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Why is it more energy efficient for humans to eat corn than beef?
Wiki User
∙ 9y ago
Do you mean more energy efficient for the human's digestive system or more energy efficient for business' and corporations to produce?
For a human, eating meat will be more energy efficient. This is because Meat will contain more fats which means more energy. Grains and vegetables are full of crap which the human body cannot fully digest. This means we have to cook or process the hell out of to absorb more of the nutrients plus eat a whole lot more because its less energy dense than the meat.
Corporations try to promote grains as much as possible because they are easy to produce on a mass scale for maximum profit. THAT IS ALL THEY WANT, MAXIMUM PROFIT. They can have fields and fields crammed with corn or wheat making it more space efficient (Try cram hundreds of cows together and you get disease and there is not enough grass on the ground for them to eat so they feed them with....corn - cows aren't designed for this!)
In terms of energy efficiency meat production and processing requires more hands on work from people where grains can be all processed more buy machines alone.
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∙ 13y ago
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What makes corn-beef?
a mixture of mainly corn and beef.
What is beef finishing?
Beef finishing is the process of feeding a high energy grain (usually corn) to beef calf until it reaches slaughter weight (about 1,000 lbs).
What is the difference between corn beef and roast beef?
Corned beef is a cow that was only fed corn.
What did the nurses eat in world war 1?
Corn beef Corn beef
How does eating corn-fed cows effect humans?
Corn-fed beef is often deemed as unhealthy, since it is high in saturated fats and low in omega-3s. Corn-fed beef is often blamed for increased obesity in people as well as heart disease and diabetes.
Would you receive more energy from corn by eating it directly by eating the same mass of of beef from a cow that had been fed corn?
You would get more energy from eating the corn directly. In general, only about 10% of the energy gets passed up the food chain which means that you only get 10% of the energy that was originally contained in the corn by eating the cow that ate the corn.
Would you receive more energy from corn from eating it directly or by eating the same mass of beef from a cow that had been fed corn?
You would get more energy from eating the corn directly. In general, only about 10% of the energy gets passed up the food chain which means that you only get 10% of the energy that was originally contained in the corn by eating the cow that ate the corn.
Is it true kansas is known for sunflowers beef corn and beef?
i think corn and sunflower seeds.
Would people get more calories from the sun by eating corn or corn-fed cow?
Are you serious?? Humans cannot get calories from the sun, they get it from their food! So the answer is they would get more calories from eating corn-fed beef than corn itself.
How much corn is in Corned Beef and Cabbage?
Corned beef and cabbage is a popular dish, especially at Saint Patrick's Day. The name can lead to confusion and cause one to assume that there is corn in corned beef. However, there is no corn in corned beef.
What has more protein corn or beef?
Beef has more protein
Are cows only fed corn for corned beef?
No. Corned beef is not from cows that are fed only corn. Corned beef is beef which has been cured with salt, more specifically "corns" of salt.
