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Why Regularly Eating Pork Could Be Sabotaging Your Health (VIDEO)

Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, there may be good reason to carefully consider your decision to include pork as a regular part of your diet, because research suggests it may be hazardous to your health on multiple levels.

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March 24, 2015

Geri Ungurean

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Growing up in a mostly secular Jewish home, mom did make bacon for the family. I loved it. When I married and had kids, one of their favorite meals was pork chops, mashed potatoes, vegetables and apple sauce.

“And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.” Acts 10:13-15 (KJV)

EDITOR’S NOTE: When God in the New Testament lifted the Levitical ban on eating certain foods like shellfish and pork, that does not mean that items like pork are produced and processed in a healthy way in 2015. Renowned health researcher, Dr. Joseph Mercola, makes a compelling case why you should consider removing pork from you diet.

After doing my research for this article, I will never put pork near my mouth again…..and I mean never! For those of you who cannot live without your bacon, you probably should not continue reading. And just so everyone knows, I vetted this with reliable sources. So you pork deniers can’t say you were not warned!

My curiosity got the best of me last week, after I saw a disgusting video about pork. It showed pork chops taken out of the package and then Coke was poured over them. Disgusting little maggots made their way up to the surface of the raw pork.

According to a surprising new investigation by Consumer Reports, 69 percent of all raw pork samples tested — nearly 200 samples in total — were contaminated with the dangerous bacteria Yersinia enterocolitica, which causes fever and gastrointestinal illness with diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach cramps.

Now, I’m not sure that the video is not fake, but it did sent me on my quest for knowledge about pork consumption. First I went to mercola.com which has always been credible for all things medical. I was shocked as I began to read.

Why I Do Not Recommend Pork – Nearly 70 Percent Contaminated with Dangerous Pathogens

By Dr. Joseph Mercola

Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, there may be good reason to carefully consider your decision to include pork as a regular part of your diet, because despite advertising campaigns trying to paint pork as a “healthy” alternative to beef, research suggests it may be hazardous to your health on multiple levels. One of the most potentially acute hazards is contamination with pathogenic bacteria. According to a surprising new investigation by Consumer Reports, 69 percent of all raw pork samples tested — nearly 200 samples in total — were contaminated with the dangerous bacteria Yersinia enterocolitica, which causes fever and gastrointestinal illness with diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach cramps.

Ground pork was more likely than pork chops to be contaminated.
The pork also tested positive for other contaminants, including the controversial drug ractopamine, which is banned in many parts of the world, including China and Europe. The drug, which was found in more than 20 percent of the samples, is used to boost growth in the animal while leaving the meat lean. Worst of all, many of the bacteria found in the pork were resistant to multiple antibiotics, making treatment, should you fall ill, all the more problematic and potentially lethal.

According to the featured report:

“We found salmonella, staphylococcus aureus, or listeria monocytogenes, more common causes of foodborne illness, in 3 to 7 percent of samples. And 11 percent harbored enterococcus, which can indicate fecal contamination and can cause problems such as urinary-tract infections.”

While Nutritionally Sound, Pork is Probably Still Best Avoided
Pork is an arguably “healthy” meat from a biochemical perspective, and if consumed from a humanely raised pastured hog like those on Joel Salatins’ farm and prepared properly, there is likely minimal risk of infection. However, virtually all of the pork you’re likely to consume do not fit these criteria. [1] – source

Then I searched for more evidence. Surprisingly, someone had done a piece (no pun intended) on this subject on Psychology Today:

Is Pork Still Dangerous?

Did Leviticus get it right? Pork may still be dangerous. If we were to rank popular meats by their healthfulness, the order would be (1) fish and shellfish, (2) ruminants (beef, lamb, goat), and (3) birds (duck, chicken, turkey). In last place would be pork.

Of course, the ancient Hebrews were forbidden to eat pork, and it’s commonly assumed that health concerns were behind the prohibition. Commenter George Henderson prompted us to look into the modern case for avoiding pork with this comment: “Nanji and Bridges identified possible problems with pork plus moderate alcohol in 1985 and other researchers have confirmed the pattern since.”

Pork Consumption and Liver Cirrhosis

Pork consumption has a strong epidemiological association with cirrhosis of the liver. Startlingly, pork may be even more strongly associated with alcoholic cirrhosis than alcohol itself!

The evidence was summarized by Francis Bridges in a recent (2009) paper building on earlier work by Nanji and French. A relation between pork consumption and cirrhosis of the liver is apparent across countries and has been consistently maintained for at least 40 years.

Here is the correlation between pork consumption and mortality from liver cirrhosis in 2003: The correlation coefficient of 0.83 is extremely high – rarely seen in epidemiology. Correlation coefficients range from -1.0 to 1.0, and a coefficient of 1.0 would indicate that cirrhosis mortality was strictly proportional to pork consumption. The very low p-value confirms the statistical association.

Here is the relation between alcohol consumption and mortality from liver cirrhosis: The correlation coefficient is lower than for pork consumption. In epidemiological studies, beef, lamb, and pork are often grouped together as “red meat.” However, this may conceal differences between pork and the ruminant meats. Bridges found that beef actually appeared protective against cirrhosis:

In the present study using 2003 data, a significant negative association between dietary beef and rates of cirrhosis mortality was found. Dietary beef may be a protective factor regarding the parthenogenesis of alcoholic cirrhosis.

This would be consistent with considerable evidence, discussed in our book (pp 57-58), showing that saturated fat is protective against liver disease, while polyunsaturated fat causes it. Epidemiological data confirms that saturated fat is protective; here is Bridges again

Analysis of data from 17 countries indicated that diets high in cholesterol and saturated fat protected (i.e., inversely correlated) against alcoholic cirrhosis while polyunsaturated fats promoted (positively correlated) cirrhosis.

Beef is high in saturated fat, low in polyunsaturated fat. Pork is relatively high in polyunsaturated fat. If the fat composition is playing a role, perhaps it is not that surprising that pork is more strongly related to cirrhosis than alcohol.

Either fructose or alcohol can react with polyunsaturated fat to produce liver disease. Sugar consumption, for example in soft drinks, may be just as likely to combine with pork to cause a cirrhotic liver as alcohol. But no other common dietary component can substitute for the role of polyunsaturated fat in causing liver disease.

Here is Nanji and French summarizing the correlation of pork with liver disease even in the absence of alcohol: In countries with low alcohol consumption, no correlation was obtained between alcohol consumption and cirrhosis. However, a significant correlation was obtained between cirrhosis and pork. A similar relationship was seen in the ten Canadian provinces, where there was no correlation between cirrhosis mortality and alcohol consumption, but a significant correlation was obtained with pork. [2] – source

But fat composition is hardly likely to be the sole issue with pork. Most polyunsaturated fats in modern diets are derived from vegetable oils, not pork. It seems that there must be something else in pork besides polyunsaturated fat that is causing liver disease.

Pork and Liver Cancer

We would expect that if pork can cause liver cirrhosis it will also promote liver cancer, since injured and inflamed tissues are more likely to become cancerous. Indeed, there is an association between pork consumption and the primary liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma.

Nanji and French write: The authors investigated the possibility that dietary fat, meat, beef, and pork consumption might be factors that would, in addition to alcohol, correlate with mortality from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in different countries. The correlation between HCC and alcohol was 0.40 (p < 0.05); that with pork consumption was also 0.40 (p < 0.05). There was no correlation with total fat meat, beef, and cigarette and tobacco consumption. The correlation with pork consumption is as strong as that for alcohol. Beef has no relation at all liver cancer. Another way of looking at the data is based on countries with low and high incidence of HCC. In countries with a high incidence of HCC (more than 3 per 100,000), compared to countries with a low incidence, alcohol consumption was higher by 128%, and pork consumption was higher by 68%.

However, pork was not a marker for animal food or fat consumption. Fat consumption was actually inversely associated with HCC: high incidence countries ate 12% less fat than low incidence countries.

Pork and Multiple Sclerosis

Nanji and Norad looked for other diseases that correlate with pork consumption, and hit upon multiple sclerosis. The connection is remarkable: A significant correlation was obtained between prevalence of multiple sclerosis and … pork consumption (r = 0.87, p less than 0.001). There was no significant correlation with beef consumption.

As noted earlier, a correlation coefficient of 0.87 is extremely high, and a p-value below 0.001 also shows a very strong relationship. MS is much more likely to befall pork eaters. Such a strong correlation makes it look like pork, or something found in pork, is the cause of MS.

Nanji and Norad further note that beef, the “other red meat,” is not associated with MS: The correlation between pork consumption and MS prevalence was highly significant. Also, of major significance was the absence of a significant correlation between MS prevalence and beef consumption. This is consistent with the observations that MS is rare in countries where pork is forbidden by religious customs (e.g. Middle East) and has a low prevalence in countries where beef consumption far exceeds pork consumption (e.g. Brazil, Australia).

Lauer verified the pork-MS link, but found it to be characteristic of processed pork: When quantitative data are taken into account, and a combined factor “smoked meat” or “smoked pork” is formed, the association is very high throughout. This factor is also compatible with the high risk of multiple sclerosis in Scotland and particularly in the Orkney and Shetland Islands and with the only transitorily high incidence in the Faroe Islands, whereas coffee can hardly explain both epidemiological features. Arguments for the biological plausibility of some agents occurring in smoked and cured meat (in particular nitrophenol haptens and their protein conjugates) have been put forward. There appears at present to be no plausibility for the factor “margarine”, which was also not compatible with the temporal pattern of multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands.

Conclusion: There are remarkably strong correlations between pork consumption and liver disease, liver cancer, and multiple sclerosis. What can be behind those relationships? The relatively high omega-6 fat content of pork may be a contributing factor, but it can’t be the whole story. It seems there is something else in pork that makes pork consumption risky. [2] – source

So, as for me and my house, we will never eat pork again. This has nothing to do with being under the law. It has everything to do with not wanting to eat food that makes us sick!

MARANATHA!

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Geri Ungurean

Born into a Jewish family in Maryland, I was always searching for the truth about Jesus. I knew that He had to be someone so very special. My dad would say "He was a good man, but not who he said he was." So a good man would lie? At the age of 31, I finally met Yeshua, and He became my Lord and Savior. I am a Jew who has been made complete in Him. I am now anxiously awaiting His Glorious return to rapture His church! Maranatha!

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NTEB PROPHECY NEWS PODCAST: By Overpromising And Underdelivering, DOGE Is Off To A Rocky Start As Chaos And Missteps Reign In Trump White House

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38 days into the nascent Donald Trump administration with Elon Musk and its DOGE sledgehammer, chaos reigns supreme in the halls of the White House

If you were watching the news on social media yesterday, then you are aware of the incredible disappointing ‘reveal’ of the Epstein List, Phase 1 mind you, that amounted to just about nothing. The information inside those silly binders marked ‘declassified’ contained no new information and no classified information at all. The event was roundly mocked, as it should have been, but it bodes ominously for the nascent Trump administration with its DOGE sledgehammer. That’s the memo.

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On this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, chaos reigns in Washington in an administration that was ushered in with great fanfare, but seems intent on shooting itself in the foot. All of us that voted for Donald Trump were hoping for a much better start than this. AG Pam Bondi says that the FBI refused to hand over the information she requested on the Epstein List, and that “rogue agents” have taken over that department. Why should she be surprised by “rogue agents” at the FBI? We voted for all this mess to be cleaned up, but as we warned you back in November, the Deep State isn’t going anywhere, and it’s the height of fantasy to think otherwise. On this episode, we bring you the very latest from the Oval Office, including a stunning update on the Abraham Accords.

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Release Of ‘The Epstein Files – Phase 1’ Is Met With Jeers And Mockery Online As Conservative Influencers Are Seen Flashing ‘Declassified’ Binders

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Conservative influencers seen leaving the White House with binders labeled ‘The Epstein Files – Phase 1.’ was roundly mocked online today, and rightly so.

I take no pleasure in bringing you these stories about the things being done in the Trump administration, from the Golden Goat to the Golden Statue of King Trump, it’s safe to say they are off to a very bad start. Today they promised to release the long-hidden and equally long-awaited Jeffrey Epstein files, what they actually released were silly binders that looked like they were assembled by high school interns, labeled ‘The Epstein Files – Phase 1’. What was contained in those silly binders caused an outrage online due to their lack of any meaningful content.

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Glenn Beck had this to say about ‘The Epstein Files – Phase 1’: “Who is subverting POTUS? The #Epsteinfiles are a total joke. I know Kash, Pam B and The President. This is not the file. WH tells me that they believe the usual suspects FBI/SDNY has the actual #EpsteinClientList and are refusing to turn it over. THIS IS AN INTERNAL CIVIL WAR if true.” Beck is correct when he says what was released today is a joke, but a joke on who exactly? If you really wanted to release the Epstein Files, you would have put it on a web site and let the entire country view it at the same time. The actual Epstein Files may indeed come out, but this is not it, this is theater, and the joke’s on…you.

Epstein files released to conservative influencers

FROM NEWS NATION: The Department of Justice released files regarding Jeffrey Epstein to a small group of conservative influencers Thursday. It’s not clear if the files will be released to the press more broadly or if they will be available for the public to access.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order early in his second term ordering the release of the files along with classified documents related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

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The group of influencers was seen leaving the White House with binders labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi teased the release of the files earlier in the day, saying there were things included in them that would make people sick. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., who is heading a task force on government transparency, said her group was not given the documents and criticized the administration for the limited release.

“A NY Post story just revealed that the documents will simply be Epstein’s phonebook. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR. GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR instead of leaking old info to press,” she said on X.

Epstein was charged with sex trafficking but died by suicide while in prison. His girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for helping Epstein traffic minors.

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The new files are said to contain names of Epstein’s associates and flight logs for his private plane. It’s important to note that someone’s name appearing in Epstein’s files is not an indicator that they participated in sex trafficking, and the files included people who only had brief contact with the high-profile financier.

Previously released files included the names of many political and Hollywood figures, including Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Stephen Hawking, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Jackson, Cate Blanchett, David Copperfield and George Lucas. READ MORE

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POSSIBLE HISTORY: Is Russia Playing The Long Game And Working To Create A ‘Eurussian Empire’ That Will Trigger WWIII And Dominate Europe?

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The name alone carries a sinister weight – Eurussian Empire – an alliance of two once historically opposing forces, Europe and Russia.

The war between Russia and Ukraine has gone on for over 3 years now, and one thing’s for sure. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is not trying to win the war, he is merely keeping it percolating on autopilot as events grind on around him. So, if the goal of the war Putin started is not simply to take control of Ukraine, what’s the end game? As a student of history, I would have to say that Putin’s end game is the restoration of the Soviet Union, of which Ukraine plays a small but meaningful part.

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The group we are telling you about today, United24, was created by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, so obviously it’s perspective on things is not impartial. But seeing as they have been a 50% participant in this war for the past three years, they have some useful insight to offer. The future they map out in their project entitled ‘Possible History’, is exactly as the title suggests, it’s quite possible. I know this much, I know that when WWIII comes, Russia and Germany will be the drivers of it, that’s certain. I also know that Russia has a much bigger vision than just Ukraine, and is using the war they started to get what they want from it in terms of political concessions like the ones President Trump is now talking about. Putin is quite possibly crazy, but he is “madman crazy” and will cause massive amounts of damage if he is not stopped. Something that no one seems to be able to do.

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Rise of Putin’s ‘Eurussian Empire’ over next five years mapped out step by step

FROM THE METRO UK: This new world order sounds like inconceivable fiction, but it is predicted to materialize on the continent by 2030. Possible History, a new project by United24, a Ukrainian initiative launched by Volodymyr Zelensky, is offering a glimpse into a future where Vladimir Putin gets what he wants.

Released as a warning on the third anniversary of his full-scale invasion, it reflects Donald Trump’s bromance with the authoritarian leader and the US rehabilitation of Russia. It also comes on the exact date as the US sided with Russia, North Korea and Belarus to vote against a UN resolution to condemn the war. What has already started as whispered negotiations between Russia and the US for a ceasefire ends in Ukraine being forced into making territorial concessions, without future security guarantees or NATO membership.

This is all expected to happen in the next three months, United24 projects, setting off a chain of irreparable reactions.

May 2025: sanctions on Russia’s RT dropped

By May, sanctions on Russian media channel RT would be lifted, allowing the Kremlin’s propaganda to flow into Europe unchecked. During the Biden presidency, the US accused RT of ‘covert’ intelligence activities and introduced a plethora of sanctions against Russian media.

‘Three things are certain in life: death, taxes and RT’s interference in the US elections,’ the then US secretary of state Antony Blinken said in September.

July 2025: Russian war drills near NATO borders

In July, Russia is set to hold military drills on the territory of its biggest ally, Belarus, on the border with NATO members Poland and Lithuania. A joint exercise between the two nations was announced last week, set to begin in September. It is part of efforts by the two neighbours to expand their military ties amid the fighting in Ukraine.

October 2026: Russian invasion of Moldova

Jumping forward to October 2026, Russia is projected to invade Moldova – through the puppet government of Transnistria – deploying North Korean soldiers. Fears have long been stoked that Putin was preparing for another landgrab in Europe, turning his eyes on the sliver of breakaway land in the south of Moldova.

Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian elites have repeatedly called on Moldova to avoid Western influence, referring to the autonomous region as ‘the next Ukraine.’ Almost a year after the capture of Moldova, in July 2027, Europe is set to go dark without Internet connection after vital undersea cables are cut.Similar ruptures have been rattling European security officials in recent months, but investigations are yet to determine if they were due to Russian sabotage or were maritime accidents.

May 2029: Putin opens military bases in NATO

By May 2029, the pro-Russian governments of Slovakia and Hungary are projected to sign agreements to host multiple Russian military bases on their territory as part of secret security deals. Hungary’s gradual turn to Russia can be traced back to November 2010, when the newly elected prime minister Viktor Orbán made his first visit to Moscow. Since then, it has gone from strength to strength, with Hungary refusing to join the EU sanctions against Russia, making Europeans more and more fearful of the Kremlin’s sprawling influence.

December 2029: Conscription reinstated

That same year, in December, both governments of the Netherlands and Germany are expected to abolish voluntary army recruitment and reinstate conscription. Military service – with varying aspects – is already in force in nine countries: Cyprus, Greece, Austria, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. But Russia’s imperialistic thirst has forced most European nations – Britain included – to rethink its stance.

May 2030: Defense spend exceeds healthcare

This will also result in defence spending exceeding healthcare costs in the EU, United24 projects. By May 2030, at least 76% of EU social benefits are set to be cut in favour of financing the defence sector. While Europe is far away from such measures, Sir Keir Starmer has already promised to boost defence amid the threat from Russia.

September 2030: Invasion of Finland and Poland

The projection for the ‘Eurussian Empire’ ends three months later, in September 2030, when Putin is supposed to announce a ‘special military operation’ on NATO. Russian forces are witnessed crossing the borders of Finland and Poland less than a decade after invading Ukraine. United24 conducted the project with the help of studies from Estonia and Denmark ahead of the three-year anniversary of the war. READ MORE