Why is pork forbidden in Islam?

Best to stay away from a lot of meat these days. Most have a lot of meat by-products and other stuff in them. 

I gave up pork long before becoming a Moslem. It is terribly fatty and generally not very healthy for you. Best to grab a banana and eat a fresh spinich salad.

If we are to bring all these medical or bad effects of pigs then we might else weel bring other animals into it to, Chicken and any other fowl that humans consume there is the threat of bird flu.

Any meat that is not prepared carefully or is not cooked properly or stored properly there is the potiential of illness.

I am not denying the medical reports at all. Even healthy foods can be harmful and is consuming too much water.

Hanan wrote: "You are what you eat" is a native American proverb, but I don�t think it should be taken literally.

I agree with you here, I do not take it literally either.

Folklore says that eating the meat of the pig contributes to lack of morality and shame, plus greed for wealth, laziness, indulgence, dirtiness and gluttony. A person who shows these characteristics is often called a �Pig.�

I believe this is not meant to be taken literally, because in real life its false. I'm quite sure that there are some vegetarians who act the same as well as those who don't eat pork.

It is said that pigs do not like to soil their sleeping quarters. As for their tendency to wallow in mud, that is done mainly to keep cool.

that's true including that they are one of the smartest animals. it is quite know that pigs are a clean animal.

in Koran it says: "He has only forbidden you dead meat, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and any (food) over which the name of other than Allah has been invoked. But if one is forced by necessity, without willful disobedience, nor transgressing due limits, then Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

is this the only verse? (i'm not well versed in the qu'ran)

Hold fast to the rope of Allah, and be not divided