Cloned Meat and Dairy Won't Carry Warnings
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Proving once again that the FDA is malfunctioning on every level, cloned meat and dairy products that will be on the shelves in a year or so will not be required to carry special labels. The meat in your burger could be cloned, but don't worry your pretty little head about it.
In a September poll by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, 64 percent said they were uncomfortable with animal cloning ... In a December poll by the University of Maryland, the same percentage said they would buy, or consider buying, such food if the government said it was safe.
Thankfully a few people in Congress are speaking up:
Some in Congress want to require labels on food from clones. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., has introduced legislation to require this note on packages: "This product is from a cloned animal or its progeny."
Eating feels less and less like a natural thing and more like a science project every day.
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Posted by Tracy on February 4, 2007 12:58 PM | DIGG | del.icio.us | furl
People have a right to know if their food is from cloned produce.
it cost $20,000 to $30,000 for 1 clone, thats an embryo in a recipient cow. unless your paying $1,000 for a 10 ounce steak you probably won't be eating any cloned meat. CH
"Lean beef is good for you - and the key word is lean. A heart patient can eat steak every meal if it is in the right proportions. Longhorn meat on the average, contains 10 percent less saturated fat than that of other cattle. That puts lean Longhorn beef on par with skinned boneless white meat of chicken and that fact may come as a surprise to many dieticians."
-Dr. Joseph Graham, Cardiovascular Surgeon at St. John's Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri, and a Longhorn breeder himself.
"Red meat is really a treasure trove of nutrients, including protein, iron, vitamin B12, and more. One of the healthiest red meats is Longhorn beef, which is extremely low in fat."
-Cliff Sheats, certified clinical nutritionist, and nationally recognized author of Lean Bodies, Total Fitness.
Beef is the number one source of protein, zinc and Vitamin B12, and the third best source of iron in the food supply. You'd have to eat almost 12 cans of tuna to get the equivalent amount of zinc in one 3 oz. serving of beef. It takes seven chicken breasts to equal the Vitamin B12 in one 3 oz. serving of beef. Beef is also a good source of selenium, providing 20-30% of the recommended daily allowance for men and women.
Recent research has found that selenium may reduce the risk of heart disease and certain types of cancer (such as prostate) as well as enhance the body's ability to fight infections.
What part of beef helps prevent cancer? Grass fed beef is high in 'conjugated linoleic acid" or CLA. Noted Doctor Michael Pariza, University of Wisconsin, discovered that CLA interfered with growth of cancer tumors. The University Francois-Rabelais, France (Lavillonniere) revealed when breast adipose tissue was collected that CLA has a protective effect against breast cancer. CLA can not be produced by the human body, but is easily obtained through foods such as whole milk and beef from grass fed cattle. Grass grazed cattle had five times more CLA than those fed corn silage.
What kind of beef helps prevent heart attack? Cattle produced completely on a grass diet, have revealed up to five times more "Omega-3" fatty acid than non-grass fed. By regular intake of grass fed beef within a few months one can alter the type of fats found in all our cell membranes as well as their function. The scientific benefits of increasing Omega-3 fatty acids into the cellular membranes of the heart muscle cells as well as the endothelium of the arteries is profound. This will modify cell signaling and gene expression as well as promote the production of beneficial prostaglandin's while reducing harmful clot-promoting thromboxanes. Coronary thrombosis/heart attack is prevented and electrical stability created reducing arrhythmia.
What about vitamin E? Grass has 20 times more vitamin E than corn. Meat from cattle raised on lush grass is four times higher in vitamin E than feed lot cattle. In humans, vitamin E is linked with lower risk of heart disease and cancer. This potent antioxidant may also have anti-aging properties. Most people are deficient in vitamin E.
Why can't they leave the food supply alone?! The quality of our food has deteriorated so much over the years that now we all need to supplement with vitamins. You can no longer get what you need from food. What's next?