pork

a few months ago, i decided to cut back on my pork intake. just to be fit. then i read a portion of Don Colbert's book, "What Would Jesus Eat?". On page 49, he gives a very scientific explanation:

"Pigs eat enormous amounts of food, and this dilutes the hydochloric acid in a pig's stomach. This in turn allows toxins, viruses, parasites, and bacteria to be absorbed into the animal's flesh..They [swine] will eat garbage, feces, and even decaying flesh. All that is eaten usually becomes part of the pig's own flesh. Pigs readily harbor parasites including Trichinella, the pork tapeworm, and toxoplasmosis."

That explanation was sufficient to keep me from eating pork. Ever.