Right on the heels of the argument
about pink slime or “finely chopped lean beef” additives in our
hamburger, comes two studies today talking about the stuff in your
chicken.
We already know that chicken nuggets
are made from some kind of pink frothy stuff that looks more like
soft serve ice cream than chicken. Now comes word that Big Agra is
pumping the birds it sells for consumption with drugs.
Specifically, arsenic, benadryl,
Tylenol, caffeine, prozac, and cipro (antibiotic) are being fed to
the birds, the ones that we eat.
Why?
Well, the arsenic makes the meat pink
and more appetizing to the eye, according to the industrial farmers.
Benadryl, Tylenol and Prozac, according to the study published by
Environmental Science and Technology, are used to calm chicken nerves.
This is because stressed out birds make for tough meat and consumers
don't like tough meat.
So the Big Agra solution is to dope the
birds.
The caffeine, along with green tea
powder is reportedly used to keep the birds awake so they will eat
more.
But the antibiotics are flat out
illegal. Scientists who did the study speculate that this is why
virus' are becoming immune to antibiotics...In other words humans are
building up deadly tolerances to the meds that might otherwise cure
them, due to these illegal drugs in the food.
The scientists who did the studies
found out about the illegal stuff by testing chicken feathers,
because feathers like fingernails are a repository for what the body
has ingested.
And in all fairness most of the
doped up birds seem to be coming from China, which means you need to
check the chicken package before you put it in your cart.
I found this out when buying fish from
Kroger (yeah, I'm naming names). Most of Kroger's bulk fish,
(tilapia, cod, salmon) comes from China. It's labeled, so it's not
illegal.
Ya need to check your veggies too,
found some broccoli from China, as well. I generally buy the big
frozen bags. However I make sure they say grown in the USA.
As for this chicken...I switched to
Amish chicken, when I do buy it, and the only time I buy ground beef
is to mix into my dog's dry food. I have come to accept that fact
that while I try to be a vegetarian, but it only lasts for a couple
of weeks at a time. Then I want some meat. I do without meat five of seven days per week, every week.
It has come to the point when I do
crave, I cook it myself and buy local, organic or Amish. No
processed foods, or fast food.
You can keep Big Agra....I'm not gonna
let my food kill me...
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