At the Burnsides Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, we carried out an analysis of the fatty acids (fat molecules) in grain-fed and grass-fed beef tallow. The sample of grass-fed tallow came from a farm in western Maryland; the grain-fed tallow was purchased in a supermarket in southern Maryland. This research was funded by the Weston A. Price Foundation.
To explore the difference in the fatty acid profile between grass-fed and grain-fed beef tallow, we analyzed one sample of each type by gas chromatography, a method used to separate and quantify individual fatty acids. See the table below for the concentrations of specific fatty acids.
The largest differences between the two samples were the total concentrations of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), and the balance between the omega-3 and omega-6 forms of these fatty acids. Grass-fed tallow had 45 percent less total PUFA, 66 percent less omega-6 linoleic acid, and four times more omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid. The ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids was over sixteen for the grain-fed tallow but only 1.4 for the grass-fed tallow. Whatever the ratios, beef tallow is not a rich source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, with only 3.45 percent in grain-fed and 1.9 percent of the total in grass-fed.
Thus, while even grain-fed beef tallow has a much lower content of polyunsaturated fatty acids than modern vegetable oils, the amount found in grass-fed tallow is much lower and similar to that found in the coconut products that dominate the traditional diets of Pacific Islanders, who have been extensively studied and shown to be free of heart disease. This would allow the use of tallow in the context of a mixed diet that includes other foods naturally rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as fatty fish, while still keeping the overall intake of these fatty acids low and similar to that found in successful traditional diets.
Grass-fed beef is often promoted as healthy because of a lower saturated fatty acid content. But saturated stearic acid was 36 percent higher in grass-fed beef (17.45 percent versus 12.8 percent). Levels of sixteen-carbon palmitic acid, considered “atherogenic” because in some studies it raises cholesterol levels slightly, were virtually the same in both samples. Thus, in equally fatty cuts of beef, there would be a higher content of saturated fatty acids in the grass-fed beef. In many traditional diets where the fattiest cuts and the fat itself were sought out, intake of these saturates would likely be considerably higher.
Fatty Acid | Fatty Acid | Grain-Fed | Grass-Fed | |
Numerical Designation | Common Name | Percent | of Total Fatty | Acids |
14:0 | Myristate | 4.8 | 3.45 | |
14:1 | Myristoleate | 0.85 | 0.7 | |
15:0 | 0.8 | 0.55 | ||
16:0 | Palmitate | 27.7 | 27.45 | |
t-16:1? | 0.5 | 0.7 | ||
16:1 | Palmitoleate (may include sapienate) | 3.4 | 2.5 | |
17:0 | 1.4 | 1.35 | ||
18:0 | Stearate | 12.8 | 17.45 | |
t-18:1 | Vaccenate | 10.8 | 3.8 | |
18:1n-9 | Oleate | 30.9 | 37.55 | |
18:1n-7 | 1.25 | 0.85 | ||
18:2n-6 | Linoleate | 3.25 | 1.1 | |
18:3n-3 | Alpha-linolenate | 0.2 | 0.8 | |
20:0 | Arachidate | 0.05 | 0.1 | |
Putative Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA ) | 0.25 | 0.3 | ||
20:1 | Erruciate | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
20:4n-6 + 22:0 A | Arachidonate + Behenate | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Total SFA | 47.65 | 50.4 | ||
Total MUFA | 47.9 | 46.3 | ||
Total PUFA | 3.45 | 1.9 |
Grass-fed tallow also had 65 percent less natural trans fatty acids, and 22 percent more of the monounsaturated oleic acid. Differences in other fatty acids were minor. We could not identify conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) conclusively with this method, but we identified a fatty acid that is likely CLA, and its concentrations were identical between the two samples.
In a future issue, we will report the concentration of fat-soluble vitamins in these samples.
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Cod Liver Oil Survey – Preliminary Results
I n April of 2012, we received an anecdotal report from a midwife of several women experiencing severe postpartum hemorrhages while reportedly following the dietary recommendations of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Concerned that the large amount of omega-3 fatty acids found in cod liver oil could have contributed to the hemorrhages through their blood-thinning properties, especially if not balanced by adequate liver, egg yolks, and other sources of arachidonic acid, we conducted a survey to determine whether postpartum hemorrhage and vaginal bleeding during pregnancy were associated with the use of cod liver oil or the dietary recommendations of the foundation. To reduce the risk of bias and increase the amount of information that could be gained from the survey, we circulated the survey widely on the Internet and asked about a large number of foods, perinatal complications, and medications. Over 3,500 women following many different diets completed the survey.
There was no association between the type of diet the women reported following and any of the complications or medications. Women who reported taking cod liver oil were 30 percent more likely to experience postpartum hemorrhage, but the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.09), meaning there is a reasonable likelihood the association could be due to chance. Several observations suggest this is unlikely to be a true biological effect: there was no association with the dose of cod liver oil; omega-3 fatty acids are also found in fish oil, but there was no association with the use of fish oil; there was no association between cod liver oil and the risk of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy; and there was no association between cod liver oil and the use of medications used to control bleeding.
By contrast, cod liver oil was associated with a large (63 percent) and statistically significant (P<0.001) drop in the risk of preeclampsia, and the magnitude of the drop in risk correlated well with the dose of cod liver oil (P<0.001). Since this is an observational study, it cannot demonstrate cause-and-effect relationships, but this association could reflect a protective effect of the fat-soluble vitamins in cod liver oil.
The data gathered from this survey are voluminous and will be reported in much greater detail in the next issue of this journal.
This article appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly journal of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Winter 2013.
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w.vania says
What’s the bottom line? Is grass fed beef tallow much better than grain fed? I’m feeling kind of dumb after reading this, because i can’t tell.
Nate says
Well, to my thinking, grass fed beef is better but not that much. From the article “…beef tallow is not a rich source of polyunsaturated fatty acids, with only 3.45 percent in grain-fed and 1.9 percent of the total in grass-fed.” Thus, the difference in PUFA between the two meats is only 1.55% (3.45% – 1.9%) of the total calories of meat eaten. Thus, a 100 gram (3.5 ounces) piece of grain-feed beef would have 1.55 grams more PUFA. Converting those 1.55 grams into calories gives only an extra 14 more calories of PUFA. Not much when compared to a 2,400 calorie diet. The percentage differences would be about 1% more of PUFA in the diet. Of course, it is additive over a life time, but still…
Now, GMO’s may be another matter all together.
Carroll Hoagland says
Grass fed fats are orangey-yellow, this is due to Vitamin A, B’s, E, K and minerals. Butter is yellow because of Vitamin A. We once upon a time made skin care products, gun cleaning, and soaps from tallow. All this changed since WWI, WWII when the chemical industries produced cheap processed seed oils (Soy, Corn, cottonseed, canola) hence “Shortening”. These oil were invented in the last 100 years and migrated into the modern shortenings, hydrogenated oil (chemical industries replacement for lard and tallow), and cooking oils. Farm animals are suffering the same fate as humans, with excess Omega 6 oils.
Ginny says
What bothers me is the nutritional content of “a fat” is always zero for anything but fats. I assume that’s because they’re refining it and often hydrogenating any tallow or lard that is used commercially. So, duh, no vitamins. But when I get trimmings of grass fed beef from Whole foods, and I render them (I do it with water-method so the temperature can’t rise above 212F if that). there should be the same vitamins you’d find stored in any fat layer, and in particular, vitamin D if it’s under the skin on the back or sides of the animal. Why the vitamin D value is always zero is a mystery. So I assume it’s because they either didn’t test, or they used a refined industrial tallow.
Sheri Smith says
If vitamins are ‘listed’ it’s because the product was fortified with vitamins & minerals (usually, synthetic forms)… the natural product doesn’t get ‘fortified’ so there is nothing to ‘list’
Alex says
It looks like arachidate is 20 times higher in grass fed beef. Any idea why? Any health implications?
Judy says
Arachidonic acid has been shown to be inflammatory and might contribute to heart disease, so I think the consumption of high levels of arachidate would have potentially serious health implications.
Megan says
Please see “Good Fats, Bad Fats: Separating Fact from Fiction” and the subtopic: MYTH 2: ARACHIDONIC ACID IS A “BAD FAT”. Also another article with references to the actual need for arachidonic acid: “Precious Yet Perilous”. In this article, symptoms of arachidonic acid deficiency include dry, scaly and itchy skin, hair loss, dandruff, reproductive difficulties, gastrointestinal disturbances, and food intolerances. A subtopic in that article, “How Essential Are the Essential Fatty Acids ? A More Detailed Look” examines arachidonic acid role in the body, but it is throughout the article as well. Happy studying.
Griselda MUSSETT says
Thanks for this analysis about grass-fed beef v grain-fed. It seems to corroborate the information in David Servan-Schreiber’s book ‘Anti-Cancer’ which I know has been very useful to many people. Can you say which grains were fed to the cattle? Or, failing that, which grains are routinely fed to cattle? Is it wheat, corn, barley or what? And if it’s corn, would that be GMO corn?
Thank you
Eliza says
For big ag? what do you think they are feeding them. Yes GMO- it is cheap, sometimes it is the left over mash (fermented grains) from breweries.
Carroll Hoagland says
Google “Feedlots” and you will see that modern farming puts animals in these fatten up lots for 9 – 11 months. So, the question one needs to ask “What would happen to the human if they ate Only Corn Chips for a year??” Self-explanatory. But Omega 3’s go to zero. This is also true for chickens. Google “Heritage chicken” Prior to WWII beef and chicken had the same nutrition as Salmon.
Mary says
Do you agree with the conclusions in the Grain Brain by Kristin Loberg and David Perlmutter regarding grass fed beef? The book suggests the fat from grass fed beef is healthy for your brain and your heart.
Panny says
“In a future issue, we will report the concentration of fat-soluble vitamins in these samples.” – when is the follow-up? Or can you post a link if it’s already out.
Many thanks – great information!!
Brittany says
Absolutely grass fed beef should be highlighted as the best choice for our diets… both internally and extenerally. The fat rendered down from grass fed beef fat is called tallow. Tallow is so beneficial for our skin that the Latin word sebum (the naturally occurring oil on our skin) literally means tallow. Almost immediately after the application of tallow on the skin through body butter or grass fed tallow soaps, the body accepts the applied oil and allows it to moisturize deep into the layers of the skin. Because it’s made of approximately 55% saturated fats just like our skin, our body naturally absorbs the nutrients the grass fed tallow has to offer. I’m terribly partial having a grass fed soap company myself, but the most we speak out about the benefits of eating well and using real natural skin care products, the better we all will be.
Theres says
Brittany, i have been using this wonderful grass fed tallow on my skin for a year now, have just perfected making the luxurious skin cream and am now looking for info like this to research my product further. Do you have any info or a link with more scientific evidence this grass fed product offers us? Really happy to read your comment, i knew this amazing product was good for me.
Keith says
Can you email me about how to make tallow into skin cream. I’ve just started making tallow into just tallow for cooking but have added it to my skin and it really softened it for days. So just wondering if you would share your thoughts and talents with me. I would love to have someone tell me about how to do it. I made 10 quarts of oil and would like to make other stuff from it. Thanks Keith
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Lee says
I couldn’t agree more.
In addition I believe the majority of people are under the impression that any skin product, or anything put on the skin is not harmful or less harmful than by mouth. What we put on our skin does not pass the liver, therefore it’s not being filtered at all. Ie; sunblock. Blocks our absolutely VITAL sun so well, it is a mammoth aid in the increase in health issues and specifically the increase in skin ca. since they started the sun is trying to kill us campaign. The ingredients are indeed toxic, but if you can picture in your mind “flowers competing for the sun” that is what I will call it our sun receptors for simplicity’s sake…. do. That ongoing attempt our “receptors” are doing is taxing as well. Therefore increasing the skin ca. rates as well. If you ever begin to rid yourself of the toxins in your home you will begin to see how powerful these toxins are, and their duration. Even the vapor from a shower curtain liner. It’s unreal. Laundry detergent, shower products, hair, make up, deodorants, make up and even scents, yes scents like B&B plug ins in our homes smelled on a daily basis signal our hormones. Scented candles used regularly. Do you see bees wax candles anymore or is it now a luxury you must look for. Add the junk light, I think junk is too kind….. deadly non native invisible blue, green and uv light coming from led bulbs, all tech and tv screens and headlights of newer vehicles and now just everywhere really and diet is key, but fir the 1st time in a long time our immediate environment around us, home and work ( I wish the world) must be sorted out while eating right. No sense eating ancestral then put on the tv or go on the internet and our blood sugar, cortisol, and melatonin… tip if the iceberg btw those three go hugely out of whack. Add the attack to our gated voltage calcium channels and myelin sheath, nervous system… again those three are just the top of the iceberg re; EMF’s. Gosh youde think everything is trying to kill is?! We know cholesterol was never the issue, so what was in the arteries causing harm? Calcium. Magnesium can help that. The right firm if magnesium. Not an oxide but a chelate. The light our eyes take in is just as important, if….if…. not more than diet. I tried it out fir 5 months. I was absolutely amazed and at the same time angry. That feeling you get when you realize you’ve been told the truth and now have objectively experienced the results. The feeling of ….why are t people screaming this from their rooftops?!?! All I did was sun gaze at sunrise and sunset for 10-20 minutes while barefoot in the grass or dirt. After 11am and before 4-5pm I took in an hour to two if sun on as much skin as I could expose where I live. ( they now make bathing suits for full body exposure but you look covered) and I wore qualitu( non Amazon) blue/green blockers if I watched tv if it was at it after sunset. Without changing my diet I list 32 pounds. This made me realize if we live far from the equator and have 4 seasons we must eat fish and meat when the sun is less prominent. Must. A banana on December 31st in NY is a health harm. Loosely quoted, but from Dr. Jack Kruse. Everyone here I believe would be very interested in listening to him. Compare a Sherpa to say a gym buff… nice build healthy looking man. Who is truly stronger and healthier? The Sherpa. Living on fat, cold and sun exposure from being on a mountain. We have been lied to on vital topics and on many layers. We are very powerful independent sovereign beings. Our health is light, water and magnetism. “They “ know this. But they’ve made us out to be built like cars and have specialty areas. In the contrary. Mitochondria health equals all health. Find Dr. Jack Kruse. We don’t need phd’s to understand. You may find him abrasive or egotistical….. however I see it as more of a seriousness and urgency that who he speaks with understands and passes on this vital information. He knows we can’t afford to have it hidden away from us again. Listen 2-3 times if necessary. But we’ll worth it. They’re killing us and in triple time our children. Teenagers sleeping 6-7 hours on the weekend and no teen sex drive but a 49% increase in suicide. No biggie right? I should correct myself mitochondria health and circadian rhythm health is vital. We have a sleep machismo in America that’s deadly. I only slept 4 hours but I worked, gym, took the kids etc. In stead of saying wow you’re like Superman we should be saying why do you treat your body that way? Sleep is not laziness. Remember in the 80’s when they say they discovered teens sleep 10-12 hour’s because their bodies required it at their age. They were correct. So there will be repercussions. This non native non full spectrum light and the radiation from these devices will be devastating. The mafia realized the blue light isolated made Las Vegas what it is today. It started with the slot machines. The light lowers dopamine significantly, so they kept unknowingly trying to raise their dopamine my pulling the arm again and again. Look at the addiction rate of online gamers, depression rate as well. We blame ourselves for almost everything. When there’s something else….. giving evil a hide, he ge helping hand. Coincidence the opiates became available the same time this light is intruduced? Coincidence kids suddenly didn’t fear a needle? Growing up we heard of may be one or two heroin addicted by proxy. May be they were it was like a myth. Now a737 plane size of people die a day. Autism? Remember that being everywhere growing up? But try telling someone the light is harming them, or EMF’s. The diet only gurus are harming us with half truths. Dr. Jack Kruse. You’ll be healthier for it. Veryyy long response but written with love for all of us. Enough of slow kill depopulation. And we are carbon, there was a thousand fold more carbon present at the point of our creation, we now need more carbon. Carbon zero means extinction. It’s Marxism with two guns. “ When all else fails to control or scare the people, use the environment “ I add the air. So therefore the sun, the climate, and contagion work beautifully for the Marxist disguised as love and or for the good of, the always deadly ……”collective.” If you think and believe… the individual…. there would be no way this horrific ideology could become a reality. Enough disecting gender, racism, woke culture and the late’s hypocrisy’s and school indoctrination, enough.. Now ask WHY? Because it always occurs before communism. Tell the people that Jordan Peterson with the AirPods in each ear. As if he isn’t aware he’s frying his brain quite literally. I’d bet they’re not on at all. Enough intellectual think tanks and deconstructionists. It’s go time.
Jack says
All well and good, but clearly inconclusive. Where is the comparison of the amount of “tallow” in a grass fed beef sample vs the amount of “tallow” in a same size sample taken from conventionally fed beef??? I’ll be very surprised to see a huge difference in the vitamin profiles similarly compared as in this study. What we should be looking at are the TOXINS in the tallow of these two samples. One argument states that the hormone and antibiotic residues in CAFO beef are stored in the beef fat. Where all of the lipids found in beef fat are endogenous and normally found in healthy human beings and are presumably below lethal amounts in the beef from which they are taken, the toxins introduced by feed lot operations are in every case exogenous and never found in healthy human beings. If you like observational studies, one has only to look at primitive humans who are unexposed to toxins from CAFO beef. They are completely free from cancers and heart-related diseases to which we’ve grown accustomed here in “civilization”. The message is clear: Don’t eat food which has been “altered” by man. Either “man” has no idea what he’s doing to your food – or – “man” does know and is doing it anyway. In either case, steer clear of it. Eat only real food the way nature gives it to you. If there’s more than one ingredient on the label, put it back.
Dr. G says
I think is a misnomer to say arachadonic acid is bad. It is important for the inflammation our bodies need to defend and repair. We need the spectrum of fats, a bit of the polyunsaturated essential fatty acids, but mono and saturated as well. The bulk of fat intake should be mono and sat fats because of their stability and role for energy. Excess poly can of course be detrimental especially in the context of vitamin/antioxidant insufficiency. With the n-3 and n-6 oils there needs to be balance, but relatively low intake compared to mono and sats. In my view the benefits of grass fed above are clearly there, higher mono and sat fats and lower in trans fats. I wouldn’t be looking for beef to provide much omega-3s. That is what seafood and seeds provide. I would expect there to be more carotenoid related nutrients in the grass fed, ie vitamin A, beta-carotene, as well as fewer toxins… I would hope.
Dave says
To help decrease the omega 6 fatty acids, just stop eating processed foods….you will cut about 1/3 of the omega 6 fatty acids. I eat 2 meals per month that are considered processed….fast food meal and Mexican meal….it’s the 95/5 rule for me.
Martha says
Can you tell me what percentage of grass-fed beef tallow is comprised of esterified fatty acids? Also, are there different types of EFAs, and if so, which are in the tallow?
jim says
I’m not sure that eating esterified fatty acids, free fatty acids and fats will have different effects on your health becasue your digestive system de-esterifies fatty acid esters using the same chemistry that breaks down fat by cleaving the ester bonds binding the fatty acids to glycerin in fat.
Jim Landers says
I raise grass fed calf’s. I do not raise grass fed cows. I butcher them at approximately 600 to 650 lbs walking therefore they are very lean. I am looking for someone to test my beef for the % of fat content, % of Omega 3 fat and other things that the beef may contain that is beneficial to people that consume it. I would like one sheet that states the beef’s benefits and another sheet that states what is bad about my beef. I could mail say a pound of the beef to you for testing and would like to know how much you would charge me for all the testing. Thanks Jim
Babelfish53 says
I think the take home message is to limit the amount of red meat you eat. The truth is that there are better sources of protein, easier to digest and have have fewer atherosclerosis side effects. Also, poultry is more efficient at weight gain, less polluting, more environmentally friendly. Cattle are not meant to eat corn just like humans are not meant to eat high fructose corn syrup. Also red meat contributes to inflammatory diseases, it is very difficult to digest. Humans should limit red meat to once every 2 weeks or even less. A well balanced vegan diet with some poultry and fish leads to a reduction in disease. Excess beef consumption contributes significantly to diseases.
Shana says
In what way is that the take home message of this article? People seem to come to this site a lot just to ignore the content of the articles they comment on, so that they can parrot the magical benefits of their vegan lifestyle to people who aren’t interested in it, rather than to actually learn anything. Try reading the articles on this site and maybe then re-evaluate your stance on red meat and its alleged “disease” contribution. (P.S. Just how are you eating a vegan diet if you’re also eating poultry and fish?)
Maureen Diaz says
I think the take-home message is definitely *not* to limit red meat, but to be careful about the source and type of (any) meat that we eat!
Red meat is very easily digested when not over-cooked, and consumed with a ferment such as sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi, or other traditional ferment. It absolutely does *not* contribute to arteriosclerosis, the concept of which stems from a grave misunderstanding pertaining to the role of cholesterol and animal foods in heart disease, which has been debunked many times over. Take a look at http://www.thincs.org or peruse other articles such as: https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/modern-diseases/what-causes-heart-disease/
and https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/modern-diseases/cholesterol-sulfate-deficiency-coronary-heart-disease/
Cattle consuming corn is, very much agreed, not a good thing and we educate and advocate against this. Conventionally-raised meats can and do induce inflammation due to their unnatural, grain-and-toxin-heavy diets, but naturally-grazed animal foods do not. In fact, animals consuming only their natural diets contain fatty acids from their forage that actually reduce inflammation!
It pays to understand the differences between conventional, and natural, while understanding the most basic of needs for human health. A Plant-based diet simply can not supply all our needs, especially for growing children and healthy babies (and moms) generation after generation.
(And of course Shana is correct to point out that consuming fish & chicken does not constitute a “vegan” diet!)
MonstersInc says
I don’t see the person say she’s vegan. I find it interesting the person accusing another of not reading the article dubbed in “vegan” for that author who mentioned the benefits of chicken over beef.
Emily says
Is this from a published article? If so, please cite. I’d like to see the research behind these numbers. Thanks.
Forrest says
To many variables left out. Grade and yield, breed type, grain type, species diversity of plants, origin of the beef, wet aging length of time, age of animals at harvest, time of the year harvest occurred. Some variables are more important than others, but there needs to be consistency in the controls.
Ace says
Most folks are missing key point with tallow. Grassfed sheep tallow inherently better in terms of significantly higher omega 3 levels than that found in grass fed beef. Choose lamb over beef.
David says
Is not goat very much like lamb nutritionally and to the palate?
Heather says
People assume cows in feedlots are only fed grain,which is not true. In fact they are fed a lot of hay. Hay makes up the larger portion of their diet. What is in hay for cows? Usually alfalfa, sometimes a mixture of alfalfa and grass. Alfalfa is very green and stays green when dried. Grass stays semi green. All the nutrients from the alfalfa and grass are passed to the cow. Same as when you dehydrate fruit, yes some are lost but a lot stays. Feeding a cow only grain will cause digestive problems. Also, the corn they usually feed them is not just corn kernels it is the entire corn plant cutup I pieces and left out to ferment. It is a cheap way for farmers not to waste their crops if they grow their own hand grain which they often do, to feed their cows. Grain and hay are expensive most farmers would rather save money and increase their profit….point? Point is cows on feedlots are still fed pretty good stuff, btw, a cow raised on grass is usually not some fertile green pasture it is usually a dry areaof grass that only is green through spring or some offspring depending on where they ranch or farm, alfalfa hay and grass hay is frequently watered and it is frequently fertilized no not with chemicals with manure. Also all this talk of antibiotics, farmers do that shoot cows and the antibiotics like it is heroin or something,they give antibiotics she cows are little to help with infections,and when he necessary to help with infection. Your average farmer or rancher is not a giant feedlot that is some big corporation it is a small to medium size farm or ranch, and doesn’t use all these horrible feedlot techniques that you always see people describing. Most of these people writing this stuff know nothing of the average farmerkr rancher. I grew up surrounded by farmers and ranchers. Within 60 mile radiusI never saw one big time farmer with the horrible it feedlot, hope not small and medium with small feed lots and no,not practicing all this stuff you always hear about. Remember most of the people writing this stuff never spent a day on an actual farm much less the first part of their life. If you want to buy grass fed go ahead. But ‘grain fed’ which is really hay and grain is still pretty good. I grew up on hay and grain fexwith a bit of dry pasture mostly dead grass and tons of weeds cows won’t eat. I was healthier than any of my counterparts,and the fruit showed it,rarely sick, and yes we did give our cows antibiotics. I just went to the doctor and they did extensive tests, thee doc says I am very healthy and should be happy! I dont live on a farm now and rarely eat organic because we can’t afford it. Still very healthy… Eat organic and grass fed ifyou can afford it, but if you can’t trust in God and a healthy diet will still be good. Thanks for reading.
Annie says
First off, doctors are monkeys in lab coats. You could be dying, and they’d tell you you’re healthy. As for cows, I spent a part of my life around farms as well and agree with you. The problem is with the stuff they eat. The grain has herbicides, pesticides, etc sprayed all over it with crop dusters, the cow eats it, and then the human consumer gets sick.
MonstersInc says
Do you mean all Doctors are monkeys? I’m fond of pet monkeys except when they unexpectedly rip your face off. Check out Dr Steven Gundry or Dr Joseph Mercola and let me know which zoo they escaped from.