My homescreen for the computer is on yahoo.com. Today I got on to get on facebook when I was stopped by a little story (http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eatthis/truth-about-your-weight-gain) that said something about turkey bacon not being healthy. So there I was freaking out because I LOVE turkey bacon and I've been bickering with Josh that it's much more healthy for us. I had to read the article. I suggest you do to.
This may gross you out but it supports what I've told people for a year about fast food burgers. Lemme quote so I can rub it in a little further.
"The Truth: Most fast-food hamburger patties begin their voyage to your buns in the hands of a company called Beef Products. The company specializes in taking slaughterhouse trimmings—heads and hooves and the like—that are traditionally used only in pet food and cooking oil, and turning them into patties. The challenge is getting this byproduct meat clean enough for human consumption, as both E. coli and salmonella like to concentrate themselves in the fatty deposits.
The company has developed a process for killing beef-based pathogens by forcing the ground meat through pipes and exposing it to ammonia gas—the same chemical you might use to clean your bathroom. Not only has the USDA approved the process, but it's also allowed those who sell the beef to keep it hidden from their customers. At Beef Products’ behest, ammonia gas has been deemed a “processing agent” that need not be identified on nutrition labels. Never mind that if ammonia gets on your skin, it can cause severe burning, and if it gets in your eyes, it can blind you. Add to the gross-out factor the fact that after moving through this lengthy industrial process, a single beef patty can consist of cobbled-together pieces from different cows from all over the world—a practice that only increases the odds of contamination."
Nasty right? RIGHT?!?!? Next time you get full off of a dollar menu ask yourself how that pig anus was. I'm particularly fond of the hooves and eyes. Excuse me while I vomit. Not sick yet? Try going to http://www.backwardshamburger.com/That's where I first heard about fast food burger meat. I tried eating a burger from McDonalds the next day, bit into something hard and chewy, and ended up wondering if it was a hoof for so long that I ended up making myself sick to my stomach.
Believe it or not I kept reading to the end where it talks about turkey bacon. After all, it was why I first started reading. The bi-products in the meat are filled with tons of sodium and very little bird. So instead of worrying about the animal, worry about how much of the animal you get and where you get it from the animal. Center cut is less cal. and less fat. Slightly more expensive, but it's bacon... bacon is a mini-god and can demand any price it wants. The article also explained stop with the reduced fat peanut butter (YES!) and the regular sugar added peanut butter (crap :( ) and move on to the all natural peanut butters (which I hate because you have to mix in the oil every time you use it.)
SO there's my blog for today. Please check the this instead of that article for some insanely good looking recipes. They tend to taste better than the restaurant version and cost a quarter of the price. GONNA TRY THE NACHOS!!!!!
Have a good day everyone!!!!
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