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ginnyinWI

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28. eat cleaner food: go vegan

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 11:55 PM

Oct 2012

By far the most contaminated foods you can eat are from animals: meat, dairy, fish. And they are also the most expensive.

I figure by cutting out all the antibiotics, radioactive isotopes, heavy metals and other chemical contaminants found in meat and dairy, it isn't such a big deal if I buy non-organic produce. Most of it washes off or comes off in the peels anyway. Except I always buy organic strawberries, celery and soy milk. The first two are on the top of their respective dirty dozen lists, and soy milk can be GMO if not organic.

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Asian Seafood Raised On Pig Feces Approved For U.S. Consumers [View all] DeSwiss Oct 2012 OP

ooh. robinlynne Oct 2012 #1

Holy hell! Whovian Oct 2012 #2

How you like sushi now? JeffHead Oct 2012 #3

You mean "sushit?" KansDem Oct 2012 #53

This is from Vietnam not Japan and Sushi, Sashimi is Japanese, not Vietnamese. AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #66

Time to go Kosher no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 #4

What could possibly go wrong? silverweb Oct 2012 #5

Where are the free traders screaming "xenophobia" now??? Zalatix Oct 2012 #44

Yeah really Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #45

It seems that protesting globalism is okay as long as it isn't Americans doing it. Zalatix Oct 2012 #46

THAT will put one off one's feed. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #6

Getting ever happier to be a vegetarian AllyCat Oct 2012 #7

Hell yes. Care Acutely Oct 2012 #9

indeed undeterred Oct 2012 #11

Amen to that. n/t Doremus Oct 2012 #25

Jebus knows there's no vegetables contaminated with pig shit Major Nikon Oct 2012 #35

sigh...gosh then I guess I should just start eating unhealthy food AllyCat Oct 2012 #49

Eat whatever you want Major Nikon Oct 2012 #61

There is always stone soup according to my kids AllyCat Oct 2012 #63

There's nothing wrong with being a vegetarian Major Nikon Oct 2012 #64

I'm so glad I've given up most seafood. Ilsa Oct 2012 #8

Someone debunk this please - lol - sort of jsmirman Oct 2012 #10

Shrimp are so dumb they eat shit? undeterred Oct 2012 #13

Lots do care laundry_queen Oct 2012 #16

eat cleaner food: go vegan ginnyinWI Oct 2012 #28

I get that laundry_queen Oct 2012 #38

Beans, lentils, split peas, black eyed peas, chickpeas, etc. ginnyinWI Oct 2012 #48

I especially like the re'fried' beans recipe laundry_queen Oct 2012 #60

Here is a good article about safe shrimp Live and Learn Oct 2012 #32

Thanks jsmirman Oct 2012 #33

Man, this story should practically read "and then I decided to kill myself" jsmirman Oct 2012 #12

go local if you can n2doc Oct 2012 #14

Or buy certified American caught and processed seafood. Eating out just got harder though. nolabear Oct 2012 #15

I, for one, am never going to knowingly eat seafood from the Gulf anytime soon XemaSab Oct 2012 #21

yep, i eat my seafood at our local shops.. frylock Oct 2012 #58

Seafood, YUK! JEFF9K Oct 2012 #17

Quit complaining and eat what you're given. limpyhobbler Oct 2012 #18

Eat what you're given. JEFF9K Oct 2012 #62

Cows raised on cow carcasses cliffordu Oct 2012 #19

Nah, that's not legal anymore. But you can eat cows that are fed "poultry litter" containing cow, LeftyMom Oct 2012 #40

At least it's only 8% arcane1 Oct 2012 #20

I can't... ecstatic Oct 2012 #22

I don't buy fish very often but when I do Seedersandleechers Oct 2012 #23

Wild caught is the way to go. lalalu Oct 2012 #26

Tell the FDA to Crack Down on Unsafe Imported Seafood Smilo Oct 2012 #24

--- public radio story about a month ago... jerseyjack Oct 2012 #27

Little known fact: The main sushi distributor in the US is owned by the Moonies. LeftyMom Oct 2012 #42

Much as the Marriot Hotel was founded by a Mormon crunch60 Oct 2012 #56

Gross, I only buy gulf coast otohara Oct 2012 #29

Oh crap. 840high Oct 2012 #30

Nope. No thank you. I am leaning vegetarian now. kestrel91316 Oct 2012 #31

I rarely go to (well-known fish restaurant) HeiressofBickworth Oct 2012 #34

Gross! (no text) Quantess Oct 2012 #36

Yeah, we only eat primo seafood raised on BP oil sludge pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #37

How's the pig feces thread going? flamingdem Oct 2012 #39

Ah, the joys of eating kosher... sakabatou Oct 2012 #41

I remember watching aquarium fish eat other fishes feces. Trillo Oct 2012 #43

Wild sharks being carnivores isn't in the same ballpark as this story. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #47

During one episode of Dirty Jobs Sheepshank Oct 2012 #50

no more sushi. though I am a vegi so it really won't affect me still_one Oct 2012 #51

Poop Corn Shrimp KurtNYC Oct 2012 #52

Heart disease and diet littlemissmartypants Oct 2012 #54

People Think Shrimp Don't Do This Already? On the Road Oct 2012 #55

Sorry, not shocking intaglio Oct 2012 #57

U.S. fresh-water prawn farming is a growing enterprise. silverweb Oct 2012 #59

Forget what I said about liver. JEFF9K Oct 2012 #65

I haven't eaten seafood in years Horse with no Name Oct 2012 #67