How deadly it can be after eating the appetizing cara beef?

With the fiesta season still around us, chances are that many households in Bohol celebrating the once in the year religious event have their hands full making the table preparations the talk of visitors. Much more if the delectable cara beef is on the menu board. In the inland towns of the province, although some coastal municipalities have already caught up with the trend, the second meat of choice is cara beef, (of course after the ubiquitous pork ). In some households, in fact, it is their piece de resistance. It appears that in the mountain towns, their fiesta would not be complete without this culinary delight. To people in the boondocks , carabeef is one of the few animal meats elevated in the pedestal of gourmet foods as if fit for the gods. Not knowing that eating cara beef has been associated with different kinds of life threatening ailments, often the fatal kind.

Among the voracious eaters of this red meat, one will not be surprised if he or she is not suffering from chronic arthritis. Or worst, those who are not as lucky, may have fallen into a coma or the fatal consequence of a stroke. A high protein food, one should be warned that it is oozing with uric acid. With all the advances in medical science, this BGlante is wondering why the deadly effects of eating cara beef has not been mitigated by modern medicine. Many years back, we have our own experience with a Cebu doctor about our love affair with cara beef. When we came limping on the way to his clinic, the Cebu doc asked from where we are and without much ado, we said, we are from Bohol.

Without hesitation, as if he knew our problem, he said, so you ate carabao beef. Without missing a beat, we said yes. And no wonder, you are suffering from gout as evidenced of why your hands have showed signs of deformation. And what is the cause of this painful disease? For sure, one of them is eating cara beef, he said matter-of-factly. It was the timely reminder of the doctor for this cara beef eater to refrain from eating the meat or else suffer its deadly consequences. Now, though we are no longer in our normal state as a result of our own battle with renal failure, never would we touch this meat with a ten-foot pole. Isn’t an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Yes, cara beef. In retrospect, after hearing of horrible stories involving victims who swear before the graves of their ancestors that never again will they be tempted to partake of cara beef, it’s nice to know that this early at least we know the deadly effect of this once upon a time culinary favorite.