>Gene
>>I always like to quote my grandfather who made it to nearly 90 in
>>fine health on a diet of bacon...
>
>Kathryn:
>>My father died this year at age 93. He relished fat, would ask to have the
>>fat trimmings from others
>
>What worries me about animal fats is their tendency to accumulate
>toxic chemicals. This is new and was not a problem in my grandfathers
>time. Added to this are the use of nitrates and other chemicals to
>preserve meats.... Two unknowns that are difficult to factor into
>the health picture.
>
>Another new development are fats such as cotton seed oil and canola.
>Canola is our creation and the initial releases did cause health
>problems. They went back and adjusted the "rape" seed and today
>we believe it is safe.
>
>jeff (rebellious guinea pig in the research lab called life)
True enough - the bacon my grandfather lived on was made from a pig
fed from the family scraps, potatoes from the allotment, vegetable
waste from the garden and local grain - though grain from the local
farmers would have had DDT sprayed on it for the last 20 years of his
life.
kathryn
