http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy Just another bbPress community en-US Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:41:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/search.php http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37171 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:56:55 +0000 Raphael 37171@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Really? </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37117 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:15:52 +0000 OnTheBayou 37117@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Use it, eat it. Jeez, not everyone has organic, grass fed, slaughtered with Mozart meat. There&#39;s this reactionary presumption that <span class="tooltip" title="Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation">CAFO</span> meat is loaded with &quot;toxins&quot;, whatever they might be and probably w/o any real evidence of that fact. </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37096 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:44:35 +0000 Raphael 37096@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>What exactly? The n-6 or the toxins? If you have access to good pig fat, then eat away... it&#39;s the toxins that really are the problem. </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37073 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:48:37 +0000 syzchan 37073@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Aww, that&#39;s a bummer to hear about pig fat. I was starting to fall in love with fatty cuts of it! </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37034 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:10:19 +0000 Raphael 37034@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Oh, okay. Thanks, won&#39;t be buying it then! Although I had some really fatty commercial veal ribs yesterday... yummm </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37033 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:07:41 +0000 CaveGirl 37033@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Ralphael, the only reason Grok didn&#39;t care about ratios is that he didn&#39;t have to contend with grain/corn fed factory farm meat. Grassfed meats have much higher amounts of the good Omega 3 (plus a lot of other goodness like CLA).</p> <p>I still will eat regular ribs every one and then (and offset as much as I can with fish oil and grassfed foods) but my only comment was that you shouldn&#39;t be buying straight up fat if it isn&#39;t as clean as possible. Just my two cents. </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37010 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:45:31 +0000 Raphael 37010@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>I think you&#39;re worrying too much about it. Some of us here seem to believe that a 1:1 ration is not even necessary. Grok obviously didn&#39;t care about it... neither did all those civilizations who had no excess to seafood, I believe. </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37007 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:05 +0000 maba 37007@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>erm, I&#39;m in denial when it comes to nuts. I know I HAVE to reduce the amount of nuts I eat but other than that this whole exercise of keeping tab on o3:o6 ratios seems so tedious.</p> <p>ETA: Tallow seems to have a better ratio of ~ 1:5. </p> <p><a href="http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/fats-and-oils/482/2" rel="nofollow">http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/fats-and-oils/482/2</a> </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37003 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:35:53 +0000 Raphael 37003@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>maba, but nuts usually have much more n-6 than that! </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-37001 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:31:53 +0000 maba 37001@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Check out this link from Nutrition Data. Change the serving size to 1 tbsp and scroll all the way to the bottom and expand the Fatty Acid tab. It doesn&#39;t say if this lard is from pastured or conventionally-raised pigs, but I&#39;ll assume it&#39;s not pastured. The o3:o6 ratio is 1:10 and a tbsp of lard has 1300mg of o6 and there&#39;s no way my 1 pill of fish-oil of 1000mg is going to offset that. That makes me think about the unpastured uncured bacon I&#39;ve been eating.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/fats-and-oils/483/2" rel="nofollow">http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/fats-and-oils/483/2</a> </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-36998 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:24:40 +0000 Raphael 36998@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>This way I&#39;ll never eat ribs in my life again... </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-36885 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:03:20 +0000 CaveGirl 36885@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>I wouldn&#39;t because regular factory-farm pig has a lot of toxins in it, most of which is stored in the fat. I would hold out until you can get something better. </p> <p>In Mark&#39;s book he talks about the fact that if you can&#39;t get grassfed meat, eat the really lean cuts and supplement with good fish oil or coconut oil because since the toxins/chemicals in animals mostly gets stored in the fat its a more dangerous option to get the low-grade stuff. </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-36861 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:02:01 +0000 eyeshield9 36861@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>I also read pig has a bad n6-n3 ratio so, no for me as well.</p> <p>I&#39;d skip it... </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-36856 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:50:11 +0000 Raphael 36856@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Okay thanks. </p> <p>Anyone else...? </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-36799 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:09:13 +0000 JamieBelle 36799@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Personally, I wouldn&#39;t. My &quot;lard&quot; comes from the hormone/antibiotic free bacon I fry each weekend, and pour into a can. I store it in the fridge and use it for cooking throughout the week. :) </p> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/topic/pig-fat-to-buy-or-not-to-buy#post-36779 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:36:06 +0000 Raphael 36779@http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/ <p>Okay so finally I found some animal fat at the supermarket. Although not exactly lard, it&#39;s at least almost pure pig fat - easily converted into lard. So my question is, is it safe to consume it despite being commercial (non-organic)? Is there a lot of toxins in the fat? Am I better off without it?</p> <p>It&#39;s cheap as hell also - less than 1$ per pound. </p>