more on mothering advice: dioxins.

[Guest guest]

so, yay for mothering doing the soy-is-bad article.

however, there's also a segment from the green guide saying that you

shouldn't have any dairy products when you're pregnant because of dioxins

(so insead you should choose skim milk (since dioxin is in the FAT), nonfat

dairy products, and tofu).

arg. at least it says you should eat grassfed meat. but of course, because

of the dioxins, everyone will be cutting off the fat!

my feeling on dioxins is that it's somewhat unavoidable. the animals get it

by eating the grass, and that means that even vegetarians will get it by

eating vegetables. at least i can eat stuff raised away from highways, and

that's the best i can do i think. anyone else have thoughts? (have we

discussed this before?)

-katja

[Guest guest]

>my feeling on dioxins is that it's somewhat unavoidable. the animals get it

>by eating the grass, and that means that even vegetarians will get it by

>eating vegetables. at least i can eat stuff raised away from highways, and

>that's the best i can do i think. anyone else have thoughts? (have we

>discussed this before?)

>

>-katja

And even the Inuit get it in seal fat! I think you are safest if you eat low in

the food chain, and younger animals. Dioxin accumulates in fat. Now commercial

beef is fed animal fat (I think it is restricted now, as far as sheep fat, but

I'm sure

they get fish meal?), so it might accumulate more than grass fed beef. But I've

often wondered if some of the statistical " fat is bad " info might be traceable

to toxins that accumulate in the fat of modern animals. Chicken probably

has it too, esp. since they are fed meat meal. Vegies have it too, but not

in the concentrations that are found as you go up the food chain.

Also, when you LOSE weight, the dioxin in YOUR fat goes into your

system. This is said to make Orcas sick when food is scarce, they have

high dioxin in their fat too.

Sure would be nice if someone worked on stopping the SOURCES

of this stuff! Like the companies that are creating it ....

-- Heidi Jean