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Fresh Eggs From Happy Chickens
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Will, T2 - 28 Jul 2007 15:17 GMT Good morning folks,
Well, thanks to some of you here who have awakened me to the idea that all eggs are not created equal, I went out this morning determined to buy especially organically produced fresh eggs from cage free happy chickens :-) What I found are promised to contain 275 mg of Omega 3 Fatty acids in each egg, of which 75 mg are DHA Fatty Acids....
These look like very happy, proud, tall-standing eggs....
Will, T2
Grandpa Chuck - 28 Jul 2007 17:24 GMT >Good morning folks, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Will, T2 ROFLMBO !!! Thanks Will. Just what I needed to get my day going on the sunny side up.
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Will, T2 - 28 Jul 2007 19:09 GMT >>Good morning folks, >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Thanks Will. >Just what I needed to get my day going on the sunny side up. Hi chuck,
Glad I could help you get your day off to a good start :-)
Will, T2
Delboy - 28 Jul 2007 18:10 GMT Hi Will,
Sorry to disappoint you, but according to recent research measuring stress hormone levels in battery, barn and free range eggs, all sets of chickens are equally "happy".
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4685 65&in_page_id=1770
Enjoy your eggs ;o}
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> > Good morning folks, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Will, T2 Will, T2 - 28 Jul 2007 18:22 GMT >Hi Will, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Enjoy your eggs ;o} Thanks, Delboy, that was interesting reading. There is something about the way the chickens produced my particular eggs were fed, however, that apparently results in a higher level of omega 3 fatty acids... at least that was the claim on the carton.
Anyway, they were good... I wound up making a omlet, with green peppers, onion, swiss cheese, and canadian bacon. Also, I enjoyed about 10-12 fresh cherries. Two hrs pp, my bg was about 110.
Will, T2
Delboy - 28 Jul 2007 18:34 GMT Glad I didn't put you off your eggs, Will.
The omelette sounds great eating and it didn't spike your BG either.
We get "omega 3" eggs in the UK also. Wish I could believe the advertising blurb. <sigh> But then I'm a sad old cynic.
My son sent me a birthday card recently, the picture showed a man holding a part full wine glass; it said "some say the glass is half full, some say the glass is half empty. You say the glass isn't big enough.!" <ROFL>
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> >>Hi Will, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Will, T2 Will, T2 - 28 Jul 2007 18:45 GMT >We get "omega 3" eggs in the UK also. Wish I could believe the advertising >blurb. <sigh> But then I'm a sad old cynic. > >My son sent me a birthday card recently, the picture showed a man holding a >part full wine glass; it said "some say the glass is half full, some say the >glass is half empty. You say the glass isn't big enough.!" <ROFL> That was a great joke... Thanks! Ha, ha....
About the omega 3 claims. Unfortunately, we consumers eating the eggs have very little opportunity to really know for sure whether the claims are actually true... You know what they say about something that seems too good to be true....
Anyway, it was a nice breakfast, together with the fresh coffee I had with it.
I have been hearing about all the rain over there in the UK this summer. I hope you and all the rest over there are not too soggy. It really sounds miserable in some places.
Will, T2
Delboy - 28 Jul 2007 22:29 GMT Yes Will,
We are lucky in our neck of the woods, although it rained stair rods, and some of the roads leading to our town (Chineham, near Basingstoke if you want to google it) were blocked at the bottom of hills, our area was flood free. Not so towns on the Rivers Thames, Severn and Avon. They have it bad still although the waters are falling.
Would you believe our great and glorious leaders are STILL going to allow new housing to be built on flood plains?
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> >>We get "omega 3" eggs in the UK also. Wish I could believe the advertising [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Will, T2 Terryc - 29 Jul 2007 16:13 GMT > Hi Will, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4685 65&in_page_id=1770 Yawn, yep I always believe "science" as reported in any newspaper.
What you need to know is 1; who did the research, 2: who funded the research (unis get paid to produce results"), and 3: has any other researcher found the same result.
Until another entirely independent researcher confirms the results, take it all with a grain of salt.
Ricavito - 29 Jul 2007 20:36 GMT > > Hi Will, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Until another entirely independent researcher confirms the results, take > it all with a grain of salt. Yeah, I've worked at a chicken "farm", and I've lived on a farm where "free range" chicked were raised, and there is no comparison. It may be different in the UK where the British may be more civil and humane to their animals. I certainly hope so. So-called "free range" eggs in the US may in some cases be produced by primarily caged hens however. Some big farming operations apparently are able to win the distinction of "free range" by just releasing the hens for portions of the day into a fenced dirt pen. I hear the hens are often so traumatized they won't leave their enclosures.
So if eating cruelty free eggs is a concern, one might want to check into the validity of the claim a bit before purchasing.
Will, T2 - 29 Jul 2007 20:55 GMT >Yeah, I've worked at a chicken "farm", and I've lived on a farm where >"free range" chicked were raised, and there is no comparison. It may [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >So if eating cruelty free eggs is a concern, one might want to check >into the validity of the claim a bit before purchasing. Thanks for the wake-up call, Ricavito...
I guess it is just another instance of the advertisers manipulating the public and the consumers...
Maybe the only "range free" chicken was the one I had as a pet, when I was about 5 yrs old. Now, that was a very free and liberated chicken! And a very happy and pampered chicken....
Will, T2
Ricavito - 29 Jul 2007 21:00 GMT > On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:36:40 -0700, Ricavito > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Will, T2 LOL, I had one of those too, an Easter chick...but he was a rooster so no eggs. I used to keep him in a shoebox beside my pillow a night when he was a chick. He grew up to terrorize the neighborhood, and my mom gave him away ... or maybe he ended up in the stew pot, come to think of it!
Hope you're having a fabulous day Will. We just got home from a weekend away and I need to unpack....
Will, T2 - 29 Jul 2007 22:04 GMT >LOL, I had one of those too, an Easter chick...but he was a rooster so >no eggs. I used to keep him in a shoebox beside my pillow a night [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Hope you're having a fabulous day Will. We just got home from a >weekend away and I need to unpack.... Thanks, Ricvito. Yes, it is a very fine day here in SE Virginia, on the coast. We had a little storm a while ago, but all in all, it is a really nice and lazy Sunday afternoon.
My chick was an Easter chick, also... We kept it for a long time, but finally the day came, when she had to go back to the farm. Needless to say, I was very upset!
Hope you and your family had a very nice trip. Sometimes, the best part of a weekend away is coming back home ;-)
Will, T2
hoodyup@yahoo.com - 29 Jul 2007 21:29 GMT A few years ago we had some chickens and the eggs were much happier than the ones from the store. We fed the chickens vegetable scraps and they scratched around all day eating all the bugs and weeds on our property. The shells were the brown kind and they were much harder than the kind from the store. We loved our chickens and the eggs, but after a couple years chickens get a little weird and start eating their own eggs and nesting in the neighbors trees. This is when most people (evil farmer types) kill them and eat them. My wife and I tearfully called one of these people and he came and took them away to become someone's low carb entree. We can't have them anymore since we now have a half Labrador half Bassett hound who will basically eat any creature smaller than herself. I still miss those chickens though, very comical to watch. Our old bassett hound never bothered to chase them and our cats just looked at them like "Wow, look at the size of that bird...If I could just...nah, never mind...bad idea".
Will, T2 - 29 Jul 2007 22:07 GMT > Our old bassett hound never bothered to chase >them and our cats just looked at them like "Wow, look at the size of >that bird...If I could just...nah, never mind...bad idea". Hi Andrew,
We have a wonderful Bassett, named Sassy (because of her tendency to talk back)... She is probably the most lovable dog I have ever had. She really is part of the family, and even sometimes takes long trips and vacations with us.
Will, T2
Jim Chinnis - 29 Jul 2007 22:31 GMT Ricavito <newsgroupreader@frontiernet.net> wrote in part:
>> > Hi Will, >> [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >So if eating cruelty free eggs is a concern, one might want to check >into the validity of the claim a bit before purchasing. I agree. Where I live I can buy most of my eggs and meat from farmers whose farms I can look at if I'm so inclined. The chickens, BTW, are scrawnier than the supermarket ones (including the organic and "free range" choices) but taste 10 times better.
As a child, I helped raise chickens. I've seen a modern high-production chicken farm, and it is truly shocking how low we have sunk. The chickens don't have room to turn around. They develop abnormal behaviors in close confinement and peck one another. Antibiotics keep them alive for their extremely shortened lives, as the modern feed and drugs now produce a market-ready chicken in a fraction of the time it used to take. -- Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA
Will, T2 - 30 Jul 2007 00:03 GMT >As a child, I helped raise chickens. I've seen a modern high-production >chicken farm, and it is truly shocking how low we have sunk. The chickens >don't have room to turn around. They develop abnormal behaviors in close >confinement and peck one another. Antibiotics keep them alive for their >extremely shortened lives, as the modern feed and drugs now produce a >market-ready chicken in a fraction of the time it used to take. I do have a sense of that, Jim... There are lots of chicken farms near here, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Yes, it is somewhat distressing, if one thinks about it.
The daughter of a friend of mine spends all her spare time rescuing injured chickens and other farm animals and wildlife. Her name is Constance, and she is a vegetarian. Constance is also a superb celloist.
Will, T2
Nicky - 30 Jul 2007 13:59 GMT >I agree. Where I live I can buy most of my eggs and meat from farmers whose >farms I can look at if I'm so inclined. The chickens, BTW, are scrawnier >than the supermarket ones (including the organic and "free range" choices) >but taste 10 times better. We've had several scandals over here, where supposedly free-range chickens were in fact the sort with a tiny door out into a bare yard that none of them ever wanted to visit anyway. I'm now choosing my chickens by how much muscle they have on the legs - at least if they've used 'em a bit, I reckon, they might have had some kind of life. Cows and pigs are much easier - I tend to know them personally, so to speak - but the only chickens I know are pets who get buried with full honours when they die!
Nicky. T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid D&E, 100ug thyroxine Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25
Jimmie D - 30 Jul 2007 15:20 GMT >>I agree. Where I live I can buy most of my eggs and meat from farmers >>whose [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > so to speak - but the only chickens I know are pets who get buried > with full honours when they die! My dad used to get farm raised chickens about 50 of them at a time and turn them loose in a big pen for a couple of weeks. This made a load of difference in the way they tasted, not sure if they were any better for you or not.
Jimmie
Julie Bove - 28 Jul 2007 18:31 GMT > Good morning folks, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > These look like very happy, proud, tall-standing eggs.... That's the kind I buy for my husband. I'm allergic. To the eggs. Not my husband. Although... Heh! Now there's a thought! :)
Will, T2 - 28 Jul 2007 19:14 GMT >> Good morning folks, >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >That's the kind I buy for my husband. I'm allergic. To the eggs. Not my >husband. Although... Heh! Now there's a thought! :) Hi Julie,
I really do feel for you... being allergic to some foods must really be frustrating at times, especially considering you also have to be careful from the standpoint of managing the diabetes.
Have you looked into desensitization treatments? They really can work.
I nearly died one time of an allergic reaction to some wasp stings, but after more than two years of treatments, my allergy was realatively tamed, so that it is not likelly to be life-threatening in the event of another sting.... I still try to be careful and avoid being stung.
Will, T2
Julie Bove - 28 Jul 2007 20:00 GMT > Hi Julie, > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Have you looked into desensitization treatments? They really can work. I don't think they have such a thing for foods. I did try them for inhalants but they did not work for me. Each time I got the shot, my allergies went out of control. By the time they finally settled back down again, I'd have to get another shot. I was to the point where my shots were only weekly but they were still a pain. I'd have to sit there for an hour each time to make sure I didn't react to it and need a shot of adrenalin. I was told once I ran out of the serum, I'd have to drive into Seattle and pick some more up. And I'd need the maintenence shots for about 20 years. I got very discouraged and stopped.
> I nearly died one time of an allergic reaction to some wasp stings, > but after more than two years of treatments, my allergy was > realatively tamed, so that it is not likelly to be life-threatening in > the event of another sting.... I still try to be careful and avoid > being stung. I was nearly killed by a bee sting. Oddly, last summer I was stung on the arm while picking pears and foolishly wearing a huge muu muu with a hibiscus print. The bee flew in the large sleeve and I think got stuck in there.
I immediately raced into the house, informed my husband I'd most likely need to go to the hospital ASAP and slapped some black drawing salve on there that I'd gotten from the health food store days before to help with a bite that Angela had. The salve worked and seemed to pull all the poison right out. There was a small amount of pinkish swelling and you could see where the stinger had gone in, but it didn't get any worse than that.
My man concern now is the food allergies because I already have enough other issues with my stomach. I don't need to add that. Just last night I had an incident in a restaurant. They recently changed their menu. I ordered the hummus and olives with a swap of cucumbers for the pita bread. They get the pita from a bakery and said they didn't know what was in it. I won't eat something if I suspect it might have eggs or dairy in it and I think some pita might. The old dish used to come with Kalamata olives but the new menu said "green stuffed". I assumed they were stuffed with pimentos. But no! Cheese!
Eating out can be really tough. Daughter had a steak and a plain baked potato. But I had to have the steak done special. They normally put on butter and a steak seasoning. Once again, they do not know what is in the seasoning so she can't have it. Some seasonings contain gluten. And she too is allergic to dairy.
My mom had a turkey sandwich that looked wonderful but I don't dare. Turkey can sometimes have milk in it. I don't know why they would do that but some does. Perhaps to keep it moist? And sometimes it is basted with butter. And then there's the issue of the bread. Again, I don't know what's in it. Darned hard to find bread with no egg or dairy.
Loretta Eisenberg - 28 Jul 2007 19:39 GMT I did the same thing Will
Will, T2 - 28 Jul 2007 22:21 GMT >I did the same thing Will How were your happy eggs, Loretta?
Mine were exquisite, and a very happy breakfast experience :-) It was really a psychic plus knowing that they came from happy chickens.... ;-)
Will, T2
Loretta Eisenberg - 28 Jul 2007 22:56 GMT I didnt eat them yet
Loretta
Måck©® - 01 Aug 2007 03:48 GMT >Good morning folks, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Will, T2 Dude, 4 minutes and a little salt, that's all that matters. Enjoy!
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