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Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by AlphaTaikun: 8:28am On Oct 31, 2025
eepeepook:
A pig raised in a concrete pen using selected agricultural feed can never get parasites. Where them wan from come? As for dirt, they play in mud to cool off. That is all. Africans dump refuse anywhere. It is a sorry case that most sites rife with mud also house refuse. Oh, it’s science. The garbage shields the ground from the sun, thus allowing it absorb moisture which leads to soft, almost clay-like texture.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by AlphaTaikun: 8:36am On Oct 31, 2025
eepeepook:
They were classified as dirty in the past when allowed to roam free. Since pigs eat almost anything, they dug into graves and consumed corpses. Today, pigs are raised in industrial farms. They eat only what farmers provide.
There are pros and cons to eating pork, cow meat or any other red meat source. I would rather stick to my usual white meat sources such as chicken, turkey meat and fish for now. In a worse case scenario, I would ONLY taste pork meat if there's certainty that it's from an industrial pig farm.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by eepeepook(op): 4:04pm On Oct 31, 2025
Pork is white meat. ROFLMAO.

AlphaTaikun:
There are pros and cons to eating pork, cow meat or any other red meat source. I would rather stick to my usual white meat sources such as chicken, turkey meat and fish for now. In a worse case scenario, I would ONLY taste pork meat if there's certainty that it's from an industrial pig farm.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by AlphaTaikun:
eepeepook:
Pork is white meat. ROFLMAO.
Pork is globally classified as "red meat" NOT "white meat" because it comes from a mammal and contains higher levels of myoglobin [the protein that gives meat its red color].

While some cuts can be pale pink and marketed as "white meat," this is largely due to historical marketing campaigns and a desire to distance it from other red meats like beef due to fat content concerns. Health authorities, including the USDA, officially classify pork as red meat.


Do further fact-checks, watch the short video below and read the links which show that pork is RED MEAT and NOT white meat right BELOW. The FACT that it turned pale pink to off-white after cooking doesn't mean it is "white meat" like chicken or other poultry meat.

From the Official USDA Website in the United States
https://ask.usda.gov/s/article/Is-pork-white-meat
Is pork white meat?
Pork is classified a red meat because it contains more myoglobin than chicken or fish. When fresh pork is cooked, it becomes lighter in color.


Is Pork a White Meat or Red Meat? A Doctor Explains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9hTPISxamQ?si=K9MnQuZkSxFg_yH6
Dr. Jen Caudle • Mar 14 2023

Is White Meat Healthier Than Red Meat?! 🍗 vs. 🍖 [Does it even matter?]
Nerdtritionists•4.3K views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmlb3WZQ_E


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BP_S6UyyHk
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by sprints1: 5:25pm On Nov 02, 2025
Taenia solium that's why I avoid it
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by Justiceleague1: 5:25pm On Nov 02, 2025
I don't
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by SlavaUkraini: 5:26pm On Nov 02, 2025
SouthSouth1914:
The dirtiest, unclean thing ever. Stay away from it if you can!
You never see hunger...

If sapa hold you, you go consume pork..
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by SlavaUkraini: 5:29pm On Nov 02, 2025
sprints1:
Taenia solium that's why I avoid it
Deworm yourself every 3 months
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by Iceberg3: 5:29pm On Nov 02, 2025
Baba owamudiac dotherightthing,what say ye?

grin
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by NothingDoMe: 5:33pm On Nov 02, 2025
eepeepook:
I’ve seen a fair number of Nigerians who refuse to eat the meat. Why? I’ve come across ignorant ones who swear to never eat pig meat but rush to consume pork because they don’t believe both are the same.
Cholesterol
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by nairalanda1(m): 5:36pm On Nov 02, 2025
SouthSouth1914:
You can do a simple search.
A lot of other domestic animals have a lot of parasites in them too.

As an example, chickens, sheep and goats and cows contain a lot of parasites in them ( which is why my mother would wash and boil and fry any meat entering our house). Cows contain a specie of tapeworm, and sheep can pick up liver flukes just from grazing.

Pigs are the same, I'll give you that, but other animals too get their own.

Plus your reference says uncooked pork. I doubt any Nigerian eats meat raw
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by Konjiboii: 5:37pm On Nov 02, 2025
I even ate some yesterday ,a bit of the ham and bacon, sweet patotoes with avocados and better stew .washed down with zobo.

Niggis go calm say dem no dey eat pork but them dey give head.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by nairalanda1(m): 5:37pm On Nov 02, 2025
sprints1:
Taenia solium that's why I avoid it
Taenia saginata is also found in cow meat.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by nairalanda1(m): 5:38pm On Nov 02, 2025
eepeepook:
They were classified as dirty in the past when allowed to roam free. Since pigs eat almost anything, they dug into graves and consumed corpses. Today, pigs are raised in industrial farms. They eat only what farmers provide.
If pigs are kept in a clean and moist environment, they will keep clean.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by nairalanda1(m): 5:40pm On Nov 02, 2025
Mariangeles:
When it comes to dirty animals, pigs are the dirtiest.
It is in their nature. Dirt is their natural habitat.
It's even in how they eat.
How you know which animal is the dirtiest is when they're left to roam freely.

Pigs are even used to define other animal species that are dirty.
For example: catfish are the pigs of fish, as ducks are the pigs of birds.
Pigs prefer a moist environment, but because most farmers cannot afford a clean and moist environment, pigs are kept in mud filled enclosures. Hence the myth of them being dirty

Pigs don't have much in the way of sweat glands hence their preference for moist environment
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by ednut1(m): 5:43pm On Nov 02, 2025
meobizy:
The white man colonized us and forced his foods on us. I traveled out and realized it is their staple. Chicken is the alternative.
the white man brought cassava, corn, tomatoes, guava , sweet potatoes. So when will we denounce it?
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by miketayo(m): 5:45pm On Nov 02, 2025
SouthSouth1914:
You can do a simple search.
Have you searched what is in an uncooked lion or skunk
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by Fujiyama: 5:46pm On Nov 02, 2025
As long as the conversation is about regular pig and not 'long pig' then we are good. grin
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by miketayo(m): 5:46pm On Nov 02, 2025
meobizy:
The white man colonized us and forced his foods on us. I traveled out and realized it is their staple. Chicken is the alternative.
Blame the white man for everything
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by ritzyvic1(m): 5:47pm On Nov 02, 2025
eepeepook:
Proof?
Go to that canal at ajegunle and see for yourself
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by ouigy99(m): 5:48pm On Nov 02, 2025
Contains too much fat....plus I noticed I get worms whenever I consume it over a period of time
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by ForChrist1: 5:49pm On Nov 02, 2025
Josbreed:
is is dirtier than catfish raised in po ds that drink andeat from water containing their urins and fæces? Pigs CAN NEVER eat where they poo. They like cleanliness too, itis the ones that stray that enter muddy water foronly one reason:to cool off frm the heat.
They are considered unclean because of their propensity to host harmful parasites and not because of their physical hygiene. We can say all animals are dirty, but where the dangerous tape worms for example are associated with pigs, catfishes are NOT known to host them.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by Tingotoe: 5:49pm On Nov 02, 2025
eepeepook:
I’ve seen a fair number of Nigerians who refuse to eat the meat. Why? I’ve come across ignorant ones who swear to never eat pig meat but rush to consume pork because they don’t believe both are the same.
Cos it's meat for the infidelsgrin
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by pocohantas(f): 5:51pm On Nov 02, 2025
Because the pigs I used to see are dirty.
But when I started seeing clean ones, nobody gave me. I don't know how to cook it. If a good cook gives me, I will eat. Not regularly, but I will tick it off my food bucket list.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by SouthSouth1914: 5:53pm On Nov 02, 2025
SlavaUkraini:
You never see hunger...

If sapa hold you, you go consume pork..
Exactly, I never hunger. Even in hunger, I won’t eat it. I already know in hunger you can even eat human meat!! Well done
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by AngelicBeing: 5:53pm On Nov 02, 2025
Mariangeles:
When it comes to dirty animals, pigs are the dirtiest.
It is in their nature. Dirt is their natural habitat.
It's even in how they eat.
How you know which animal is the dirtiest is when they're left to roam freely.

Pigs are even used to define other animal species that are dirty.
For example: catfish are the pigs of fish, as ducks are the pigs of birds.
Gbsmsulotey well said. I detest and hate PORK MEAT ( Swine meat) >. Yuck, yuck, yuck 😝, l will never eat Swine meat in This world and in the world to come were l will live for TRILLIONS of years ooooooooo mucheche Hahaha 😂
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by Expanse2020(m): 5:55pm On Nov 02, 2025
Jesus don't eat pork
That why am not into it too

Antiislam
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by Tendd: 5:57pm On Nov 02, 2025
SouthSouth1914:
You can do a simple search.
Uncooked? Raw uncooked flesh of fish and Animals can be harmful.Who eats that?Pork is not "dirtier"than most animals.They are all pretty much the same.Some animals eat poop,dead carcass in the rottened state,dead people, etc.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by doncartel: 5:57pm On Nov 02, 2025
Did you know that pigs are almost as intelligent as human beings? Just google their iq level in comparison to other animals.

They are not particularly dirty but they are known to search for food everywhere including rubbish dumps. Also google their level of dirtiness in comparison to other animals.
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by muyico(m): 5:59pm On Nov 02, 2025
Who told you I no dey chop pork meat?? Dog meat and pork meat were better meats
Re: Why Don’t You Eat Pork? by Mariangeles(f): 5:59pm On Nov 02, 2025
AngelicBeing:
Gbsmsulotey well said. I detest and hate PORK MEAT ( Swine meat) >. Yuck, yuck, yuck 😝, l will never eat Swine meat in This world and in the world to come were l will live for TRILLIONS of years ooooooooo mucheche Hahaha 😂
Honestly, I can't knowingly eat pig.
There's just something about them.
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