Re: the pill that prevents cancer

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On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:00:28 -0600, Hi_Therre <Bruce35@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:34:05 +1300, Quentin Grady
><quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:44:54 -0700, "TigerLily" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>wrote:
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>>>i'm wondering if those Omega 3 eggs are also in
>>>the 'free range' catagory for increased Vitamin D
>>
>>G'day G'day Kate,
>>
>> The vitamin D is 96% in the yolk. The yolks of free range eggs are
>>usually richer than battery hens. In taste tests here in NZ the
>>researchers were surprised to find some people preferred the battery
>>hen eggs as they found the free range eggs too rich for their taste.
>>
>>>we recently switched over to them (long story....
>>>bottom line, CostCo sells them 24 at a time rather
>>>than 30 or 36 at a time) and they taste different
>>>from the old eggs we used to eat........... my
>>>partner says 'this egg was laid by a happy
>>>chicken'
>>
>>And why shouldn't they be. There often appears to be karma in action.
>>Animals should be well taken care of even if it our intention to eat
>>them or their eggs. So often when animals are given a healthy and
>>relatively carefree existence the food we obtain from them is
>>healthier.
>>
>What you say is true, but everybody is in business to make a buck. You
>should see what a Tyson chicken broiler house looks like. About 400
>or so feet long and ten of thousands of chickens inside. Looks like a
>solid mass of chicken. My neighbor drives one of those tyson chicken
>delivery trucks that pick up the chickens at the broiler houses and
>deliver them to the plant for processing. He can tell you some
>stories.

G'day G'day Hi_Therre,

I'm lucky. I often have a choice thanks largely to the Hawkes Bay
Farmers' Market, friends and acquaintances.

In New Zealand the free range poultry industry is well developed
though somewhat under threat. All egg producers must pay a levee; the
same levee for inspection regardless of size. This hits the smaller
producers hard. Never the less free range eggs and meat chickens are
readily available. What I have noticed is the frozen local free range
poultry is redder in colour. I think this is due to thinner layers of
fat under the skin. They roast nicely giving a crisper skin.

For meat I can buy venison, ostrich and beef all of which are free
range. Feedlots are uncommon in New Zealand. I haven't seen one.
With plentiful grass available we don't need to over Winter in sheds.

Ostrich is grass fed not grain fed like chickens. They fun freely
around paddocks. Their meat is very, very low fat.

At the Farmers' Market there is very lean beef (5% fat) available.
The cattle are raised in a low stress environment. The farmer uses no
dogs. As a consequence the meat isn't loaded with cortisol.

As I've already said, "I'm lucky."
Not everyone has options available that allow them the choices I do.

Best wishes,

--
Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
New Zealand, >#,#< [
/ \ /\
"... and the blind dog was leading."

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin
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