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Is there any way to prevent Mad Cow Disease?
Home » Diseases » Mad Cow Disease » Is there any way to prevent Mad Cow Disease?Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, the disease that results from the exposure of a human to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease), is very extremely rare. So it is not something that you unnecessarily worry about all the time! Also, it may be impossible for you yourself to completely prevent, since the infected prions can be transmitted through medical procedures that accidentally introduce the bad proteins into the blood.
However, there are some steps that you can take to make sure that you are not exposed to a greater risk of vCJD. Here are some steps to follow:
• The brain and ground products are the parts of a cow that are most likely to carry the infection. By cutting out brain, hot dogs, bologna, or certain lunchmeats from your diet, you can reduce the possibility of exposure to the disease.
• However, it is also possible for the muscle to have been infected with the disease, although it would have much fewer infected prions in it, and thus you would probably have to eat much more to contract it. However, cutting beef out of your diet is always an option.
• Don't worry about milk products; scientists believe that these are completely safe.
• Refuse to eat processed meat that you cannot figure out where it came from. Beef purchased in the store may or may not indicate its source. Know the origins of your meat products! Eating steak, burgers, or anything else made from an uninfected herd is perfectly safe.
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