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Bacon could become health food

Could it be true? Could bacon really be...healthy for your heart?

According to an article I just came across, American researchers have cloned pigs that can produce their own omega-3 fatty acids, which would make bacon and pork good for your heart. Omega-3 fatty acids are those compounds found in fish like tuna that reduce the incidence of heart disease.

For now, the research is still in a theoretical stage, as scientists are not sure whether meat from the cloned piglets whose flesh is laden with the omega-3 fatty acids have the same effect as the omega-3 fatty acids from fish. They are also not sure how consumers would react to genetic modification.

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Tags: america, bacon, cloning, genetically modified, GMO, pork

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Holley Sanchez

3-27-2006 @7:29PM Holley Sanchez said... It is actually sick, as it is animals are tortured enough for food. Look around, fat people everywhere buying so much food , developing diseases and killing themselves with puss tainted milk and broken down tortured diseased meat. The only way to being healthy is to be Vegan and think about all the good from it could come! Government runs the milk industry and so why would they let studies on soy milk let the public know that the vit d is added as it is in cow milk.... Soy is good for you. Meat is murder and cloning pigs and doing studies on animals is wrong....would you eat your dog? or your cat? why do you think that a pigs soul is not equal to your dog? people wise up and look at the big picture.
Vegan4all lyf.
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nick

3-27-2006 @7:31PM nick said... who care about bacons i eat bacon over 40 years in my lifetime and i am still healthy and everyone has a different bodys condition,,,,enjoy bacon and it good for your skin,hairs and heart.
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 Margery Kirner

3-27-2006 @7:32PM Margery Kirner said... I think genetically altered pig is fine. Just remember God gave us a brain and he expects us to use it. Genetically altered food is a good way to extend our lives,if we don't blow ourselves up before this happens.
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Kathy Beigler

3-27-2006 @7:44PM Kathy Beigler said... Somethings just aren't right. I don't think cloneing is in any way acceptable. If we're running out of pigs, then give thoughts to being a vegetarian. Personally pork is one of my fav even over steak, but i know i'd not eat cloned anything!
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Kathy Beigler

3-27-2006 @7:45PM Kathy Beigler said... Somethings just aren't right. I don't think cloneing is in any way acceptable. If we're running out of pigs, then give thoughts to being a vegetarian. Personally pork is one of my fav even over steak, but i know i'd not eat cloned anything!
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Chewbaca

3-27-2006 @7:58PM Chewbaca said... easy for us to say become vegan. gmo foods are helping people who live in areas that can't produce food. gmo foods are engineered to survive in less favorable conditions.
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kkko

3-27-2006 @8:37PM kkko said... I go with Sam ,life is holy ,if you can think you can make life your wrong, i hate the idea
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Larry Walker

3-27-2006 @8:37PM Larry Walker said... Make mine a "BBB" hold the "L" and the "T". Whole wheat multi-grain bread and low-fat mayo please.
Natural selection: pig's fate - man's gain.

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rasta dawit

3-27-2006 @9:54PM rasta dawit said... What a horror in babylon...No surprise at all really, we've used/abused these poor creatures for so long and now this? Cosidering none of these careless babylonians ever cared what they put in they're bodies anyway,Just add 13 parts gung-ho-''Hey Im a man because I devour animals'',mixed with zero enlightenment past your front door,and you've got the purfect recipe for extended global attrocity..how sad.
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Chewbaca

3-28-2006 @12:26AM Chewbaca said... boo hoo. the poor pigs. all they want is to run free. and we eat them. would someone do something to save them? they deserve representation in the government, since they contribute to the world. i wish the world was enlightened enough to see this. now, the whole world eats the pig. someday, i tell you. someday, the four legged ones will exact their revenge, and the las vegans will sit beside them as they rule the world.
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Marky Mark

4-02-2006 @11:06AM Marky Mark said... Dn't knock low carbs . iT Is healthy , excellant for diabetics, and I had a stent implanted 5 years ago and my cardiologist loves the low carb diet. So get educated before you try to knock it. Thank You But don't eat too much bacon.
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