Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a paradigm shift from meat demand to health driven understanding of the effects of livestock production and meat consumption in human. Included are comments on animal nutrition research with the purpose of getting more relevant health information. The growth and metabolism research covers the principles from feed intake regulation, nutrient digestion, absorption and growth. Meat preservation provides enough food for the urban population, and its major ingredient includes the combination of salt, sugar and fats, suspected to cause food addiction in man. The reported effect of processed red meat causing systemic inflammation is a major consideration in food preparation, diet selection and reasonable control for meat consumption. In livestock “Pharming” the danger of heavy metal contamination of commercial feed poses threat to human health aside from drug residues. It is proposed that the 50% of global greenhouse gas is due to the lifestyle of the rich and epidemic of obesity-related diseases are the effect of livestock “Pharming” and addiction to fast food and or processed meat.

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Title
An Agenda for Growth and Metabolism Research in Farm Animals: Healthy Food for a Healthy Nation
Author
Vega, R S A 1 ; Manalo, D D 2 ; Garcia, J N M 2 

 Institute of Animal Science, College of Agriculture & Food Science, U.P. Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines 
 Researcher & Associate Professor, Agricultural Systems Institute, College of Agriculture & Food Science, U. P. Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines 
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Feb 2018
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17551307
e-ISSN
17551315
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2558625522
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.