Not exact matches
Hunter - gatherers hunted older
ruminant animals because they wanted the
fat that was built up and stored under their skin.
The meat and milk from grass - fed
ruminants are the richest known source of another type of good
fat called «conjugated linoleic acid» or CLA.
Butter is the richest dietary source of dairy trans
fats, also called
ruminant trans
fats, the most common of which are vaccenic acid and conjugated linoleic acid or CLA (4).
A lot of people simply do not realize most animal species evolved to get most of their caloric energy needs from
fat, even
ruminants actually receive their nutrition and calories from the fatty acids generated by the bacteria in their rumen consuming the plant matter.
It is clear from the anthropological record, evolutionary biology and basic anatomy humans are acid digesters, not hindgut or
ruminant digesters and thus evolved to be
fat burning animals which are uniquely capable of metabolizing sugar on those seasonal occasions where fruits, berries or tubers were ripe.
Animal foods can easily be whole food, whole
fat, as in the solid
fat pads found in
ruminants.
Instead of a group of candle wax makers creating trans -
fats in industrial vats by hydrogenating cottonseed oil into disgusting, technically edible faux - butter, the special digestive systems of grass - fed
ruminants produce CLA internally.
Interestingly, some trans
fats are actually naturally occurring, and known as
ruminant trans
fats.
However, trans
fats are also naturally present in smaller amounts in body or milk
fat from
ruminant animals like cows, sheep and goats.
The stomachs of
ruminant animals like cows and lamb produce this
fat naturally, but unlike artificial hydrogenated
fats, conjugated linoleic acid is very healthy.
GOOD trans -
fats are formed in
ruminant animals from the FERMENTATION process that goes on in their stomach (s).
The question of whether these marine trans fatty acids have health benefits — as do the natural trans
fats found in the
fat of
ruminant animals — awaits further research.
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), for example, is an EFA found primarily in the
fat of
ruminants.
In
ruminants and foregut fermenters, the transformation of carbs into
fats is virtually complete; in hindgut fermenters, it is only partial.
Natural trans
fats are created in the stomachs of
ruminant animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, etc. and make their way into the
fat stores of the animals.
However, keep in mind that the quantity of healthy trans
fats in the meat and dairy of
ruminant animals is greatly reduced by mass - production methods of farming and their grain and soy heavy diets.
There are some naturally occurring trans
fats in
ruminant animal
fats, but these are different than the redheaded stepchildren coming from the hydrogenation process.
Natural trans
fats are also called «
ruminant» because they appear in the body
fat and milk of the
ruminant animals, mainly cows and sheep [2].
At the top of the list is fish oil, followed by n - 3 eggs, grass - fed butter, and the
fat of grass - fed
ruminants.
We also balance omega - 3 and -6
fats by adding flax seed oil to the duck meal and hemp seed oil to
ruminant meals.
Phytoplankton is another great source of omega - 3
fats and can replace toxic fish oils that can go rancid and cause inflammation in your dog... and it can be used with both
ruminant and poultry.
The great value of
ruminants is their efficiency in converting the vegetation of poorer grasslands and open forest into edible proteins and
fats.