Re: Question regarding PORK....?

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> Bee & Moderators....

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> I know pork is on the diet and my husband and I certainly eat it and love it.

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> However, I become concerned about giving it to the children, and recently had

a very reputable lady who owns a local healthfood store tell me that it should

not be eaten. I realize there is tons of contradictory information everywhere,

but I want to question what she told me....

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> She said that pork was not healthy because pigs do not sweat like we do and as

such cannot excrete their own metabolic waste. So when we eat pork we have to

do double the work detoxing because our bodies have to work at detoxing their

waste/toxins in addition to our own.....or something very similar to that. She

said that is was no coincidence so many cultures/religions/groups absolutely

abstain from consuming it. We also have several close friends that consciously

stay away from all types of pork as well.

+++Hi Jenna. It is true that pigs do not sweat but that doesn't mean their

bodies wouldn't detoxify and get rid of their metabolic waste, otherwise pigs

couldn't have survived at all. Sweating isn't the only way mammals get rid of

waste products.

+++One reason pork isn't eaten is because of the Bible, however pigs didn't do

well in dry climates like the land/areas lived in during that time because they

do not have sweat glands. Cells in animals, including humans, do not select

toxins to make up their meats and fats anyway. They select nutrients! Toxins

can overload their detoxifying systems, just like they can ours, but they are

slaughtered long before they could be unhealthy to consume.

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> I get so easily confused when people try to contradict what we choose to

eat/not eat and give seemingly logical information to support their reasons -

and because it gives my children massive diarrhea, and because of the

historical/cultural factor I guess I began to believe this position.....can you

please clarify this for me and tell me what research indicates pork to be a

safe, and even beneficial, meat source?

+++Don't blame good foods for diarrhea or any other reactions, since they are

caused by the body itself in efforts to heal and detoxify itself and it is able

to do this IF it gets proper nutrients. Even though it seems longer for your

children to get healthy, it doesn't mean good foods are bad for them in any way.

All the best, Bee