beef has a bad reputation of being unhealthy, high in bad cholesterol, and causing cancer.
this is true for cows raised unhealthily and unorganically with growth hormones, without sunlight, without some freedom to run around, and fed corn and grains to fatten them up.
organic 100% grass fed beef is healthy.
it's all very clear and logical.
grass fed beef is significantly lower in saturated fat and calories, 1/2 to 1/3 the fat,
it has much more healthy omega 3 fatty acids, CLA (another healthy fatty acid), vitamin E(up to 4 times), vitamin C, beta carotene, and others i'm sure.
these things reduce the risk of heart disease, cancers, and overall health problems,
and were all naturally in cows eating what they were born to eat, and know how to digest, grass.
beef wasn't unhealthy until the industry started feeding them grains and corn,
which are low in fiber and high in starch, and cause the cows health problems.
grass is fibrous, and healthier for the same reasons we eat green vegetables.
it's pretty simple concept, if you feed healthy natural food to the animal you're going to eat, it will be healthier to eat.
the same goes with milk from grass fed cows as well,
pasteurization can kill a lot of the good things in milk, but non pasteurized milk, is hard to find in ny.
ronnybrook milk from local farmers market, comes in glass, claims to be lightly pasteurized, with minimal heat and time to pass the regulations, and non homogenized,
non pasteurized raw cheese is amazing, but only available by law for cheeses aged at least 60 days.
if you google search grass fed beef health, or beef bad reputation, there're endless sites that explain it, citing various studies.
Compared with grain-fed beef, grass-fed beef was:
- Lower in total fat
- Higher in beta-carotene
- Higher in vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
- Higher in the B-vitamins thiamin and riboflavin
- Higher in the minerals calcium, magnesium, and potassium
- Higher in total omega-3s
- A healthier ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids (1.65 vs 4.84)
- Higher in CLA (cis-9 trans-11), a potential cancer fighter
- Higher in vaccenic acid (which can be transformed into CLA)
- Lower in the saturated fats linked with heart disease
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