Part eight of the Series: Food for the Family
There are 20 foods that I will not buy for my family after careful research and experience in healthy eating for my family.
Continuing with Meats:
Pork packaged on the shelf.
Pork is a notoriously unclean meat. Studies have shown that pork meats like bacon and sausage are high in fat and bad for your cholesterol.
What do I mean when I speak of shelf stable packaged pork? This is pork that is usually salted and is non-refrigerated. It can be found on shelves near the meat isle.
While pork is one of the most widely eaten meats around the world, it is one of the worst for the health. Pigs are scavengers and along with their slop (feed) they will eat dead carcasses, worms and other insects and even their own feces. They also do not sweat to release their toxins. The toxins are therefore kept within the pig and we consume it when eating pork.
I confess, I still use bacon and occasionally sausage, but what I won't buy is the shelf stable pork. Pork is notorious for containing parasites. Trichinosis, also called trichinellosis, or trichiniasis, is a parasitic disease that you can get from eating pork no matter what part of the world you live in. It doesn't necessarily have to be raw or undercooked to get a parasite from the meat. This makes me even more leery about eating the pork that isn't refrigerated.
More Resources:
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/trichinellosis/
http://www.healthytomorrow.com/Parasites-2.html
Speaking of parasites, when was the last time you did a colon cleanse? Did you know they should be done once or twice a year. I recommend Health Plus Inc's colon cleanse.
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