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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011
I'm old enough to remember the cigarette commercial that went, "You've come a long way baby".
We have indeed come a long way. I remember the time before the internet was available for home use. I would go to the University of Louisville's engineering school computer lab and access the internet. Back then only universities and government research sites were connected. That was before the world wide web, before web browsers like Internet Explore, Firefox and search programs like Google and Yahoo.
Today everyone has access to the internet. We walk around with more powerful computers in our pockets than NASA used to land the first man on the moon. Even those who don't own a personal computer can go to the local library and get on line for free.
I remember the encyclopedia salesman that would come to the door trying to sell those expensive books that held all that knowledge. Today we have all the accumulative knowledge of mankind at our finger tips. Anything you want to know is just a few key strokes, and a mouse click away.
Getting back to that cigarette commercial, doctors used to advertise the benefits of smoking cigarettes. We've come a long way indeed.
Today we know that cigarette smoke and even second hand smoke is bad for our health. We know that we were lied to all those years. We have proof of the lies. The tobacco companies have paid out billions in settlements for all the lies and deception.
I hope you are now aware of the lies told to you by the USDA. By the big food and drink companies. Lies told to us by the healthcare industry. LIES, LIES, LIES!
The truth is available to us. We have the knowledge we need to make healthy choices.
We've talked about the dangers of sugar, starches, and grains like wheat. We've talked about the dangers of radiation ovens (microwave ovens). See previous posts to learn more.
Now I would like to talk about the dangers of eating PORK. That's right all you paleoers out their, PORK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU! I know that goes against everything you've been told, but WHO told you that pork was safe to eat. Wasn't it the same people that have lied to you about the other so called good, healthy food?
For those who are still reading this I hope you will take a look at the proof that I will present here. Don't take my word for it. I'm only going to scratch the surface of all the information that is available. Study into the subject yourself. You have all the tools you need to find out for yourself.
When you buy a new car you go to the owners manual to find out what grade of fuel and oil to use in your engine. You wouldn't put diesel fuel in a high performance gasoline engine. You wouldn't put axle grease in the crankcase. The same with the human body. To find out what fuel is best for us we go to the owners manual, the Bible. The word of God tells what food is healthy for us to eat and what to avoid. God should know, He made us.
There's lots of articles available online. One is an article called:
Or read it online here: http://herbert-w-armstrong.com/books/ANIMALFLESH/Is-All-Animal-Flesh-Good-Food.htm
"You Are Eating Poison!
You don't eat every plant that grows out of the ground. Some things that grow are poison, not food.
But did you know there are many kinds of poisons? Potassium cyanide will kill you very quickly. Some poisons will result in death within a few hours or a few days. But very few seem to know there are other poisons people mistakenly eat as foods which result in premature death after continuous usage for, say, ten, or thirty, or fifty years.
The only difference between these poisons we falsely call foods and potassium cyanide is the relative number of minutes, hours, or years it takes to accomplish its mission.
Just as every plant that God caused to grow out of the ground was not designed for food, so it is with animal flesh. Some will say, "Well, if swine's flesh isn't supposed to be eaten as food, what did God create swine for?" You might as well ask, what did God create weeds and poison vines for? Everything may have been created for a purpose, but not everything for the purpose of eating…"
Read: "Dangers of Pork" here: http://www.squidoo.com/Dangers_of_Pork
Read: "The Adverse Influence of Pork Consumption on Health" by Professor Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg M.D. here:
http://www.healthmasters.com/blog/adverse-influence-pork-consumption-health
Watch the video: "Why You should not EAT or Touch Pork"
See a worm pulled out of a woman's brain, contracted by eating pork.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNC1i6RlnTg&feature=related
Mainstream Christian preachers talk about pork in the following two videos:
Watch video: "God's Health Plan-Amazing Facts"
Read pdf: "The Dangers of Pork Eating Exposed" by J.H. Kellogg M.D.
www.assemblyofyah.com/pdfs/PorkDangers.pdf
Read the book: "Exposing the New Dangers of Pork (Earth's Organic Garbage Dosposal)"
Available on Amazon.com
"Exposing The New Dangers Of Pork - Earth's Organic Waste Disposal By Nasir M. Hakim Swine were designed to be scavengers: to eat the earth's filth, dead, sewage and waste. But after they do their work, it was not designed for humans to turn around and eat the organic garbage disposal itself! If we are going to eat the earth's filth ourselves, then making the swine was simply unnecessary. I am confident that if any intelligent person currently eating this most dangerous flesh, read the well documented facts inside this book, they will stop eating the poisonous swine immediately! For those who have stopped, you will want to investigate further, because you'd be surprised at the new forms this animal comes in, especially with the enormous variety of genetically engineered "foods." This is a process, of which, food manufacturers DO NOT have to inform the public by food labeling."
Dr. Mercola's web site has sever articles on pork.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/07/12/are-there-deadly-superbugs-in-your-pork.aspx
"Scientists have detected antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pork, pigs... It is possible that these so-called super bugs could infect farm workers or even people who eat pork."
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/01/02/pork-and-hepatitis-e.aspx
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Pork: Did Leviticus 11:7 Have It Right?https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/03/01/pork-consumption-prohibitions.aspx
Does pork consumption cause cirrhosis? Perhaps, if people become obese from eating pork
An article from DrAxe.com
http://www.draxe.com/why-you-should-avoid-pork/
"Pork 101: Know the Facts.
Pork is one of the most consumed meats in the world. China is the largest producer of pigs that were first domesticated way back around 7500 B.C.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that more than 100 viruses come to the United States each year from China through pigs. There are some obvious concerns about this. Aside from not needing more viruses to fight off, some of these viruses can prove to be downright dangerous to humans.
Of course, you’re probably familiar with H1N1, better known as ‘the swine flu.” This too is a virus that has made the leap from pig to human.
But H1N1 is not the only disease to fear from the pig. There are other sicknesses you can get from eating the meat of the pig.
Pork meat is loaded with toxins, more so than most other meats like beef and chicken.
Is Pork Meat Toxic?
There are reasons that the meat of the pig becomes more saturated with toxins than many of its counterpart farm animals. The first reason has to do with the digestive system of a pig.
A pig digests whatever it eats rather quickly, in up to about four hours. On the other hand a cow takes a good twenty-four hours to digest what it’s eaten. During the digestive process, animals (including humans) get rid of excess toxins as well as other components of the food eaten that could be dangerous to health.
Since the pig’s digestive system operates rather basically, many of these toxins remain in their system to be stored in their more than adequate fatty tissues ready for our consumption.
Another issue with the pig is that it doesn’t have any sweat glands. Sweat glands are a tool the body uses to be rid of toxins. This leaves more toxins in the pig’s body.
I don’t have to tell you that when you consume pork meat, you too are getting all these toxins that weren’t eliminated from the pig. None of us need more toxins in our systems. In fact we should all be doing what we can to eliminate and cut down on toxin exposure. One vital way to do this is by choosing what you eat carefully.
Trichinellosis, Pork Meat, and Your Health.
Did you know that pigs carry a variety of parasites in their bodies and meat? Some of these parasites are difficult to kill even when cooking. This is the reason there are so many warnings out there about eating undercooked pork.
One of the biggest concerns with eating pork meat is trichinellosis or trichinosis. This is an infection that humans get from eating undercooked or uncooked pork that contains the larvae of the trichinella worm.
This worm parasite is very commonly found in pork. When the worm, most often living in cysts in the stomach, opens through stomach acids, its larvae are released into the body of the pig. These new worms make their homes in the muscles of the pig. Next stop? The unknowing human body who consumes this infected meat flesh.
And while no one particularly wants to consume worms, trichinellosis is a serious illness that you should do virtually anything to avoid.
Common Symptoms of Trichinellosis:
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Headache
• Fever
• Chills
• Cough
• Swollen eyes
• Muscle pain
• Aching joints
• Coordination problems
• Heart issues
• Breathing problems
These symptoms of trichinellosis can really put you out of the game for quite a while. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) these symptoms can last for weeks and in more serious cases months on end.
The CDC recommends thorough cooking of pork as well as freezing the pork meat prior to cooking to kill off any worms. I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel good about eating anything that I first have to kill off its worms to eat.
In fact, it’s been theorized that trichinellosis is the exact cause of Mozart’s rather sudden death at age 35. An American researcher theorized this after studying all the documents recording the days before, during, and after Mozart’s death. He found that Mozart suffered many of the above listed symptoms and he, himself, had recorded in his journal the consumption of pork just forty-four days before his own death.
(If you want to read more on this intriguing story you can find it in the Archives of Internal Medicine’s June 2001 issue.)
But that’s not all….
Pigs carry many viruses and parasites with them. Whether by coming in direct contact with them through farms or by eating their meat we put ourselves at higher risk of getting one of these painful, often debilitating diseases (not to mention put our bodies on toxic overload.)
Pigs are primary carriers of:
• Taenia solium tapeworm
• Hepatitis E virus (HEV)
• PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome)
• Nipah virus
• Menangle virus
Each of these parasites and viruses can lead to serious health problems that can last for years to come.
What you choose to eat is up to you. Myself, I choose to stay away from unclean pork (and shellfish.) The reasons discussed here are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to eating pigs and your health.
Do your own research, carefully consider what the Bible so many years ago warned us about, then make your own educated decision about what you choose to feed yourself and your loved ones.
Sources
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (2010)
Science Direct (1999)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (2007)"
Yes, we've come a long way. Make sure it's the RIGHT way.
