Something Else To Think About

[l_no_a]

  "The other thing is that the meat and milk from grass-fed cattle will probably have higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, which may help reduce the risk of heart disease and strengthen people's immune systems. What's good for the environment, what's good for cattle, is also good for us."

Combine these findings with the questions being raised

Comments

You have a point

[bedora]

The fake meat stuff, though sometimes tasty, has some scary chemicals and too much of anything including tofu isn't that good for you. But if you're going to be healthy about it, the meat needs to be from animals not over-treated with antibiotics and/or human-growth hormones. Chemicalized food from any source can't be good for you. Another thing about grass-fed dairy products: the grass-fed butter (sometimes called spring butter) is supposed to be very good for you. I'm told that if you're going to go 'organic' on only one thing, butter is a good place to do it--but that was from a vegetarian perspective.

Re: You have a point

[l_no_a]

I had a larger point as well, but I'll take this one.

[iammightee]

I don't have a problem with people who choose to eat meat selectively - meaning meat raised with traditional environmentally-responsible farming methods and none of the gratuitous use of antibiotics that's putting public health at serious risk. In fact, that's what I buy - and cook - for my meat-eating husband and children. However, that accounts for approximately one percent of the meat in this country.

But the part of the article you've quoted here, if you look at it carefully, only says that meat and milk from grass-fed cattle is healthier than meat and milk from animals not fed that way. It does not say or imply that it's healthier than a plant-based diet. Moreover, not all vegetarians rely on heavily-processed meat replacements, whether we're talking soy or seitan. I might have a veggie burger once a week, but the vast majority of my diet is veggies, grains, legumes, and fruits, as it is for most veg*ans I know. I found the article to be an insubstantial argument for meat.