What’s in your beef….

…..add to the list:  Zilmax.  It’s a growth promoter that’s being used right up to slaughter in the industrial beef business.  I hadn’t heard of it before but in addition to adding weight in the feedlot it messes with the cow’s heart (and yours?).

There are two things particularly interesting about this report from Dr. Joseph Mercola.  Note first, that the guy at the USDA who is in charge of monitoring this drug….is also a paid consultant for Eli Lilly, which manufactures the supplement.  Even in this incestuous world, that’s going pretty far.

Second, scroll down to the comments.  A pretty good discussion of grass fed beef; this time some farmers join in.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/11/05/zilmax-side-effects.aspx