The biggest screwup by the government is subsidizing the corn industry, which basically subsidizes 'big food', or processed food.
Because of that we've gone away from the 'naturally' fed animals who because of their diet had a high content of essential fats and minerals in their meat after they were slaughtered.
Grass-fed beef is a great example. Very high in Omega 3 and Omega 6 fats, both which are essential to our diet. But, because the 'beef' industry feeds subsidized corn and soybeans in the feedlots, most of our meat lacks those kinds of important nutrients.
Plus, grassfed beef has the distinction of the 'cows' not being fed animal byproducts, given anti-biotics to deal with the sickness of crowding hundreds of animals into 'pens' for mass production, no growth hormones to unnaturally force the cows to become bigger so the feedlots can push through more 'meat' in less time; animals have free range, with direct access to the sunlight/outdoors, pasture and lots of exercise, not treated like crap(which I can say because I've worked in the feedlot industry), and they don't live in a manure filled pen that are filled with diseases, most of which become immune to the anti-biotics over time, which is why pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer constantly come up with new drugs(Draxxin) to fight the diseases. Drugs that they sell for a tremendous markup, until they become useless because they become ineffective, and they then come up with something new.
But hey, we trust the government. No sense in talking about the real truth behind the 'food' industry.
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