Eat chicken today get mad cow disease tommorow?

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Sorry this didn't go through the first time.

Last night, the Los Angeles Lakers basketball

team got creamed by the Sacramento Kings and fell

behind 2 games to 1 in the Western Coference

finals.

Earlier this week, Lakers star Kobe

got creamed with a severe case of food poisoning

after eating a cheeseburger and cheesecake.

The Los angeles Laker's coach, Phil ,

gave this nutritional advice to Kobe:

" We told him if he had some chicken

soup, he'd be fine. "

Not after reading today's column, Phil.

On Thursday (May 23, 2002), the British newspaper

GUARDIAN reported that cow proteins were found

in chicken breast fillets.

Thirty samples were tested. Seventeen of those

samples of chicken breast meat contained DNA

from mammals including cows and pigs.

The substance that causes Mad Cow Disease is called

a Prion. Prions are not destroyed by cooking. As a

matter of fact, Prions exposed to 1000 degree heat

(celsius) in lab tests cannot be deactivated.

In 2001, 13 billion pounds of dead cow parts

were fed to America's chickens as food.

If you are raising your own chickens, and

slaughtering same, then you fully control

their life and death process and are aware

of what you are putting into their bodies

and, ultimately, yours.

If your dead chicken is purchased from a

supermarket or from a Kentucky Fried

fast food restaurant, then you have no clue

what went into that bird's body.

More finger-licking good info:

This week, two Alabama scientists presented their

own chicken nuggests of wisdom. These researchers

had wondered about what kinds of bacteria they

would identify on grocery store chicken.

Sulaiman Gbadamosi and Edith found that

92% of the chicken purchased from supermarkets

were contaminated with bacteria that are found

in chicken feces. These bacteria can cause

disease in humans.

The scientists purchased chicken parts, such as

wings, thighs, livers, and legs, from the meat

departments of seven Alabama supermarkets.

They then cultured the bacteria found inside

of the packaged chicken parts and determined

that 29% of the bacterial cultures were resistant to

at least one commonly used antibiotic, and 23% of

those samples were reisitant to two or more

antibiotics.

The authors concluded:

" The results of our study suggest extensive

contamination of raw chicken with bacteria

known to cause illnesses in humans, as well

as bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. "

I spoke with Dr. Gbadamosi (Sule) and have

found him to be a very passionate man who

believes in his work. Despite USDA pressures

to hold back the truth, I believe that Sule

will do whatever it takes to make a difference.

After discussing academic pressures, and

possible criticisms from industry, Dr. Gbadamosi

pledged to keep doing what he does. He said:

" Work, I guess that's what it will take

to bring things out in the open. "

Please encourage this good man to keep exposing

these meat and milk frauds,

You can reach Dr. Gbadamosi:

Sulaiman Gbadamosi

gbadam@...

(334) 727-8940

Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com