Why Is A Turkey Not A Turkey?

“A turkey is a turkey”. That’s as true as “an egg is an egg”. Or “food is food”.

As you know, there is healthy food and unhealthy food. And if you’re truly interested in healthy weight loss to lose weight permanently, isn’t it a good idea to watch out for healthy food?

Turkeys come in different kinds (just like eggs). You know you’ve got the worst category if the label doesn’t say anything specific. After all, if it would be quality meat, it would be advertised as such…

Next up in the quality score is the “free range” turkey. What actually doesn’t mean much. All it says is, that the turkey has had a chance to get outside. It doesn’t mean that he has ever seen the sky or walked around. In fact, most “modern” turkey breeds turn so heavy, they can hardly walk around at all (not to mention producing young turkeys, so they come from artificial insemination).

Then we have the “organic” turkey. That means, the turkey is fed only organic food and hasn’t been treated with antibiotics or growth hormones (the latter are illegal anyway). “Not being treated with antibiotics” is a good sign. Because it forces the turkey farmers to provide high quality environments- otherwise the birds would get sick and the whole population could not go to the market. So, since the environment is healthy, you have a much better chance to get high quality meat.

And then there is “heritage”. These are often “organic” too. “Heritage” means, “no modern breed”. So here we have the original turkey, more or less as Mother Nature has invented it. Personally, that’s my choice to lose weight permanently in a healthy way.

By the way: next time you are buying eggs watch out for “organic” and “free range”. Same logic applies here too.

Of course, as so often with high quality food: It’s more expensive. And let me ask you a question: How much is your health worth to you?