i want to say NO TO PORK!

freerange

I always suggest that people stop eating pork because it is so bad for our bodies. It carries a bacteria known as trichinosis or trichina and it is not destroyed at high temperatures. But its everyone's choice. Good luck!

Very misinformed post, please ignore this. Trichinosis, is not a bacteria, a simple goggle search would tell you that, it's a worm, and yes high heat kills it, and it is so rare in the US now that it's not even a concern.

melleyd

I always suggest that people stop eating pork because it is so bad for our bodies. It carries a bacteria known as trichinosis or trichina and it is not destroyed at high temperatures. But its everyone's choice. Good luck!

That is the main reason I stopped eating it! And although I'm not Jewish, I do think God was on to something when He told them not to eat it!

I should also mention that although I like the turkey bacon, I have decided to mostly give up processed meats altogether because of the nitrates, sodium, etc. Good old fashioned chicken, fish, steak and lean hamburgers for me!

melleyd

Fired up the Google Fu. Looks like we're reading the same data.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001752.htm

But that document was from 1988

Here's a quote from the Wiki:

"Infection was once very common, but is now rare in the developed world. The incidence of trichinosis in the U.S. has decreased dramatically in the past century. From 1997 to 2001, an annual average of 12 cases per year were reported in the United States. The number of cases has decreased because of legislation prohibiting the feeding of raw meat garbage to hogs, increased commercial and home freezing of pork, and the public awareness of the danger of eating raw or undercooked pork products.[17]"

The article is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichinosis#History_of_the_discovery


One comment I have seen in a lot of places is that pork can now be cooked to 160º now instead of 180º - the reason why we don't have to cook it to the higher temp was explained as being due to the relative disappearance of trichinosis from commercially sold pork.

Now if we could just get the politicians to swear off pork! ;-)

It may be rare but it still grosses me out!

syiyi

I always suggest that people stop eating pork because it is so bad for our bodies. It carries a bacteria known as trichinosis or trichina and it is not destroyed at high temperatures. But its everyone's choice. Good luck!

That is the main reason I stopped eating it! And although I'm not Jewish, I do think God was on to something when He told them not to eat it!

I should also mention that although I like the turkey bacon, I have decided to mostly give up processed meats altogether because of the nitrates, sodium, etc. Good old fashioned chicken, fish, steak and lean hamburgers for me!

WAY TO GO FOR YOU!!

syiyi

I always suggest that people stop eating pork because it is so bad for our bodies. It carries a bacteria known as trichinosis or trichina and it is not destroyed at high temperatures. But its everyone's choice. Good luck!

Very misinformed post, please ignore this. Trichinosis, is not a bacteria, a simple goggle search would tell you that, it's a worm, and yes high heat kills it, and it is so rare in the US now that it's not even a concern.

LOL!!! Your comment made me laugh!! Something about my comment really hurt you and I apologize if it did. Maybe you should do alot of research besides google.. Good luck!!