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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Will, as Bittman points out, farmed fish have an issue in regards to terrible conditions. This is why most health advocates will suggest things such as wild Pacific salmon over anything else.
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So wild fish > farmed. That makes sense, as it's the case with pretty much everything else. Of course now mad deer is starting to spread in the wild, but that's a different conversation.
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Also, Will, did you choose to reduce beef and pork for health reasons or ecological reasons or both? Between the two of them, they have the greatest ecological impact in regard to their production.
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Yes, the footprint is difficult to excuse, but it is also a health issue. We as a nation eat more beef than what's healthy, and the beef we get really isn't that good. Like other animals, the cattle are given growth hormones and the like, and they're fed hay instead of grass. If you ever get the opportunity, try beef from outside of the US. Many places feed the cattle grass (and don't give them artificial growth hormones), which makes the meat taste more substantial, more real. It's also leaner, which makes it healthier. As for pork, the conditions are bad and the footprint really isn't excusable.