Guest guest Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 grass is the natural diet for a cow, and a grass fed cow does not need to be fed antibiotics, as opposed to a corn fed cow. Shamanist1, It is a pure money maker for the pharmaceutical manufacturers. Douglas Knapp Both of these statements probably carry a good piece of the truth...and both are rooted in the absurd population densities at the feed-lots where most beef is raised. Add to this that, as these poor animals are not allowed to roam, they wallow in their own filth. Thus the need to inoculate and irradiate and who knows what else. If it IS all about making money, we might support the efforts of organic ranchers by recommending and purchasing meat from those who raise livestock as they evolved. www.localharvest.org/store/meats.jsp better for our patients, families, selves, environment.... tastes better too... Stephen Woodley LAc -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Z'ev, I should correct a typo. In the early 1990s I taught (not was taught) the upper division course in nutrition at City College of San Francisco. My formal training in clinical nutrition was in graduate training at the Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the mid-1980s. T. Colin Campbell (in the early 1990s) did not have views that differed much from my own professors in nutrition. From the 1960s onward, it was generally viewed that people who ate from their gardens had the healthiest diets. In America, that meant poor share-croppers who had no choice but to eat from their gardens. Michael Pollan, in his most recent book, demystifies our American preoccupation with protein as a some sort of iconic or magical dietary requirement. It is ironically what stands in the way of our recently gained strides in longevity. So I've silently rolled my eyes over the years when I've heard people ask, " Where are you getting your protein? " My occasional response was, " How are you managing to avoid it? " Respectfully, Emmanuel Segmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 J. Lynn Detamore <lynndetamore Corn feed is a money-maker all right. Now take into consideration that corn is also the primary source of ethanol in this country, and the money picture comes even sharper into view. It is unfortunate that the greed of the few out weighs that which is best for all. If the technology for making ethanol from the native switchgrass of the prairy were pursued rather than suppressed..... Douglas Knapp Doctoral Fellow, L.Ac. Full Moon Acupuncture 1600 York Avenue New York, NY 10028 212-734-1459 ______________________________\ ____ Never miss a thing. Make your home page. http://www./r/hs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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