Grass - fed meat and wild seafood are nutrient dense super foods that are superior to grain -
fed factory farmed meat.
Not exact matches
Going forward, the
meat value chain could be simplified dramatically, as the «clean
meat» lab or
factory could take the place of
farms,
feed lots, and slaughterhouses.
Factory farmed meats on the other hand have a higher ratio of omega - 6s which can cause inflammation because the animals are usually
fed grains like GMO corn and soy.
GRASS -
FED / PASTURED MEATS (any and all meats, NOT conventional, factory farmed meat, look for grass - fed, pastured, truly free range, and organ
FED / PASTURED
MEATS (any and all meats, NOT conventional, factory farmed meat, look for grass - fed, pastured, truly free range, and org
MEATS (any and all
meats, NOT conventional, factory farmed meat, look for grass - fed, pastured, truly free range, and org
meats, NOT conventional,
factory farmed meat, look for grass -
fed, pastured, truly free range, and organ
fed, pastured, truly free range, and organic)
To avoid
factory farmed, corn -
fed meat, make sure the
meat you buy is certified grass
fed by the American Grassfed Association.
Now, I wish that I could sit around the family dinner table with my dad (who died in 1998) and grandfather (also in the
meat business his whole life, died in 2006) and really discuss
factory farming, grass -
fed meat, high fructose corn syrup, and the genius of Michael Pollan.
Presumably he is referring to fast - food nuggets from
factory -
farmed chickens (
fed soy - based
feed), their
meat then «extended» with soy protein isolate and other additives, the final product fried in soy oil.
Unfortunately, most
meats available come from
factory farms, where animals are
fed the wrong foods and given hormones and antibiotics.
Can I assume that the
meat and dairy products used in the studies came from
factory farmed, crowded and stressed animals,
fed an unnatural grain diet (and who knows what was added to these grains beforehand), and infused with hormones and antibiotics?
Grass
fed meat is very different from conventionally raised
factory farmed meats.
Eat
meat and support horrible, unethical
factory -
farming processes and grain -
feeding (not the animal's natural diet), OR Abstain from
meat altogether and be vegetarian.
* Avoid
meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products from commercially - raised animals
fed grains, soy, and corn from
factory -
farmed environments.
One of the primary culprits that distort our omega - 6 to omega - 3 ratio is the inclusion of vegetable and seed oils such as canola, cottonseed, corn, sunflower, safflower, and soybean oil, alongside grain -
fed factory -
farmed meats.
That's why I try to not support the
factory farm industry as much as possible (which is most
meats and dairy in your supermarket) and instead, I try to eat almost solely grass -
fed meats from free ranging animals, wild game, wild fish, eggs from local farmers from free roaming hens, and dairy only from grass -
fed cows that are allowed to graze almost entirely on forage.
Presumably he is referring to fast - food nuggets from
factory -
farmed chickens (
fed soy - based
feed) with their
meat then «extended» with soy protein isolate and other additives and fried in soy oil.
Have their been any studies on the effects of grass -
fed organic
meat and dairy vs.
factory -
farmed meat and dairy?
Aside from the obvious problem of defining what our ancestors evolved to eat in light of the diversity of their diets, most paleo - diet fans miss the obvious fact that humans definitely did not evolve to eat the
meats of today (even if grass -
fed and free - range, although that IS healthier than
factory -
farmed) or the fish swimming in our polluted seas.
However, as you'll see below in my 20 rules, grass -
fed free - range
meats can have the same health benefits as wild
meats, while avoiding the harmful nutritional components that come with
factory -
farmed grain -
fed meats.
Let's break it down: DIET: eating pro-inflammatory foods like sugar;
factory farmed / grain
fed meat unnaturally high in the omega 6 fatty acids; refined vegetable oils like canola, corn or soy (read more here); conventional dairy products; processed foods; alcohol, smoking, over the counter and recreational drugs; a gluten rich diet of sandwiches, pasta, crackers, baked goods and other refined grain - based foods.
Organic grass -
fed beef has a prime nutritional profile, and it's free of pesticides, GMOs, synthetic growth hormones, toxins from moldy
feed, carbon monoxide, and all the other junk you find in
factory -
farmed / CAFO
meat.
Furthermore, these crops are, many times, used as animal
feed for
farm - raised fish and
factory farmed meats and dairy.
And unlike
factory -
farmed meat, there's no risk of exposure to corn and soy through the animal's
feed.
About 98 % of the
meat, milk and eggs sold in America comes from animals raised on
factory farms, also known as Concentrated Animal
Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
Meat: Feed your dog human - quality meat, preferably NOT that which originates on factory farms (the politically correct term these days is Industrial Farm Production Operations, or IFP
Meat:
Feed your dog human - quality
meat, preferably NOT that which originates on factory farms (the politically correct term these days is Industrial Farm Production Operations, or IFP
meat, preferably NOT that which originates on
factory farms (the politically correct term these days is Industrial
Farm Production Operations, or IFPOs).
No doubt, apologists for
factory farming argue along similar lines as GMO proponents that it is only with cruel industrialized, technologized, commodified, production of
meat and dairy products that the growing human population can be
fed.