#meat #health #superbugs #vegetarian #vegan
#meat #health #superbugs #vegetarian #vegan
Originally shared by Mike Elgan
US meat supply massively contaminated with superbugs.
Consumer Reports says 90% of US supermarket ground turkey is contaminated with superbugs -- antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Earlier this month, a government monitoring group found more than half of samples of ground turkey, pork chops and ground beef bought in US supermarkets contained antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
The contamination of the food supply with superbugs is caused by the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock to make them bigger and also enable them to survive in cramped, unhealthy conditions without dying of the diseases that spread in such an environment.
Bottom line: Antibiotics makes meat cheaper. But is it worth the lower price?
http://spartandiet.org/blog/2013/5/2/antibiotics-makes-90-of-supermarket-ground-turkey-have-superbugs
better yet, don't eat meat.
ReplyDeleteThat is both not better, and for the problem of tainted meat, probably worse. The meat industry doesn't care about the vegetarians, they care about the people who are potential purchasers of meat. If they see profits going to vegetables they will not change their practices, but try to cut costs even more. However, if they see their profits going to pastured, humane, ecologically beneficial ranching, they might.
ReplyDeleteuh, if everyone was vegetarian, it would certainly make an impact, especially on the meat industry!
ReplyDeletebut yes, it is better, for more than a few reasons.
Yes, that would shut it down, but that's not going to happen. It certainly wouldn't change their practices. In the mean time, for those who eat meat, it would be much better to eat properly raised meat than to, for instance, eat less meat.
ReplyDeleteIf someone wants to avoid traditional foods for their ethical beliefs that's fine with me, but if you want to solve the problem of industrialized meat processing, that is not the way.
Bob Beattie yes, but they came from animals.. ;P
ReplyDeletelook above the argument that we discussed in the community Sean P. O. MacCath-Moran :P
ReplyDeleteyes, "better in a lot of ways" does not mean "better in every conceivable way", one of which would be "never has bacteria on it, thus necessitating washing." Who the hell doesn't wash their vegetables before eating? (Note, also, that it's the rare vegetarian indeed who subsists entirely on zucchini and spinach, i.e. the kinds of vegetables you can wash.)
ReplyDeleteBill DeWitt - by that logic, we shouldn't bother changing to high-efficiency appliances or vehicles. because "one person can't make a difference." obviously one person isn't going to make a difference; but if there is to be any kind of massive change, each individual has to get involved. What's the point of railing against the razing of rainforests for beef farms if your mouth is stuffed with beef while you're doing it?
ReplyDeleteand btw - this isn't about my "ethical beliefs", at least not with regard to animal treatment. I say let's slaughter every last steer and be done with it. but it is about my "ethical beliefs" with regard to the environment and our future on this planet.
ReplyDeleteWell, I contend that proper raising of cattle improves diversity, carbon sequestering and promotes ecological awareness more than mono-cropping soybeans or grains, so my locally pastured breakfast of steak, bacon, eggs and cheese probably did more to help the environment than the empty calories of a GMO oatmeal with GMO soymilk... and has the added advantage of creating a market that those who produce factory farmed meat are starting to look at.
ReplyDeleteI'm all for movement in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteHeh - Bill DeWitt, if I recall correctly, was vegetarian for 35 years but had to stop because it "nearly killed him", and then blocked me for for asking too many questions (ref: goo.gl/2NrxB)... sooo, no offense intended, I can't really place a lot of stock in his opinion of things. =oP
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