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The word is getting around…..
….its even reached The Economist. They’ve finally discovered that those things that were supposed to be bad for—-meat, butter, eggs, etc—-aren’t. Nothing in here you didn’t know but it’s well-presented. http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21602984-why-everything-you-heard-about-fat-wrong-case-eating-steak-and-cream And if you want to buy the book, here’s Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1451624425/insta0c-20
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Summing it up….
….something to share with your meat customers. It’s been around for awhile but powerful testimony. Thanks to Dawn Gerrish for telling us about Beyond Organics Ranch. http://draxe.com/discovering-beyond-organics/
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On pork….
….we took guests this weekend to a nearby farm store. As fellow pig breeders, I thought they would be interested in another approach to marketing pork. We’d tasted the sausage before and appreciated the flavor but without endorsing the management technique of using regular genetically-modified grain, plus day-old bread from a bakery (not only GM flour but other unknowns including chemical preservatives and flavoring) and finally “scraps”. Still this is the typical way most farmers raise their pigs in the local ag community and it’s certainly better than the industrial pork that makes up the sausage you buy at the store or eat in restaurants. Here’s an excerpt from the “River…
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Something else not added to Thistle Hill meat….
….another warning about the weed killer that is killing you: glyphosate. It’s everywhere….in fact, I see garden sprays actually bragging on the label in big letters that it’s in their mix. I think it is also important to mention in connection with those industry studies which “prove” that genetically-modified foods are safe”. One thing those studies never do is couple the testing of GM foods with the glyphosate that is almost always used in conjunction with genetically-modified farming. You just aren’t going to have one without the other. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/05/25/food-minerals-soil-health.aspx
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Speaking of microbes….
….as we were in the previous post: here’s a review of a new book that appears to be an interesting and comprehensive look at the damage being done to us by the indiscriminate use of antibiotics. Just about all the meat you eat….in a restaurant or from a grocery store….has been laced with antibiotics and the damage is enormous before you even get to the question of drug-resistant diseases. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229701.000-why-antibiotics-are-wmds-to-our-bodies-microbes.html?cmpid=RSS%7CNSNS%7C2012-GLOBAL%7Chealth#.U4m4EIcU-cy Thistle Hill meat, of course, never contains antibiotics (or anything else).
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Nothing you don’t know but….
….Dr. Joseph Mercola has a good summary of “why” grass fed beef and dairy is the way to go over at his website. You may want to forward it to friends. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/05/21/grass-fed-beef-dairy.aspx
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What difference does it make?
No, not switching subjects. But the New York Times food columnist, Mark Bittman, makes some interesting points about organic farming, GMOs, and eating healthfully. There is a lot of hysteria among the “foodies” and Bittman makes the point that the alarm over GMO would better be focused on antibiotics which are demonstrably a real threat….and sail along untouched in Big Ag. You have to wade through some typical New York Times biases but it’s worth reading. www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/opinion/bittman-leave-organic-out-of-it.html?action=click&contentCollection=Africa&module=MostEmailed&version=Full®ion=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article&_r=0
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Organic vegetables may not be safe either….
….leave it to Dr. Joseph Mercola to give us something else to worry about: organic vegetables may well be a major carrier of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Organic farmers are the ones most likely to use “natural” fertilizers….but do they know where that cow manure comes from? Probably the regular factory-raised cows….who are routinely fed huge doses of antibiotics. So far, no one has focused on the threat. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/05/07/antibiotic-resistance-genes.aspx
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The truth continues to dribble out….
….swearing off meat is bad for you. An Austrian study of vegetarians confirms that it is not a healthy life-style. Just think if everyone ate red meat and swore off grains and sugar! http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/04/01/study-vegetarians-less-healthy-lower-quality-of-life-than-meat-eaters/
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An idea whose time has come….
….we’ve been writing for some time about the hazard posed by the wide-spread use of antibiotics in raising animals. So-called “superbugs” have come along making it harder and harder to fight bacterial infections. Now, at least one hospital has decided to fight back. It’s serving beef (and chicken) that was raised without antibiotics. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-antibiotic-free-meat-20140401,0,129974.story#axzz2xgebjUrS