[Sca-cooks] The eating of meat in America

[CorwynWdwd at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/11/2004 6:21:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
heleen at ptdprolog.net writes:

Just curious about people's opinions....

Have people changed their meat eating habits since the mad cow scare lately?

Yes, I eat more meat then I've ever in my life frankly. Wife put me on 
Atkins, and while there are times I'd kill for some nice beans and cornbread, fact 
is... I weigh less than I did in High School and frankly, have more energy.

We generally buy the stuff labeled as natural... which most of the time is 
apparently pasture fed. Since I don't see them throwing ground beef into 
pastures for the cattle I'd imagine that the Mad Cow risk is lessened.

::shrugs:: I guess you pick your death in the end... I COULD be eating grains 
and veggies exclusively, and with my family background I'd weigh 300 pounds 
and be a type II diabetic, or be hungry most of the time.

Under Atkins I eat lower carb veggies and meats, there's no sign of the type 
II diabetes (which they were about ready to diagnose me with last year) and as 
I said before, I feel great. AND every now and then I work in a treat... like 
the aforementioned corn bread and beans.

I guess my point is this... I can eat meat and take a chance that the food 
people didn't do their job right and I die, but I felt good while I'm here.... 
OR I can go back to the way I was eating before and die, feeling bad while I'm 
here. Pretty obvious choice <G>.

Just my opinion

Corwyn

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. 
And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the 
consequences. -- P. J. O'Rourke