Sorry, Nigel. One correction, LDL and HDL are not cholesterol, they are protein that carry cholesterol in our body but do different things when it comes to build up in the artery.
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During my early years, butter was rationed to 50g (2oz) per adult per week.
That may explain my poor brain development!
If I tell you that cow's butter is nature's gift, will you promise not to spread it?
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If I tell you that cow's butter is nature's gift, will you promise not to spread it?
I saw the funniest adlib in a while on a cooking competition show, two guys said they were going to open a new restaurant "The Ghee Spot" (hard to find). Keto's are big on ghee and buttered coffee BTW.
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Ya that is the impression I have after talking to some professional chiefs. One I'm close to has cooked on many occasions for heads of state and us presidents.
I discussed with him the epidemic of gluten and dairy intolerance.
Chiefs think it's absorbed roundup residue and/or GMO.
Giving them problems planning menu etc. It's a no win scenario.
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I all of a sudden started having problems with dairy products. I did notice I could eat pizza from one local place and Ben and Jerry's ice cream.
I thought this was from the change from Guernsy to Holstein cows to get lower fat milk production. A friend who was a molecular biologist thought likely not as their protein structures were very close. She suggested it was an allergy to the Bovine Growth Hormone that was now being used to increase milk production
After testing, turns out she was right. The local pizza place used imported cheese where BGH is not allowed and the Ice cream makers refused to use milk from cows that had been exposed to it.
Now there are many more dairy products labelled BGH free and so far that seems to be the case. But every so often I seem to encounter dairy products that still trigger the response.
Of course while I avoided it, the "experts" who knew I avoided dairy, all tried to tell me it was lactose intolerance. Ah wrong symptoms and lactose is not a big issue in all dairy products.
Who knew adding things to the food chain could cause problems. BGH is still considered undetectable in the milk by some folks.
Personally I try to avoid foods dependent on pesticides. Lettuce is a good example of a food that is almost impossible to commercially farm without systemic insecticides.
I thought this was from the change from Guernsy to Holstein cows to get lower fat milk production. A friend who was a molecular biologist thought likely not as their protein structures were very close. She suggested it was an allergy to the Bovine Growth Hormone that was now being used to increase milk production
After testing, turns out she was right. The local pizza place used imported cheese where BGH is not allowed and the Ice cream makers refused to use milk from cows that had been exposed to it.
Now there are many more dairy products labelled BGH free and so far that seems to be the case. But every so often I seem to encounter dairy products that still trigger the response.
Of course while I avoided it, the "experts" who knew I avoided dairy, all tried to tell me it was lactose intolerance. Ah wrong symptoms and lactose is not a big issue in all dairy products.
Who knew adding things to the food chain could cause problems. BGH is still considered undetectable in the milk by some folks.
Personally I try to avoid foods dependent on pesticides. Lettuce is a good example of a food that is almost impossible to commercially farm without systemic insecticides.
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Ed do you have anything positive to say the BGH thing is VERY old news. Why don't you extol the virtues of folks doing something different and special.
Are you part of the food industry conspiracy faction? Everyone is a liar and cheat? Our farm uses no pesticides at all you get what you get commercial viability is no concern.
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Scott,
I was responding to a previous post about the increase in allergies. Very On Topic.
As to BGH it is still in use, a third of dairy products come from treated cows and virtually all beef cattle.
Most folks get their food at the local market.
As to your organic farm, do you have soil tests? Actual produce tests?
Why not your own garden? Corn, potatoes, apples are all extremely easy to grow yourself.
Finally how do you get anything I posted as concerning conspiracies or anything else related. I just like good fresh food. Very hard to beat corn from stalk to plate in 5 minutes.
I was responding to a previous post about the increase in allergies. Very On Topic.
As to BGH it is still in use, a third of dairy products come from treated cows and virtually all beef cattle.
Most folks get their food at the local market.
As to your organic farm, do you have soil tests? Actual produce tests?
Why not your own garden? Corn, potatoes, apples are all extremely easy to grow yourself.
Finally how do you get anything I posted as concerning conspiracies or anything else related. I just like good fresh food. Very hard to beat corn from stalk to plate in 5 minutes.
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Interesting... I gave up on any dairy product from Trader Joe's about five years ago because, also all of a sudden, I started to develop what I believed was a severe allergic reaction (tight throat, difficulty breathing, uncontrolled coughing). Their dairy used to be okay -- not anymore; as soon as I excluded TJ's I was fine. I assumed they had switched to inferior quality products for the sake of "cost optimization". Their quality went down over the years anyway, so didn't really care to follow up, just gave up on them.
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Interesting link ppt discussing 'electronic Pasteurization' aka ionizing radiation.
I also read on FDA .gov that food chains and restaurants are not required to disclose irradiation.
Ppt
https://www.scantechsciences.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ECP-for-Shelf-life-SERFVC-Final.pdf
I also read on FDA .gov that food chains and restaurants are not required to disclose irradiation.
Ppt
https://www.scantechsciences.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ECP-for-Shelf-life-SERFVC-Final.pdf
There is a gross misunderstanding about irradiation.
It does not set any bit of radioactivity in food products.
Radiations can activate some materials that become radioctive. That is not the case about food products, like potatoes irratiated to prevent germination. Once irratiated they do not radiate a bit more than ambient natural radioactivity that is everywhere.
The annual production of irradiated food is around 500,000 tons of food per year. That woul feed the earths population for less than 2 hours.
In addition to the rules on irradiated food, there are also rules on the packaging material to be sure it is also safe after treatment.
Should we compare the risk of sterilized food versus bacteriological poisoning? One is an increadably small portion of food consumed, the other untreated expands exponentially.
As to the restaurant exemption from displaying the ionizing radiation stamp, gee what are those risks compared to all the other things that can go wrong in the restaurant. I think someone in the kitchen sneezing is a bigger risk. Probably health departments regularly inspect restaurants around here.
In addition to the rules on irradiated food, there are also rules on the packaging material to be sure it is also safe after treatment.
Should we compare the risk of sterilized food versus bacteriological poisoning? One is an increadably small portion of food consumed, the other untreated expands exponentially.
As to the restaurant exemption from displaying the ionizing radiation stamp, gee what are those risks compared to all the other things that can go wrong in the restaurant. I think someone in the kitchen sneezing is a bigger risk. Probably health departments regularly inspect restaurants around here.
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I bought identically packaged potatoes at two different stores. One batch had the normal sprouting, the other none. Even left the clean ones around for a bit to see if they would sprout. Never did.
Guess what, I don't buy produce from one of the stores. But then their produce was never very good. Next time I will have to check to see if there is the irradiated symbol. Of course could also have been a chemical treatment.
May actually be a reason I started growing my own potatoes. About the easiest thing to grow around here.
I think the Official explanation is microbe dna is broken to the point where it cannot reproduce. In your case the potato dna.
But that seems rather simplistic explanation.
Cesium 137 is no longer necessary with modern industrial xray devices.
I'm not sure about those tonnage numbers as so much food comes from china now.
It's an interesting subject to me.
But that seems rather simplistic explanation.
Cesium 137 is no longer necessary with modern industrial xray devices.
I'm not sure about those tonnage numbers as so much food comes from china now.
It's an interesting subject to me.
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