Here are the dangers of consuming pork according to nutritionists.

KOMPAS.com – Information related to the presence of pork processed in such a way that beef is sold freely in the Bandung Regency that circulates on various social networks since Sunday (05/10/2020).

According to police information, there are two Solo residents living in Bandung and receiving shipments of Solo pork.

They then processed the pork to look like beef and asked two of their friends to sell the meat to various areas in Bandung.

Although it included criminal acts through this deception, the community was concerned that pork is sold at a price equivalent to beef.

Not only that, pork is also allegedly a source of tapeworm disease.

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So what are the effects that occur when eating pork?

fake pictures Every year, North Sumatra produces more than 40,000 tons of pork.

Responding to that, the Professor of the Health Nutrition Study Program at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), revealed Harry Freitag, pork is considered dangerous because there is a possibility of tapeworm infection.

“So, the pig has a high risk of containing parasites Trichinella spiralis or roundworm, Taenia solium or hadand Toxoplasma gondii“said Harry when he was contacted Kompas.com, Wednesday (05/13/2020).

According to him, pork has a higher risk than other meats.

Although this depends on the country, this worm infection can also be detected in developed countries.