7 reasons why you should start eating grass-fed beef ASAP

September 13, 8:38 PMLow-Carb Lifestyle ExaminerJimmy Moore

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Make sure your beef comes from grass-fed cows

The most compelling reasons why you should switch to grass-fed beef have everything to do with properly managing your health which everyone who is reading this right now I think takes a personal vested interest in. If you care about your health, then you cannot overlook these 7 important arguments in favor of consuming grass-fed beef and other meats every chance you can get!

1.  THEY ARE LOADED WITH OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS

Yep, unlike their factory farm counterparts, grass-fed meats only eat grass from a pasture rather than the forced diet of grains, grains, and more grains. There’s a reason the big farms feed their cattle grains–IT MAKES ‘EM GET REALLY FAT! You avoid the nasty side effect of all those omega-6s and instead reward your body with omega-3s when you choose grass-fed instead.

2.  BETTER TREATMENT FOR THE ANIMALS

Again, the big factory farms just don’t care about how the animals are treated. It’s a business about making meat as quickly as possible so they can make a buck. But organic, grass-fed animals are treated very humanely and not subjected to the poor treatment that is part and parcel of what happens on those other farms.

3.  THERE ARE NO ANTIBIOTICS USED

Grass-fed animals don’t need any antibiotics in them like their grain-eating counterparts do because they don’t deal with the health complications that high-carb diet brings on.

4.  YOU GET LOTS OF CONJULATED LINOLENIC ACID

Conjugated linolenic acid, or CLA, is a powerful fat that is created in the stomach of a grass-fed animal which is extremely healthy as an anti-cancer agent.

5.  SAY BYE-BYE TO E. COLI

When you select organic meats, the risk of consuming E. coli tainted meat is next to nil. E. coli generally exists inside of animals with a highly acidic environment which is typical of grain-fed cattle. The lack of acidity in grass-fed beef make it less likely that E. coli could even exist there.

6.  NO NEED FOR STEROIDS OR GROWTH HORMONES

You want a cow to get bigger, you inject it with steroids or growth hormones. This has become so routine these days that nobody stops and thinks about the consequences of what happens when humans begin ingesting all that into their bodies. Again, it all comes down to trying to make a buck as quickly as possible instead of insuring the safety of the food supply.

7.  NO ADDITIONAL ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS FED TO THEM

An organic meat farmer does not risk contaminating his cattle with animal by-products which can subject the meat to things like Mad Cow Disease.  Just the grass, man, just the grass.

Do you have any personal comments to add about grass-fed beef, chicken, and pork? Have you seen the health benefits in your own life from switching to this kind of meat over conventional cuts? Share your comments below so we can hear how it has changed your life. Hopefully now everyone understands that all meat is not created equal. Make those better choices for your health starting RIGHT NOW!