Beef is a nutritious red meat can be part of a healthy diet. It contains vitamins (especially B vitamins) and several minerals present in large amounts (selenium, zinc, iron, copper). People do not consume beef or other red meats should pay particular attention to the integration of daily meat alternatives in their diet to ensure that their needs in these vitamins and minerals are met.

This is undoubtedly in the Indian civilization that the worship of cattle, the most extensive. The cow is sacred since the fifth century BC. JC. In fact, Hindus consider it to be the incarnation of all gods, and forbid she be killed. In Hindu legend, Krishna, one of the most revered gods, was raised amid a herd of cows.

Even today, much of the population still considers cows sacred animals. The calves are still entitled to a religious blessing, as any additional children in the family. The slaughter of cows is also strictly forbidden in India, except the States of West Bengal and Kerala. The cows are free to roam the streets and onto the highways. They have no vocation to be eaten before their natural death. Their milk, curd (yoghurt), butter and ghee (clarified butter), their dung and even their urine were used. Once died of old age, accident or illness, their skin can be used by certain castes to make leather and others can eat meat.