Pink Slime Cheap Beef Filler
When I first became interested in health following my experience and weight loss with the HCG Diet, I thought that PINK SLIME ie: BLBT (Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings) or FTLB Finely Textured Lean Beef) was a scary Urban Legend, sort of like the spiders in the cactus or saying Bloody Mary 3 times in the mirror. But finally, Pink Slime hits the airwaves and the mainstream media with ABC News reporting about it’s commonplace use. This gelatinous gray beef filler that the media is now calling PINK SLIME (I hope the term catches on) is everywhere, doesn’t have to be labeled, and is added to about 70% of all ground beef sold.
I recently posted the link on the HCG Diet Gourmet Cookbook Facebook Page about Pink Slime Beef Filler being added to school lunches and fed to our kids. CLICK HERE to read the full article Pink Slime is cheap, poor quality, beef trimmings treated liberally with ammonia to kill the germs just in case the meat got contaminated with fecal matter and bacteria, laid out in big gray blocks and sold to stores to be added to ground meat. Of course the primary motivation for these food manufactures and chain grocery stores to usePink Slime is profits, not the health of our kids.
Thankfully, many grocery stores and local butchers have taken a stand and refuse to add it to their meats or sell it to the public. I suggest you seek them out.
Find out which grocery store chains have reported that they do or do not use Pink Slime in their meat. The government insists that its healthy and safe (and treated with Ammonia???) Of course the USDA has no requirements that stores or restaurants label or disclose whether or not they use or add Pink Slime to their meat. Unless it is labeled USDA Organic, it could contain BLBT meat filler. UP to 70% of meat contains Beef Filler.
- Skip the school lunches. Send your kids to school with a homemade healthy lunch of fresh unprocessed foods.
- Say Something! Let the USDA know, Let your children’s schools know that this is not acceptable.
- Do your Research carefully where you buy your meat or grind it yourself using quality cuts
- Be aware when Dining Out If you are eating at a restaurant or fast food joint, just expect and know that you are likely eating about 70% Pink Slime Beef Filler in every fast food ground beef “not so happy” meal.
- Watch out for Processed Food Most processed food and Frozen Entrees use beef filler to supplement the real beef (if any) in their entrees and increase corporate profits.
I’m happy to report as a 2014 update that Jamie Oliver has just achieved amazing success at getting the Mega Fast Food Chain McDonalds to remove pink slime from their hamburgers in the US. This is huge!!! Thank you Jamie Oliver. You have done an amazing service for us all. Let’s all keep educating ourselves and others about pink slime and other unhealthy food manufacturing practices and continue to create positive change in the world and the food supply!
To read the full article about Jamie Oliver’s Success CLICK HERE
I share the Phase 2 Diet Tip in my cookbooks, The HCG Diet Gourmet Cookbook Vol 1 and 2 on how to make your own ground beef or chicken for your Favorite HCG Diet Recipes by pulsing lean cuts of quality meat in a food processor. It seems appropriate to share it with you here now. You can use this tip to make delicious recipes on every phase of the HCG diet and beyond.
Best Advice for Healthy Food for your Family
Know what you are eating, Know where it comes from, and Choose the best quality foods you can for yourself and the overall health of your family
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