{"id":769036,"date":"2022-07-11T07:33:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=769036"},"modified":"2022-07-11T07:59:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T11:59:15","slug":"on-biolabs-and-cows-getting-to-the-heart-of-the-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=769036","title":{"rendered":"On Biolabs and Cows: Getting to the heart of the matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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How can we justify slaughtering cows to repair our hearts, when the consumption of cows is what weakens our hearts? <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n

MAUREEN MEDINA:<\/strong> The demand for bovine heart valves to treat cardiovascular disease\u2014the top global killer\u2014is rising, and there is a cruel irony\u2014with which I have firsthand experience\u2014in how the cattle industry has become both the problem and the solution. We rely on medical treatments procured from cows to treat cardiovascular disease in humans, which is largely caused by our consumption of cows and other animals (red meat).<\/em><\/p>\n

Brilliant marketing campaigns by the cattle industry have shielded us from the ugly truth all along: the cattle industry is only interested in making profits at the cost of our health and well-being and the lives of other animals.<\/em><\/p>\n

The cattle industry profits from government-funded exploitation of cows under the guise of nutrition and medicine. Corporate giants in the food industry, such as Cargill and Tyson Foods, and medical technology giants, such as Edwards Lifesciences, all profit from the cattle they slaughter for their meat, dairy and tissue.<\/em><\/p>\n

The government subsidies that the cattle industry receives prove to be dangerous for our health while profiting the corporate subsidy recipients. \u201c\u2018[C]urrent federal agricultural subsidies focus on financing production of food commodities, a large portion of which are converted into high-fat meat and dairy products\u2019 and other items that increase the risk for cardiometabolic risks in American adults,\u201d stated the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, while quoting from a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yet \u201cthe U.S. government spends $38 billion each year to subsidize the meat and dairy industries, but only\u2026 $17 million\u2026 each year to subsidize fruits and vegetables,\u201d according to a 2015 University of California, Berkeley paper.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a vicious cycle that harms people and animals, and benefits profit-driven corporations. On one side, big agribusiness is slaughtering cows for meat and dairy\u2014foods that researchers have linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. On the other side, medical corporations are profiting from producing bovine heart valves…<\/em><\/p>\n

How can we justify slaughtering cows to repair our hearts, when the consumption of cows is what weakens our hearts? While discerning between farming corporations and medical corporations within the cattle industry, one must ask: Is there a difference? <\/em>SOURCE…<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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