Whenever I start to read a thread on this forum, one way or another it always turns into a pissing contest between r-calf and ncba. It doesn't matter what the topic is. I would like to see a discussion without all this childish bullshit!
Earlier this year I had a stent put in because of blockage. One of the first things the doctor told me was to quit eating beef. He said that when we are young and growing we need lots of protein. As we age, we need less & less. He said when we are in our 50s this protein that we no longer have any use for starts to plug our arteries.
I am also being treated for a degenerative bone disease so I started to do some research. The first thing I find is that protein helps prevent bone loss & older people are not getting enough protein.
This morning in a supplement to our Sunday paper was a flyer from a hospital. Told about this young healthy woman who had a heart attack. The article stated that since she was already healthy and exercising, she had to cut out red beef and soda pop. (yes, it stated 'red beef '!)
I then Googled 'beef and blockage', 'arteries & protein, and several other searches. I'd be willing to bet 75% of the hits I got were from vegetarian or animal rights groups.
Without the check off, who would be countering this information? Who is funding studies to ward off these attacks? These attacks are against beef, not USA beef, Canadian beef, Mexican beef, etc. While we are in a pissing contest over who's beef should be promoted, all beef is under attack! At this same time, check off is also under attack!
There are times to stop picking apart the little things and look at the whole picture. There are no small unorganized groups that have the resources to counter these attacks on beef while educating consumers on the plus side. (yes, I'm talking about countering attacks & don't want to raise the beef vs. cattle issue as this affects all!) We need the checkoff!
You are being put in the same category as cigarette manufactures! Doctors are telling people that the product you raise is killing them!
With the aging population that we have now, I hope the ad about beef having the same protein as 8 chicken breasts (or whatever the amount was) is targeted at bone loss because if people continue to believe the blockage theory, they will also believe they can eat 7 chicken breasts safer than they can eat a piece of beef!
I will admit that I don't have a clue on this good cholesterol-bad cholesterol stuff.
I know these are a bunch of rambling thoughts but I believe we have to think a little farther than our own gates on this one. Any further 'civil' discussion on this will be greatly appreciated. (please, lets not turn this into a finger pointing, name calling, blaming contest! Lets talk about what we can do to deal with some challenges!)
Earlier this year I had a stent put in because of blockage. One of the first things the doctor told me was to quit eating beef. He said that when we are young and growing we need lots of protein. As we age, we need less & less. He said when we are in our 50s this protein that we no longer have any use for starts to plug our arteries.
I am also being treated for a degenerative bone disease so I started to do some research. The first thing I find is that protein helps prevent bone loss & older people are not getting enough protein.
This morning in a supplement to our Sunday paper was a flyer from a hospital. Told about this young healthy woman who had a heart attack. The article stated that since she was already healthy and exercising, she had to cut out red beef and soda pop. (yes, it stated 'red beef '!)
I then Googled 'beef and blockage', 'arteries & protein, and several other searches. I'd be willing to bet 75% of the hits I got were from vegetarian or animal rights groups.
Without the check off, who would be countering this information? Who is funding studies to ward off these attacks? These attacks are against beef, not USA beef, Canadian beef, Mexican beef, etc. While we are in a pissing contest over who's beef should be promoted, all beef is under attack! At this same time, check off is also under attack!
There are times to stop picking apart the little things and look at the whole picture. There are no small unorganized groups that have the resources to counter these attacks on beef while educating consumers on the plus side. (yes, I'm talking about countering attacks & don't want to raise the beef vs. cattle issue as this affects all!) We need the checkoff!
You are being put in the same category as cigarette manufactures! Doctors are telling people that the product you raise is killing them!
With the aging population that we have now, I hope the ad about beef having the same protein as 8 chicken breasts (or whatever the amount was) is targeted at bone loss because if people continue to believe the blockage theory, they will also believe they can eat 7 chicken breasts safer than they can eat a piece of beef!
I will admit that I don't have a clue on this good cholesterol-bad cholesterol stuff.
I know these are a bunch of rambling thoughts but I believe we have to think a little farther than our own gates on this one. Any further 'civil' discussion on this will be greatly appreciated. (please, lets not turn this into a finger pointing, name calling, blaming contest! Lets talk about what we can do to deal with some challenges!)