Oh the deceit!Real quick, some of you may notice the change from "shopping adventures" to "food adventures," mostly cause I thought it would be better to include other areas of interest besides the grocery store.
Now, for those of you who go grocery shopping, go take a look at the eggs. Most of them are probably marked "vegetarian fed eggs" or "100% vegetarian diet."
That's cool, right? That's what I thought a while back.
After I read the nutrition chapter in Never Gymless, it occurred to me I was quite ignorant, or maybe gullible (both I suppose).
Commercial chickens are fed soy, corn, and grains, which you would assume to be normal, but that's far from the truth.
The normal diet of a chicken is insects, plants, and seeds.
So, we see the egg industry is advertising unfriendly animal practices as a good thing that is somehow beneficial to your health.
This is similar to if we made a lion follow a vegetarian diet.
He doesn't seem too happy.
Now, for those of you who go grocery shopping, go take a look at the eggs. Most of them are probably marked "vegetarian fed eggs" or "100% vegetarian diet."
That's cool, right? That's what I thought a while back.
After I read the nutrition chapter in Never Gymless, it occurred to me I was quite ignorant, or maybe gullible (both I suppose).
Commercial chickens are fed soy, corn, and grains, which you would assume to be normal, but that's far from the truth.
The normal diet of a chicken is insects, plants, and seeds.
So, we see the egg industry is advertising unfriendly animal practices as a good thing that is somehow beneficial to your health.
This is similar to if we made a lion follow a vegetarian diet.
He doesn't seem too happy.Tsk tsk, shame on you people. Such trickery is not appreciated.
Even organic-labeled eggs are marked as vegetarian. The grains are organic, but quite pointless when the chickens aren't suppose to be eating them in the first place.
From the 6-10 different types of eggs available for purchase, only 2 had no vegetarian diet label on them.
Next time you're about to buy eggs, take a quick look at what's on the packaging.
Even organic-labeled eggs are marked as vegetarian. The grains are organic, but quite pointless when the chickens aren't suppose to be eating them in the first place.
From the 6-10 different types of eggs available for purchase, only 2 had no vegetarian diet label on them.
Next time you're about to buy eggs, take a quick look at what's on the packaging.
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