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Diabetic Cows

So the cows need to go on a LC diet............oh hang on...........the cows natural diet is grass...........except in the last 50 or so odd years cereal products have been part used as cattle feed.................go figure!
 
Next week from that font of truth, knowledge and absolutely no scaremongering at all, the Daily Mail! :

Scientists Cure Diabetes in Cows by Turning Down The Heating!
 
Who still buys there milk from the milkman?
Probably no one.
We all moved to supermarkets, because it was cheaper.
That pushed the cost cutting on the farmer.
That pushed yield up, and cow feed became necessary to increase yield cheaply. so did overfeeding the junk food to fatten cows to produce more milk.

So, as with all things in life, you get what you pay for.
If you want to support the industry, buy organic, fresh milk direct from your local farm.

(Same applies to all the meat you buy from supermarkets, it's purely yield driven)
 
douglas99 said:
Who still buys there milk from the milkman?
Probably no one.
We all moved to supermarkets, because it was cheaper.
That pushed the cost cutting on the farmer.
That pushed yield up, and cow feed became necessary to increase yield cheaply. so did overfeeding the junk food to fatten cows to produce more milk.

So, as with all things in life, you get what you pay for.
If you want to support the industry, buy organic, fresh milk direct from your local farm.

(Same applies to all the meat you buy from supermarkets, it's purely yield driven)
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A milkman still delivers in my street, saw the milk float only last week and milk did get delivered to residents in the village I recently worked in, gold top is still being delivered too.
 
Indy51 said:
Want to take bets on what they're feeding these poor animals? I'd be surprised if 100% grass fed cows get it:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...lood-glucose-meter-created-diabetic-cows.html
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Stress can also be a contributing factor in developing diabetes.

Even grass fed cows endure the stress of multiple pregnancies then being separated from their day old young so that humans can take their milk. I wonder what these babies drink because it isn't their own mother's milk.
 
The type of grass used to feed cows has been bred to contain a high concentration of sugar - it is what causes horses so much trouble when they are put out to grass and they get bad feet - maybe they also get neuropathy.
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
Stress can also be a contributing factor in developing diabetes.

Even grass fed cows endure the stress of multiple pregnancies then being separated from their day old young so that humans can take their milk. I wonder what these babies drink because it isn't their own mother's milk.
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Male babies, - shot at birth, or sold off for veal or beef.
Female babies, - intensively reared and fed back onto the dairy system as soon as they're old enough.
 
douglas99 said:
Male babies, - shot at birth, or sold off for veal or beef.
Female babies, - intensively reared and fed back onto the dairy system as soon as they're old enough.
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Yeah, but butter :hungry:

People either don't know or don't care.
 
douglas99 said:
Who still buys there milk from the milkman?
Probably no one.
We all moved to supermarkets, because it was cheaper.
That pushed the cost cutting on the farmer.
That pushed yield up, and cow feed became necessary to increase yield cheaply. so did overfeeding the junk food to fatten cows to produce more milk.

So, as with all things in life, you get what you pay for.
If you want to support the industry, buy organic, fresh milk direct from your local farm.

(Same applies to all the meat you buy from supermarkets, it's purely yield driven)
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I buy bio-dynamic non homogenized milk in the super market ... but I hope those cows get a better food than the average factory-farmings style Cows, well it is also more expensive but taste much better
 
Avocado Sevenfold said:
Yeah, but butter :hungry:

People either don't know or don't care.
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They don't care, and avoid knowing.
I can't say I'm vegetarian, but I don't hide from where my food comes from, and what conditions it had.
I can't say if that makes me better or worse, but I respect the animals I do eat, and don't fool myself as to what we've done to them before they end up in that neat and tidy paleo keto clingfilm wrapping we hunter gatherers pick up in our cross over suv from Tesco's.
 
I agree with what's been said I can remember when my uncle worked on a farm they used to feed their cows on sugar beet I think they still do it now just to help fatten them up no wonder there getting diabetes?
 
Resurgam said:
The type of grass used to feed cows has been bred to contain a high concentration of sugar - it is what causes horses so much trouble when they are put out to grass and they get bad feet - maybe they also get neuropathy.
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You mean laminitis in horses...?
http://horseandcountry.tv/10-things-need-know-laminitis/?gclid=CIvNrumQ69MCFcGVGwod8acD-g

Many years ago we had a laminitic pony.. Had to corral it away from the sweet grass in order to treat/manage it... LC style..
This laminitis management got me thinking as a young D with a theory... ;)

Anyway a few months back I happened to be talking to a vet on the subject? The long & short of it was some vets now see laminitis as a type of horse diabetes..
 
mahola said:
I did buy from the milkman but he started delivering it at midnight when I was in bed! Come the morning, after warmer nights/early hours, it wasn't "doorstep fresh" So, nope!!
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Yes, me too. I used to take the milk from the doorstep a moment after it was delivered only to find it had gone off already. I didn't mind paying extra for delivery but I did mind paying for milk I couldn't use.
 
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