Pigs are generally considered to be smelly, dirty and greasy. That’s why comparing someone to a pig is considered a biting insult. But as Theo van Kempen and Ruurd Zijlstra, both agricultural scientists specializing in swine nutrition, pointed out in an article published in March in the journal Metabolites, pigs don’t deserve this unflattering reputation. Rather, it is we humans who could learn something from them, particularly when it comes to maintaining a healthy weight. While pigs may look stocky to most of us, they generally don’t have obesity issues.…
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