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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Healthy Fats / The Most Stolen Item in the World

The Most Stolen Item in the World

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

stolen itemPop quiz.

What do you think is the most stolen item in the world?

Drugs?

Cars?

Bread?

Bread was the first thing that came to my mind perhaps because I love the book and the musical Les Miserables‘. Who can forget Jean Valjean going to prison for stealing bread to feed his sister’s children?

All of those answers are wrong!

Would you believe that after surveying nearly 1200 retailers representing 250,000 retail outlets all across the world, the UK’s Center for Retail Research discovered that the most stolen item is none other than:

CHEESE!

Believe it or not, nearly 4% of cheese is stolen each and every year.

Dr. Joshua Banfield, Director of the Center for Retail Research, says that with the price of healthy cheese such as authentic Gouda rising, much of the theft is for resale into other markets or to restaurants.

Other frequently stolen items making the high risk list include meat, chocolate, alcohol, and seafood including caviar.

I find it interesting that three out of the top five most stolen items are animal foods considered by Traditional Societies to be essential for vibrant health.

It seems that when desperation sets in at the level which compels a person to become a criminal, the misguided mantra of conventional nutritionists and government agencies to avoid meat and foods high in saturated fat like cheese quickly goes out the window.

Perhaps there is more going on here than small time criminals trying to make a quick buck on the black market.  Could many of these people stealing cheese, meat, or seafood simply be extremely hungry during these tumultuous economic times and instinctively favoring those foods that will give them the most nutrition and ability to survive?

Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist

 

Source: World Dairy Diary

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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  1. Swerves

    Jun 21, 2019 at 10:44 pm

    It’s Bic lighters and Bic pens. Real talk.

    Reply
  2. W 3100

    Aug 2, 2017 at 11:45 am

    Ive always heard, a cigarette lighter and toilet paper from work

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