Monday, November 24, 2008

No more raw pork for Cinderella




Actually we're cutting out all pork products. Why, well how about this news story from ABC news:

It's Not a Tumor, It's a Brain Worm: Doctor Surprised to Find a Worm Living Inside a Woman's Brain.

Late last summer, Rosemary Alvarez of Phoenix thought she had a brain tumor. But on the operating table her doctor discovered something even more unsightly -- a parasitic worm eating her brain.

"We've got a lot more of cases of this in the United States now," said Raymond Kuhn, professor of biology and an expert on parasites at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. "Upwards of 20 percent of neurology offices in California have seen it."

The pork tapeworm has plagued people for thousands of years. The parasite, known as cysticercosis, lives in pork tissue, and is likely the reason why Jewish and Muslim dietary laws ban pork.


Damn, but I love bacon. But we should never forget what Khan did to Chekov.

2 comments:

Mike said...

I love bacon too. I think I just make sure I cook the hell out of it first. Burnt bacon beats brain worms anyday...

JihadGene said...

Brain worms will never replace turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!