(15-04-12) Grass-fed beef is more nutrient dense than poultry

by Dr. David Jockers


(NaturalNews) For over 60 years red meat has been vilified for its heart
clogging saturated fat & cholesterol content. Poultry products have been
marketed as the healthiest animal protein due to their low-fat content. New
understandings of health and inflammation now reveal that grass-fed beef is
significantly more nutrient dense than poultry.

Saturated fat and cholesterol have been blamed for heart disease and other
cardiovascular diseases. Research indicates that saturated fats and cholesterol
are necessary for overall cellular health. They play an extremely important
role in regulating neurological, cognitive and hormone function. A diet low in
these important fats causes lowered immunity, sex hormone function and
accelerated aging and brain degeneration.

Red meat could be one of the best foods in an individual's diet or one of the
worst. The key factor is what the animal is eating. Naturally, cows eat a near
100% green diet of grass, flowers, shrubs and other wild vegetation. Grain
feeding is genetically incongruent for these animals and leads to excessive
weight gain and fat accumulation.

Fatty Acid Ratios
The typical grain-feed is made up of corn and soy due to the low cost
associated with government subsidies. Grain-fed cows are extremely high in
omega 6 fatty acids. The average ratio for a cow on a grain-fed diet is roughly
25:1 (omega 6:3).

Humans should naturally have an omega 6:3 ratio around 4:1 or 2:1. When these
ratios become skewed, they trigger cellular inflammation and accelerated
cellular degeneration. This environment causes an individual to become highly
inflamed and to build degenerative disease.

The more grass an animal eats the greater their omega 3 content and the lower
their omega 6 levels. A 100% green-fed diet, which is genetically congruent for
a cow would provide an omega 6:3 ratio of 2:1. This is ideal for the animal's
long-term health and is highly anti-inflammatory for human consumption. The
omega 3 fatty acids present in this meat are primarily the all-important long-
chain variety EPA and DHA.

Chicken and turkeys cannot live on grass alone. They lack the highly
specialized digestive tract that allows them to convert grass and roughage into
a quality meal. They need some addition to grass and the vast majority of
farmers choose to feed them a mixture of soy and corn. Chickens can get about
25% of their calories from grass while ducks can go up to about 50%. The higher
the level of grass, the higher the anti-oxidant and omega 3 content of the meat
and eggs.

Grass-fed mammals contain high levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). CLA
is considered to be one of the most potent anti-carcinogenic nutrients. Finnish
researchers have found that the greater the amount of CLA in a woman's diet,
the lower her risk of breast cancer. Women who consumed the largest amount of
CLA had a 60% lower risk for breast cancer.
Grass-fed mammals are also extremely rich in carnitine and carnosine.

Carnitine helps the cellular mitochondria drive energy efficiently from fat
metabolism. Carnitine is the critical gate-keeper that allows fatty acids to
pass into the mitochondrial furnace effectively. Carnosine is a powerful
antioxidant that improves muscle, brain & cardiovascular function. It functions
to reduce the effects of stress by protecting the proteins of the body which
aid in tissue healing and repair.

Poultry has significantly less CLA, carnitine and carnosine than grass-fed
beef. Beef also contains a lot more branched chain amino acids. This includes
the crucial muscle building amino acid leucine. Grass-fed beef has an enormous
edge over free-range poultry when one compares the fatty acids, proteins, fat-
soluble anti-oxidants and minerals such as zinc.

Sources For This Article Include
http://www.naturalnews.com/033879_raw_cheese_health_benefits.html
http://www.robertyang.net/article4.html
http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow/grassfed111505.cfm
http://www.naturalnews.com/033681_carnitine_strength.html

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