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In reply to the discussion: Study: Too much red meat may shorten lifespan [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)97. I lived in an area
Where buffalo meat was plentiful. I bought buffalo steak often. I'm not sure if they got grains or not, the package always just said, 'grass-fed'.
I didn't know about the 'finished' on grains, but it makes sense - from what I understand, the grains make the meat taste better, so feeding them grains right at the end would eliminate any weird taste from a fully grass-fed cow. We once got a cow that just didn't taste 'right' and my (now ex) husband talked to the farmer and he said that he didn't give the cows grain at all and maybe the cow 'got into something'. The meat was slightly wild and skunky tasting - like moose meat.
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Feeding any kind of corn to cows is terrifically unhealthy for the cows.
Luminous Animal
Mar 2012
#6
Silage is very commonly fed to cows, and they do well with silage as part of the diet
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#30
When I was growing up on the farm, sileage was the green part only. Not the corn.
Luminous Animal
Mar 2012
#46
This was pre rampant use of anti-biotics. Not one farmer I knew would have fed the cows
Luminous Animal
Mar 2012
#55
I disagree. Conservatives throw out red meat all the time and they seem to live forever!!
Loudmxr
Mar 2012
#9
You could try almond milk. It's delicious and always wins taste tests vs cow milk. nt
Liquorice
Mar 2012
#61
He might like to read "The Omnivores Dilemma" or "In Defense of Food"...
Luminous Animal
Mar 2012
#77
When I goes, I knows I will be with the lawd, do I don't care 'bout no science stuff.
jobycom
Mar 2012
#17
I eat very little beef because I don't have arthritis flare ups if I stay away from it.
appleannie1
Mar 2012
#18
The McFood generation will be the one to reverse the trend toward longer lifespans.
HopeHoops
Mar 2012
#22
I have realized, and am embarrassed it took so long, that there is anti-nutritionalism as well as
RadiationTherapy
Mar 2012
#23
I imagine we often hold anecdotal evidence nearer and dearer to us that peer-reviewed analyses...
LanternWaste
Mar 2012
#34
If they are referring to corn fed, shot full of hormones American cattle, then I believe them.
Beacool
Mar 2012
#31
We have to ban things like pepperoni, salami, and pastrami. Look to NYC to lead the way. nt
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#38