This may be one of my most controversial posts because eating pork seems to have an almost cult following. Some people love their pork and there is nothing anyone can say to change their mind.
When I was a child I would help my uncle feed the pigs on his farm. I remember thinking that they were a disgusting animal. My father ate 2 strips of bacon for breakfast most of his life. My mom fixed a ham for Easter and at Christmas unless Jewish friends came over. After Joann and I got married, we used to have a honey baked ham during the holidays. I must confess that we have had our share of pork until about 14 years ago when we had a “come to Jesus moment” and realized the consumption of pork is really bad.
The consumption of pork has been connected to multiple sclerosis (MS). In countries like India and Israel, the rate of MS is 87% lower than in the USA.
Liver cancer and cirrhosis is also associated with eating pork. Studies show that there is an increased danger of acquiring Hepatitis E from eating pork.
Yersinia poisoning is a leading cause of death relating to pork consumption. One study estimates that there are 117,000 cases of pork-related food poisoning each year in the USA leading to 35 deaths. Other risks of Yersinia poisoning can lead to joint inflammation and arthritis caused by infection.
A pig digests its food in about four hours, leaving many of the toxins hiding in its layers of fat as well as H1N1 and H3N1 flu viruses. They also carry a number of other viruses and parasites which put us at risk every time we eat pork.
When you think about it, pigs are pretty disgusting animals. They are nature’s garbage disposals and will eat most everything. When we kill sheep, goat, or deer we take all the scraps to our neighbor’s pigs which do a fine job of cleaning up the mess so we don’t draw any coyotes to the homestead. Pigs serve a definite purpose, but are not a safe meat source.
For more information, here is an interesting article on eating pork https://draxe.com/why-you-should-avoid-pork/
Pigs are one animal that you will never find on our homestead because of the physical dangers. You will notice that I avoided the religious reasons for not eating pork, but there are many that are also important.
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