




During these several months, I have been intricately involved with reviewing and evaluating the infectious disease risks in eating beef/lamb, chicken/turkey & pork. The result is pork became the safest meat to be eating.
1. Beef (Mad Cow's) & Lamb/Goat (Scrapies):
The rising incidence of Prions w/o proven methodologies of control means consumers should reduce consumption immediately:In the past 10 years, you may have heard about something called mad cow's disease. Despite whether or not you encounter this in the food,
prions are by far the least understood and beyond nasty when compared with viruses, bacteria and fungi.
So from an infectious disease standpoint, you should stay away from any meats that are capable of getting "mad" or infected by prions. According to researchers' and activists such as
Dr. Day, consumers should understand that bovine and humans, sheeps/goats and humans can all get infected by prions. Anytime the risks to consumption are so great to your health and your loved ones, you should start to reduce your consumption of beef and lamb products.
2. Bird Flu:
Until avian flu and related viral strains are consistently controlled and regularly reproducible, fowl consumption will remain a epidemiological risk to humans.
In the past 5 years, the word bird flu has been on a dramatic rise. The reason for the fears is because it has been found to cross-infect humans. The sheer mass production involved in farming fowl and the practices in the industry have setup a perfect storm for a major viral outbreak. While viruses are significantly less feared than prions, viruses are the second worse infectious disease to be reckoned with. Viruses of notoriety include Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV),
Ebola Virus, Avian Virus (H5N1), Rhinovirus (common cold), Herpes Virus, Cytomegalovirus (CMV) etc etc.
Even infectious diseases in computers are called computer 'viruses' rather than computer bacteria or computer fungi to highlight the rapid spread and lethality of the disease.
3. Pork
Aside from vegetarians being safe from red alert meats, pork eaters will be glad to know that modern day pork is a very safe alternative to beef/chicken due to excellent measures in past decades within the pork industry:
Once thought of as the dirtiest animal on the planet, has come a long way of cleaning up itself (i.e Pulp Fiction Restaurant Scene).