The Benefits of Eating Grass Fed Beef

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While many health conscious people tend to shy away from red meat others are informed that consuming healthy grass fed red meat is not only tasty, but healthy. Many people are craving to design their diets around customary farming methods and becoming conscious about how their food is raised. Research show that contemporary farming practices are not only unhealthy for humans, but also the cattle. Grass fed beef can have as much as one half to a third less fat than a grain fed animal. In fact, grass fed red meat has about the same amount of fat as skinless chicken. This means that grass fed red meat has fewer calories and can lower your LDL cholesterol levels. A 6 ounce sirloin steak from a grass fed steer has about 100 calories less than that of a gran fed steer.
In addition to havingless calories grass fed red meat is 2 to 4 times higher in Omega-3 fats. Omega-3 fats protect us from cancer and keep our immune systems healthy. Omega-3 also helps in managing heartbeat and lowering blood pressure. Some research even show that a diet healthy in Omega-3 lowers the risk of Alzheimer's disease, ADD, and Depression.
Meat from grass fed animals is also rich in another fat called conjugated linoleic acid or CLA. Studies show that CLA may be the best immunity against cancer. Research have shown that CLA slows the rate of tumor growth and you can reduce your risk of cancer by simply consuming grass fed products. CLA also helps fight diabetes and obesity. Until recently CLA has been rich in the human diet since people got their meat from hunting grass fed deer, elk, and buffalo. Grass fed beef contains the same amounts of CLA as these free cows.
Animals brought up in grass pastures have 2 to 4 times more Vitamin E than those nurtured in feed lots. Vitamin E is necessary to the human diet since it nourishes our lungs, liver, and boosts the immune system. Studies also show that Vitamin E also helps in prevention of numerous health conditions including Diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and heart disease.
Grass fed beef also has economic value because it shrinks less when cooked - so there is more meat to eat after it is cooking. Grass fed beef is denser than grain fed beef and is more filling - taking less to satisfy your demand. Many claim that grass fed beef is tastier and needs little seasoning because of the lower fat content which can take away from the flavor.
Many argue that raising cattle in a feedlot is not only unhealthy for the animals, but can also have detrimental effects on the food supply. Cattle reared in feedlots are continually given antibiotics which can directly lead to the development an antibiotic-resistant bacteria or a "superbug". If such a sickness was to spread it would be very difficult to stop it since current vaccines would be ineffective.
Grass fed cattle raised at pasture can have a positive effect on the environment. Manure from the cattle is returned naturally to the atmosphere where is can promote vegetation. Meanwhile large scale factory farm cattle produce a large amount of waste which often time's just gets put in large piles where it is left to release methane into the environment.

Feeding on grass fed beef benefits your heath, you wallet, the health of the animal, and the earth.

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