Eating Low Carb? Be Informed About Mad Cow

Finding Mad Cow in Oregon puts a new wrinkle in theCJD
high proteindiet, doesn't it? What's a person to do(Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) a variant of Mad Cow as
that wants to eat moremeat, not less?being relatedwhen clearly it is.
Are you Eating Less Meat Due to Mad Cow Disease?The Costs of Clean Meat Supply
Not the people I've spoken with. Most are saying,The meat and dairy industry will now begin a
"Yipee, beef'son sale!" The food industry has done acampaign to make thehigher cost of clean meat
great job of convincing usthey are providing a safeseem a ridiculous indulgence ratherthan a possibly life
food supply and we've been lulled intoa false sensesaving measure. It does cost more to have aclean
of security. Nothing could be further from thetruth.food supply. I and my family are worth it, are you
In July 1988, a ban was introduced in the UK whichandyours?
prohibited theuse of the remains of sheep in cattleFor excellent reference materials read Fast Food
feed. BSE is thought tohave spread to cattle fromNation by Eric
feed including meat and bone meal madefrom sheepSchlosser, The Crazy Makers by Carol Simontacchi,
suffering from a similar brain disease, calledscrapie.and Mad Cowboy:
Ban Not Properly EnforcedPlain Truth from the Cattle Rancher who Won't Eat
Unfortunately the ban was not enforced properly forMeat by Howard
many yearsand remained a paper exercise (exactlyF. Lyman. Be informed then make the choice for you
as it has been in the USever since).and yourfamily.
Francis Anthony, a Herefordshire veterinary surgeon,Food politics aside, I'm interested in my and my
and thefamilies healthand well being, and I'm not interested in
British Veterinary Association's spokesman on BSEsupporting an industrythat doesn't care about the
said, "If theban had been enforced properly from thequality of their products or whetherthose products
start, I have nohesitation in saying categorically thatare potentially dangerous or even deadly.
we should be seeing onlya few cases today. But thatWhat You Can Do to Avoid Dangerous Meat
contaminated feed was being given toanimals until atBuy all your meat from the local butcher. He gets the
least 1995, and possibly a year later."animalsfrom local farmers, and can tell you which
The false sense of security for us in the US cameFarms, if you ask.
from it beingwidely reported that the practice hadBuy all your meat from local stores that certify it is
been banned. They failed tomake it clear that thisgrain fed.
was a "voluntary ban." Even I falselybelieved theyVisit sites such as Cut back on your consumption of
had long ago ended this practice until the recentnewsall meat in general, substitutingbeans for instance for
reports that it is still being done. Despite there beingprotein.
aclear connection between feeding rendered animalsEat a "special occasion" steak at the best restaurants
to animalscausing Mad Cow disease, the meat andsuch as
dairy industry continuesthe practice to this day. Why?Ruth Chris' Steak House. Now that's a steak!
Corporate greed, plain and simple.More Info on Mad Cow and it's Variant CJD
It is a cheap source of "protein" and makes cowsMadCow.org: Everything you ever wanted to know
and otheranimals fatten faster. A fatter animalsabout Mad Cow.
weighs more, and they aresold by weight.Human BSE Foundation: An organization for those
I have no doubt that people in the US aren't gettingwith CJD (thehuman variant of Mad Cow)
excitedabout the threat or beginning to avoid beefMad Cow Facts
simply because nopeople have been reported withYou don't have to be a fanatic, just be informed and
the disease. After all, this was asick cow, not athen makethe best choices you can for yourself and
human. Hence, people do not consider it ayour family.
directthreat. Amazingly they don't consider those with