We grew up on grass fed beef, Our smoke house was full of hams, and other foods, guess you could say most of our food was home grown.
Lots of land for beef and cows to roam! Our chickens had their own place warm in the winter and hot in the summer, and that chicken house got a fresh coat of paint along with the barn and other buildings.
I am not saying our chickens were pampered but all of our animals were free to roam, and looking back on it now guess they were! Grass fed beef is lower in calories because it is so lean.
A six ounce grass fed steak has about 100 calories less than a 6 ounce grain fed steak.
The average amount of beef eaten per year is 66.
5 pounds per year.
If you switched to grass fed beef, it will save you 17,733 calories a year - without changing any thing else in your diet and staying in your comfort zone, you would lose about 6 pounds a year.
Our obesity epidemic would begin to lower greatly and then we would all be thinner.
Grass fed beef is lower in saturated fat, bad fat, and it gives you more good fat, "omegea3 fatty acids, which play a vital role in every cell and system in your body.
They are also more heart friendly than other fats.
If you have a ample amount of these fatty acids, you are less likely to have high blood pressure and are less likely to have a serious heart attack.
Omega3 are important for your brain as well.
Rich diet of omega3 will protect you from depression, schizophrenia, and loss of memory disease! High level of omega3s in your tissue if you have cancer, you may respond to chemotherapy better than some one who has lower levels.
The Green leaves in the grass is where the omega3s are formed.
We grew up on mustard and collard greens.