But What Did the Cow Have for Lunch?

[Guest guest]

But What Did the Cow Have for Lunch?

By O'Neil

Maybe the problem in the modern diet isn't the amount of meat we eat, but the

diet of the animals whose meat we're eating, according to two studies based on

research comparing current diets with those of Paleolithic man.

Wild animals not only have less total fat than livestock fed on grain, but more

of their fat is of a kind (omega-3) thought to be good for cardiac health, and

less of a kind (omega-6) that promotes heart disease, said the studies,

published in the March issue of The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Many

of the same benefits were found in grass-fed livestock, also known as free

range.

The lead author of the studies, Dr. Loren Cordain of Colorado State University,

was part of a group of researchers who drew attention in 1985 by their

suggestion that Americans could benefit from imitating the diets of modern-day

hunter-gatherer tribes. Then, they described that diet as low in protein.

But in an interview, Dr. Cordain said that the group later discovered that the

dietary data had been compiled incorrectly and that about two-thirds of

hunter-gatherers' calories came from animals.

To try to reconcile this finding with the low rates of heart disease in such

societies, they compared the fat found in game animals to grass-fed and

grain-fed livestock. What they found, said Dr. Cordain, is that " we need to get

back to the character of wild meat. "

" You can still eat meat and be healthful, " said Dr. Cordain, if what you eat fed

itself the old-fashioned way.

New York Times February 19, 2002

[Guest guest]

Does this mean free-range only meats?

Found a store in Boston during one of my visits with my sister that had

quite an assortment of free range meats, expensive too! I think it was

called Circus Circus?

Suzanne

[ ] But What Did the Cow Have for Lunch?

> But What Did the Cow Have for Lunch?

> By O'Neil

>

> Maybe the problem in the modern diet isn't the amount of meat we eat, but

the diet of the animals whose meat we're eating, according to two studies

based on research comparing current diets with those of Paleolithic man.

>

> Wild animals not only have less total fat than livestock fed on grain, but

more of their fat is of a kind (omega-3) thought to be good for cardiac

health, and less of a kind (omega-6) that promotes heart disease, said the

studies, published in the March issue of The European Journal of Clinical

Nutrition. Many of the same benefits were found in grass-fed livestock, also

known as free range.

>

> The lead author of the studies, Dr. Loren Cordain of Colorado State

University, was part of a group of researchers who drew attention in 1985 by

their suggestion that Americans could benefit from imitating the diets of

modern-day hunter-gatherer tribes. Then, they described that diet as low in

protein.

>

> But in an interview, Dr. Cordain said that the group later discovered that

the dietary data had been compiled incorrectly and that about two-thirds of

hunter-gatherers' calories came from animals.

>

> To try to reconcile this finding with the low rates of heart disease in

such societies, they compared the fat found in game animals to grass-fed and

grain-fed livestock. What they found, said Dr. Cordain, is that " we need to

get back to the character of wild meat. "

>

> " You can still eat meat and be healthful, " said Dr. Cordain, if what you

eat fed itself the old-fashioned way.

>

> New York Times February 19, 2002

[Guest guest]

Suzanne,

I've read that free range meats don't taste anything like the beef we are used

to eating. I've never tried it. I'm assuming that the free range concept is

why

venison is supposed to be so much better than beef, but I'm not crazy over

venison.

I think it's mental. I just wish they would leave our food alone and stop

playing with mother nature. All the genetic modification and irradiation of our

food is going to have it's consequences. As more people become aware of what

they

are doing, hopefully our voices will be heard.

a

Re: [ ] But What Did the Cow Have for Lunch?

Does this mean free-range only meats?

Found a store in Boston during one of my visits with my sister that had

quite an assortment of free range meats, expensive too! I think it was

called Circus Circus?

Suzanne