Millions of dollars are spent each year to understand
which foods are healthy and which are not. Did you know that
this information was documented millennia ago?
BY BRADFORD G. SCHLEIFER
Each day, millions of people consume three square meals,
intended to power their bodies throughout the day. In the
hustle and bustle of our modern society, these meals are
increasingly becoming more processed and less natural than
at any time in history.
How is this affecting society’s overall health? The result
can be seen in the explosion of sickness, disease and
overall lack of good health. But most never make the
connection between what they eat and how they feel—and are
doomed to a lifetime of illness and fatigue.
Much of the problem is directly tied to a social ignorance
of health, diet and our bodies. Modern science has not
helped. While having a discussion relating to health and
diet, one nutritionist, who develops menus for high schools,
stated that the link between what one eats and how one feels
has been blown out of proportion. She went on to state that
the origin of sickness is unknown, and that this is the
reason we have doctors.
But what have doctors and medical science been able to
accomplish? Very few illnesses and diseases are actually
cured, and fewer still are prevented! Western medicine has
been designed to react to an illness and not help one
prevent illnesses and maintain health.
It is interesting to note that most recognize what poisons
do to the body. They understand that if one consumes
cyanide, he will die. Conversely, many parents tell their
kids to "eat your vegetables." Yet, a broader connection to
diet is never established.
There exists a book written millennia ago that details what
mankind should and should not eat to maintain health and
avoid disease. That book, man’s overall Instruction Manual
on how to live, is the Bible. As you will see, science
continues to prove the laws contained in its pages! However,
mankind has ignored this book as a source of knowledge and
has spent the last 6,000 years trying to "figure out" what
was already written.
In the second book of the Bible, a very detailed set of
dietary laws are established. These set the basis for what
creatures were designed to be eaten and which ones were
created for other purposes. Leviticus 11 describes each of
these animals in detail, but in this short article, we will
cover only the most popular. We will look at the science of
the matter, and show that the Bible has been right all
along.
The body of evidence is vast and it may change what makes up
your three square meals forever.
"The Other White Meat"
Without a doubt, the most popular of these animals are pigs.
This pug-nosed "treat" is served in backyards as pork chops,
at breakfast tables as bacon or as delicacies in five-star
restaurants. Supporting its consumption are powerful
organizations that push its health and safety in the media
and political lobbies. The result is that swine comprises a
large portion of the North American menu.
But is it as safe and healthy as some would have you
believe?
Much insight into the pig can be ascertained by how they are
raised and what they will eat. Many have heard the
expression, "you are what you eat," and what a pig will eat
is shocking. We will also look at how pigs digest their food
and how they differ from many other meats.
A pig’s digestive system—unlike a cow’s—is not designed to
filter toxins from its system. These toxins work their way
through the pig and are deposited in the animal’s
flesh—especially in its fat deposits. The pig itself is
actually able to sustain very high levels of toxins in its
system. As such, it can eat just about anything. So much so
that it has actually been reported that in an effort to keep
feed costs down, pig farmers will purchase garbage, such as
rotting meat and vegetables from restaurants, to feed their
pigs—and the pigs can be sustained on it. However, there is
nothing in the pig’s digestive system, or the processing of
the meat, that removes these toxins.
Farmers have even reported pigs chewing and eating the
cancer of other animals!
More interesting still is the time it takes for such things,
like the garbage and cancer described above, to become
flesh. For most animals, this is a much slower process,
taking about 12 hours. This gives the animal’s digestive
system time to filter toxins, poisons and deadly parasites
from entering the bloodstream and being deposited in its
flesh. Also, because most food is turned into muscle, more
time is required for that muscle to form.
The same is not true for the pig. Much of what it eats
quickly turns into flesh in just four hours. Not only does
this mean that toxins are not filtered, but most of the
flesh takes the form of fat!
Even in humans, body fat is where most toxins are stored.
Typically, when the body does not know how to deal with a
substance, it surrounds it with fat and stores it to keep
the rest of the body safe from that substance. The same is
true in pigs. While they have other methods to dump the
extremely deadly toxins from their system, the highest
concentration will be in the fat tissue.
This is why a March 1950 Reader’s Digest article stated that
pork contains "myriads of baffling and sinister parasites."
But this should not be a surprise.
Cleaners—Not Clean Meat
Pigs are designed as natural vacuum cleaners. They will eat
just about anything—garbage, carcasses or even their own
urine and feces. Most of this consumption causes no harm to
the pig. They were designed to do such things. They are so
efficient at the task that when land is cleared for a golf
course, pigs are let loose to eat all the poisonous
snakes—with no harm to the pigs.
Every animal has its purpose. Scavengers, such as the pig,
are designed to clean—not to be eaten! Some of the
"cleaning" features of the pig are remarkable.
One such feature is located under its hooves. Often referred
to as poison ducts or running sores, these "sores" act as a
conduit for poisons to ooze from the pig’s body. This is one
reason pigs can eat poisonous snakes that would kill other
creatures and not be affected themselves. However, these
ducts will often become "plugged" from the amount of toxins
pigs must excrete from their bodies. If this becomes the
case, a farmer must quickly have the pig slaughtered and
sent to the market before it dies. As you may well imagine,
the meat from such an animal is riddled with parasites and
toxins.
One case-in-point: A mink farm in New Holstein, Wisconsin
ordered beef livers to feed their minks. The supplier
accidentally shipped pig livers instead. The result? Every
mink that ate the livers died!
The toxicity of the animal is not just limited to meat and
organs! Even the saliva of the pig can be horribly
infectious. In fact, one disease, called "mad itch," will
cause a cow to rub all the skin from its mouth—to the point
of suicide. All that is required for cows to contract this
disease is to come in contact with a pig’s saliva residue in
shared food supplies!
Worm Civilizations
Inside the animal is a myriad of worms and parasites. For
instance, a pig can sustain 19 different kinds of worms
inside its body. Some have very minor effects in humans, but
others have much more long-lasting effects.
One such organism is the worm responsible for trichinosis.
This is also the most widely published of the worms found in
pork that affect humans.
Like most organisms found in pork, this worm is contracted
when one consumes meat containing trichinae larva. Once in
your intestine, these larvae hatch from their protective
cysts and grow into adult roundworms. These roundworms then
produce offspring that can burrow through your intestinal
wall. From this point, they enter your lymphatic system and
can move throughout your body via the bloodstream. They then
implant themselves in tissues that allow them to grow.
Studies have shown that their larvae have been found in
heart, diaphragm, lung and brain tissue. Those infected with
trichinosis can experience a wide range of
symptoms—abdominal discomfort, cramping, diarrhea, muscle
pain (especially muscle pain with breathing, chewing, or
using large muscles) and fever. If the damage to the tissue
is severe, the long-term problems are never-ending.
And this is just one of the 19 parasites found in pork! |