Guest guest Posted April 25, 2002 Report Share Posted April 25, 2002 At 10:38 AM 4/23/2002 -0400, you wrote: > Quick wrote: > > > > >Alec wrote: > > >I believe Sally once said that one of the reasons for no pork is her > > >co-author, Enig, is Jewish. > > > > That's nice. So NT is based on somebody's religious dietary taboos? I > > thought there was supposed to be science behind the work. I don't > > have any problem with not wanting to contribute to a book with > > pork or shellfish recipes in it. But they should be forthright about > > this, instead of throwing fuzzy science at it. > >Opinion seconded. > >It's a no-win situation for an author of such a book, though. Whenever >you intentionally leave out subjects that might offend some people you >usually end up offending and equivalent number of people. > >I spent a number of my growing up years in eastern North Carolina, the >home of east Carolina barbeque, which is based on pork. I practically >grew up on the stuff, and to this day it is one of my favorite foods. >The only bad effect I've had from it has been that " roll me out the >door " feeling when my local barbeque restaurant has their monthly >pig-pickin' all you can eat deal. (A bad habit, I know.) > >And when it comes to shellfish, my girlfriend can practically eat her >weight in crabs with no ill effects. > >What about all of those traditional pork and shellfish dishes from >Polynesia and the pacific islands? What about all of those pork dishes >from the far east? To leave out pork and shellfish, regardless of the >reason, leaves out traditional dishes from _huge_ areas of the world >that do not have the judeo-christian-moslim food taboos. Not to mention >the traditional New England Clambake. There are numerous references to pork on the WAP web site. Also in the nutrition guideline of NT 2nd edition pork is listed as a compromise food. A compromise food is one that healthy people can eat. http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/food_in_china.html http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/ancient_dietary_wisdom.html http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/nasty_brutish_short.html http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/merrie_olde_england.html http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/the_mediterranean_diet.html http://www.westonaprice.org/traditional_diets/japan.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 , It may be that pig cells are very similar to human cells, so they use them in cancer studies, grafting etc. Kathy Who doesn't know the answer about whether we should be eating pork-but does (eat it that is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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