández Olmos|3a2=Paravisini-Gebert|3y=2011|3p=198|4a1=Edmonds|4y=2012|4p=47}} This is often grown [[Organic farming|organically]],{{sfnm|1a1=Clarke|1y=1986|1p=83|2a1=Loadenthal|2y=2013|2p=4|3a1=Fernández Olmos|3a2=Paravisini-Gebert|3y=2011|3p=198|4a1=Edmonds|4y=2012|4p=47}} and locally.{{sfn|Edmonds|2012|p=47}} Most Rastas adhere to the [[kosher|dietary laws]] outlined in the Book of Leviticus, and thus avoid eating pork or crustaceans.{{sfnm|1a1=Fernández Olmos|1a2=Paravisini-Gebert|1y=2011|1p=198|2a1=Edmonds|2y=2012|2p=49}} Other Rastas remain [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]],{{sfnm|1a1=Clarke|1y=1986|1p=83|2a1=Kebede|2a2=Knottnerus|2y=1998|2p=507|3a1=Edmonds|3y=2012|3p=49|4a1=Sibanda|4y=2016|4p=184}} or [[Veganism|vegan]],{{sfn|Fernández Olmos|Paravisini-Gebert|2011|p=198}} a practice stemming from their interpretation of Leviticus.{{efn|{{Bibleverse|Leviticus|11:41–42|KJV}}}}{{sfn|Barnett|2005|p=72}} Many also avoid the addition of additives, including sugar and salt, to their food.{{sfnm|1a1=Barrett|1y=1997|1p=141|2a1=Fernández Olmos|2a2=Paravisini-Gebert|2y=2011|2p=198|3a1=Edmonds|3y=2012|3p=49|4a1=Sibanda|4y=2016|4p=184}} Rasta dietary practices have been ridiculed by non-Rastas; in Ghana for example, where food traditionally includes a high meat content, the Rastas' emphasis on vegetable produce has led to the joke that they "eat like sheep and goats".{{sfn|White|2010|p=309}} In Jamaica, Rasta practitioners have commercialised ital food, for instance by selling fruit juices prepared according to Rasta custom.{{sfn|Barrett|1997|p=267}}

Rastafarians typically avoid food produced by non-Rastas or from unknown sources.{{sfnm|1a1=Kitzinger|1y=1966|1p=35|2a1=Clarke|2y=1986|2p=85|3a1=Barrett|3y=1997|3p=142|4a1=Edmonds|4y=2012|4p=48}} Rasta men refuse to eat food prepared by a woman while she is menstruating,{{sfnm|1a1=Rowe|1y=1980|1p=15|2a1=Chevannes|2y=1994|2pp=157–158|3a1=Barrett|3y=1997|3p=142|4a1=Kebede|4a2=Knottnerus|4y=1998|4p=504}} and some will avoid food prepared by a woman at any time.{{sfn|Chevannes|1994|pp=165–166}} Rastas also generally avoid [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]],{{sfnm|1a1=Kitzinger|1y=1969|1p=247|2a1=Clarke|2y=1986|2p=85|3a1=Barrett|3y=1997|3p=131|4a1=Fernández Olmos|4a2=Paravisini-Gebert|4y=2011|4p=198}} [[cigarettes]],{{sfnm|1a1=Barrett|1y=1997|1p=131|2a1=Fernández Olmos|2a2=Paravisini-Gebert|2y=2011|2p=198|3a1=Edmonds|3y=2012|3p=48}} and hard drugs such as [[heroin]] and [[cocaine]],{{sfn|Edmonds|2012|p=48}} presenting these substances as unnatural and dirty and contrasting them with cannabis.{{sfn|Loadenthal|2013|p=5}} Rastas also often avoid mainstream scientific medicine and will reject surgery, injections, or blood transfusions.{{sfn|Fernández Olmos|Paravisini-Gebert|2011|p=199}} Instead they utilise herbal medicine for healing, especially teas and poultices, with cannabis often used as an ingredient.{{sfn|Fernández Olmos|Paravisini-Gebert|2011|pp=198–199}}