There are some dangerous things going on, deep down where no one can see them. They have to do with food too: Depending on your genes, you may not get supersized eating a fast food hamburger, and you won’t get super sick either, because many of these restaurants are now battling E. coli bacteria and salmonella by injecting their ground beef with ammonia.
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Autistic animal researcher Temple Grandin works to find humane, non-frightening ways for animals, such as cattle, chickens and pigs, to be slaughtered. Along with the “hormone free,” “cage free” and “antibiotic free” labels on meat that are now found in grocery stores, we may soon see a new one: “pain free.”
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Everyone craves it (almost everyone, that is), but some people say it isn’t all that good for you. But no matter how you feel about it, it’s long overdue for a makeover.

Enriching meats with fiber and omega-3 fatty acids may help consumers to associate meat with a healthy lifestyle. One of the healthy things that meat contains is conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which preliminary studies on animals show may reduce cancer.
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Three years ago, we reported that astronauts may eventually create fake meat in space. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) thinks this is a wonderful idea, and is even offering a million dollar prize to the person who does a creditable job of it. Let’s just hope they don’t use vegetarians as judges!

PETA figures that this will be easier than trying to convince everyone to become vegetarians. A panel of 10 judges will evaluate the “in vitro” fried “chicken” to determine which researcher wins the prize.

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There’s nothing fake about the extraordinary items in our William Henry store. He even has a new DVD about 2012!

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