[Question Liberal Authority]

Makes sense to me. If saturated fat is so bad for your body, and beef is a major source of saturated fat, then why aren't more cows dropping dead of heart attacks?

Also, how do the beef critters get all that saturated fat in their body in the first place, when all they eat is grass?

[James C. Bennett]

Carbs are converted to fat. That is why consuming a lot of sugar will make people fat.

[James C. Bennett]

In other words, all those “FAT FREE” label markings on sugary foods, are meaningless, and misleading.

[ari-freedom]

why aren’t more cows dropping dead of heart attacks?

because they are dropping dead because we want to eat them

[Texas Jack]

Also, how do the beef critters get all that saturated fat in their body in the first place, when all they eat is grass?

Actually, the beef that we eat is mostly fed a mixture of corn and high carbohydrate grains. You can buy range-fed beef (cattle that eat grass only) and it is very lean; scarcely any fat at all. The last time I looked, range-fed ground beef was selling for about $6 a pound.

It is the high intake of cheap carbohydrates - refined sugar, potatoes, corn, most grains including rice; anything white and is sold in a cardboard box - that is responsible for causing fat in the animal or person eating it.