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T<\/span>he US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy, claims that beef tallow is a healthier alternative to seed oils (even though the American Heart Association disagrees). Raw milk advocates are currently criticizing Kennedy, who has supported them in the past, to ease restrictions on the sale of their preferred dairy product nationwide. Meanwhile, cows have also infiltrated the ever trendy skincare market, with beef tallow present in moisturizers, lip balm, deodorant and personal lubricant.<\/p>\n Though not every beef tallow evangelist or raw milk aficionado might consider themselves Republican, cows\u2019 connection to RFK\u2019s \u201chealth\u201d crusade is unavoidable. It appears that cows have won the position of Maga\u2019s favorite animal.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not exactly a secret that Trump loves cows. Last year, when a child called into Fox & Friends to ask what his favorite farm animal was. \u201cI\u2019ll tell you what I love, I love cows, but if we go with Kamala, you won\u2019t have any cows any more,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cI don\u2019t want to ruin this kid\u2019s day.\u201d He made the bizarre talking point a part of his campaign stump speeches, telling crowds in North Carolina and Nevada that \u201cthey want to do things like no more cows.\u201d Now that he\u2019s in office, cows remain top of mind \u2013 or, at least, their byproducts do.<\/p>\n \u201cWoo-woo has become moo-moo,\u201d the Atlantic\u2019s Yasmin Tayag wrote this week, in an essay about Americans going \u201call-in\u201d on \u201ccow-based wellness\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to animal products, it seems [that Maga] promotes cows the most,\u201d said Mark Kern, a professor of exercise and nutritional sciences at San Diego State University. \u201cThey don\u2019t seem to say the same things for chicken or turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n Pigs could be a close runner-up, as lard, another animal fat, was also used regularly in cooking until the early 20th century \u2013 a bygone era Maga loves to romanticize.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t hurt that cow mania follows the trend of tradwives taking up social media space, extolling the virtues of cooking, cleaning, child-rearing and homesteading. If Trump describes cities such as DC, Los Angeles and New York as fiery bastions of anarchy, then cows represent something entirely different: images of ruddy-cheeked children toting milk pails or Sydney Sweeney in a prairie dress.<\/p>\n Of course, none of this is the fault of cows. \u201cBeef can be a very healthful food when eaten in moderation,\u201d Kern said. \u201cI see value in it, but that doesn\u2019t mean we should eat it at the expense of seed oils.\u201d The Maha (Make America Healthy Again) crowd\u2019s obsession with beef tallow is based on a \u201cmisperception\u201d that it is less refined than seed oils, Kern explained. \u201cYou can\u2019t just get beef tallow from a cow,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to render that fat, which is a refining process, too.\u201d<\/p>\n When I tell people that I use beef tallow, they kind of look at me like, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re a natural-living girly\u2019Candice Ray, influencer<\/p>\n Though there are no known benefits of consuming beef tallow, some chain restaurants such as Steak \u2019n Shake and Sweetgreen have switched to using it in the wake of RFK\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n Bart Hutchins is the chef of Butterworth\u2019s, a nouveau French restaurant in DC popular with the Maga cohort. Last month, Hutchins told Axios that his kitchen goes through 500 beef bones a week serving a roasted marrow that is Steve Bannon\u2019s \u201cgo-to\u201d order. (Marco Rubio and the Breitbart staff apparently love it, too.)<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Sign up to This Week in Trumpland<\/span><\/p>\n A deep dive into the policies, controversies and oddities surrounding the Trump administration<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.<\/span><\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Bone marrow contains collagen, a protein that\u2019s long been a beauty buzzword associated with reported cosmetic benefits such as skin, hair and nail health. It is a common ingredient in pills and powders that promise youthful skin, though dermatologists say this has not been definitively proven by any studies. That does not stop rich people from loving it. \u201cIf you describe something \u2018with collagen\u2019, it\u2019s poised to move for a certain economic class,\u201d Hutchins said.<\/p>\n Candice Ray, a 24-year-old dietician student who splits her time between Canada and Vermont, liked beef tallow before it was taken on as a Maha status symbol. She has slathered it on her face every night for two years, swearing it transformed her rough, bumpy complexion into a clear, clean glow.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s done wonders for me,\u201d Ray said. \u201cMy skin just looks more healthy.\u201d To be fair, Ray \u2013 an influencer who shares \u201cnontoxic living\u201d tips to her following of nearly 350,000 on Instagram \u2013 adheres to other medically dubious practices such as not washing her face.<\/p>\n You might assume that if you cover your face in beef tallow and go to bed without washing it off, you will end up reeking of barnyard musk. Ray disagrees. \u201cI find it smells just slightly earthy,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Ray is not exactly thrilled that Maga has taken up the cause of advancing beef tallow. \u201cMy choice to use it is not political whatsoever,\u201d she said. \u201cBut when I tell people that I use beef tallow, they kind of look at me like, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re a natural-living girly.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy, claims that beef tallow is a healthier alternative to seed oils (even though the American Heart Association disagrees). Raw milk advocates are currently criticizing Kennedy, who has supported them in the past, to ease restrictions on the sale of their preferred dairy product nationwide. 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