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Us humans have very strong stomach acid. At a Ph of 1-2, it can be stronger than the acid in a classic lead-based car battery. Why dry age meat? Early humans might first have started cooking their food to make carrion safer for them...
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All the elements that make up nutrients in our food are just borrowed. Nutrients are recycled throughout nature, throughout millennia. This is the essence of life, a beautifully complex, self-organising combination of elements that come from stardust and will eventually...
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Most of the meats we sell and eat are muscles. They're the parts of an animal that are made from proteins and fats, and therefore give our bodies those nutrients when we eat them. Our producers farm using methods that regenerate the...
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Why do we eat? We eat because we have to. It is essential, otherwise we die. From food we derive energy for activity, growth, and all functions of the body, such as breathing, digesting food and keeping warm. We also...
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One of the statistics we often have thrown at us concerns how much water is used in the production of beef. Some very high figures are bandied about – one statistic here suggests it takes a staggering 1,847 gallons of water to produce 1lb...
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