Wed, Jan-23-02, 17:22
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Plan: LC, GF
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Location: Eastern ON, Canada
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Originally posted by surlymel
I think what's being referred to is that modern domestic food animals are largely fed sorghum and grain (probably wheat?), ground-up cow or other meat with a mineral lick. I don't believe that any of that stuff is natural to their diets. Because of all the "fattening", a domestic cow has about 7x more saturated fat and 5x less polyunsaturated fat than wild game.
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hi surlymel,
Yes, that's exactly it. The fatty acid profile of modern livestock bears little resemblance to that of 50 years ago. Stored hay and corn are the chief feed crops around here, supplemented with pelletized soy. It affects the quality of milk in dairy herds too. Even egg producers are recognizing the improved fatty acid content in eggs when chickens are fed more vegetable matter, seeds and oil seeds (esp flax) instead of corn.
Heck, I won't even buy wild bird seed for the sparrows that squabble over my feeder if there's corn in it. 
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