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Is the Fat in Grass-Fed Beef Better for You?
Q: Is there any research showing that the fat from grass fed cows is not as bad for you as the commercially raised cows? And if so, how bad is the fat from the “green” cows?
A: Saturated fats are the culprits that make beef cautionary for those concerned about their heart health. While both grass- and grain-fed beef contain these harmful fats, studies do show that saturated fat is more abundant in grain-fed beef than grass-fed beef. Grass-fed beef is also higher in the important omega-3 fatty acids–up to six times higher.
Dr. Brent Ridge is the health expert for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. You can call and ask him a question live every Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern on Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 112 (1.866.675.6675). You can also follow along as he learns to grow his own food and raise goats on his farm in upstate New York by visiting www.beekman1802.com.
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add your comment »I believe that Grassfed beef is among the healthiest foods in which saturated fat is okay to eat.
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I just watched a documentary, 'King Corn', regarding the subject of corn in our diet. The corn wasn't from directly eating corn, but all of the corn by products such as beef, and high fructose corn syrup. Not only is corn worse for the cattle, shortening and sickening their life once started on a grain diet, but it also changes the saturated fat content of the cattle. Corn is fed to cattle because it fattens them up faster thereby reaching market in a shorter amount of time. The documentary was really eye opening, and it came from two avid beef eaters not from a vegetarian point of view.
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i live in a co.op at college and we have bought meat from a farm based on the saladin farm in the carolinas, we tried his foraged bacon, and the fat from the grease was almost half liquid at room temperature, from my experience, conventional bacon fat is always all solid. my philosophy is increase biomass, and if that involves including other animals and occasionally eating them, i am unconvinced that prey shouldn't exist.
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i live in a co.op at college and we have bought meat from a farm based on the saladin farm in the carolinas, we tried his foraged bacon, and the fat from the grease was almost half liquid at room temperature, from my experience, conventional bacon fat is always all solid. my philosophy is increase biomass, and if that involves including other animals and occasionally eating them, i am unconvinced that prey shouldn't exist.
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No matter how the cow is fed in the end they all are faced with the horrors of the slaughterhouse, that should also be taken into account. By eating meat one contributes to the misery of these wonderful creatures who have a right to life as much as humans.
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Fat from any cow or other animal is bad for you regardless of what they eat.
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hmmmmmmmmmm. seems to me that saying that "grass...is...grain" is like saying "green leafy spinach is spinach seeds".
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hmmmmmmmm. my interpretation of this is that grass is a plant. a green leafy vegetable. its seeds are the grain: the difference between eating spinach and spinach seeds. grass itself, therefore, wouldn't be a "form of grain". its seeds are, however.
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Fat in animals also stores toxins, to include pesticides, artificial growth hormones, and antibiotic residues. If that grass-fed beef is also organic, then the fat from that beef will be much safer to eat from a perspective on toxins.
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