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Science Underscores the Grassfed Story
If you're wondering why anyone in their right mind would give up their grain-fed livestock food products, when for years we've been told it was "The best there is," read on . . .
Starting in the early-1980s nutritional scientists started making revolutionary discoveries about fats. They learned that the fat we all can see in meats is only a small part of the fats in any animal's body. The science of understanding fatty acids was born and with it came the knowledge that modern concocted foods will never be able to provide mankind's proper nutritional requirements.
Compared to grain-fed meats of all kinds, the nutritional benefits of meats from grass-fed livestock are huge. But there's more to eating naturally-raised (100% grass-fed) livestock products. One overlooked factor is that natural foods, or "real foods" as we like to call them, come automatically with a proper balance of the full range of nutrients our bodies require. Consequently everything we eat must be examined to see whether or not it is real food or concocted food. Fishing about for a proper balance of nutrients by buying packaged supplements, while at the same time we eat the concocted foods of Big Business, is akin to "playing God." How do we know when we get it right? God figured it out from the get go and that's why real foods always have and always will provide the perfect balance of nutrients for our bodies. Consequently, when we eat real foods we don't have to buy supplements.
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BIG Proponents of Grass-Fed Beef
A Medical Doctor with a Focus on Nutrition
David Holland, MD7362 Remcon Circle
El Paso, TX 79912
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Exceptional Medical Guidance via the Internet
David Holland M.D. has a Web site that is designed to teach everyone about the dynamic interaction between the state of their health and the foods they eat and the environment within which they live. It is: http://www.thinkfungus.com/. Best of all, his Web site offers everyone with a computer the opportunity to have one-on-one communications with Dr. Holland, a real healthcare professional.
A person with Chronic Disease must follow a different set of rules – the diet must change, the supplements often have to change, and sometimes the environment must change. That's the guidance Dr. Holland offers through his Web site. There are articles (fully referenced) to read through, lifestyle changes to learn about, and, often most importantly, there's an interactive forum that everyone can use to share with others what they've gone through and what they've done to bring about change.
Although it is impossible for Dr Holland to actually diagnose problems through his Web site, through the forum he offers detailed guidance in how one might best work with their health care professional to overcome not only their symptoms but the underlying causes of their diseases.
Access to Dr. Holland is a subscription-based service that invites you to communicate directly with him about your health concerns. In turn he will explain how he has approached the same health problems in his practice. The cost is only $9.95 per month! The initial sign up fee is $39.95.
We highly recommend his Internet service http://www.thinkfungus.com/. For a very modest monthly fee you can have full access to one of our nation's finest healthcare professionals; one who focuses on nutrition rather than more prescription drugs and operations.
Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D. Here are three articles by Artemis P. Simopoulos, M.D., President, The Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Washington, DC. She says things like; “Today industrialized societies are characterized by (1) an increase in energy intake and decrease in energy expenditure; (2) an increase in saturated fat, omega-6 fatty acids and trans fatty acids (partially hydrogenated oils), and a decrease in omega-3 fatty acid intake; (3) a decrease in complex carbohydrates and fiber; (4) an increase in cereal grains and a decrease in fruits and vegetables; and (5) a decrease in protein, antioxidants and calcium intake.”
Volumes in this series consist of exceptionally thorough reviews on topics selected as either fundamental to improved understanding of human and animal nutrition, useful in resolving present controversies, or relevant to problems of social and preventive medicine that depend for their solution on progress in nutrition. Many of the individual articles have been judged as among the most comprehensive reviews ever published on the given topic. Since the first volume appeared in 1959, the series has earned repeated praise for the quality of its scholarship and the reputation of its authors. This is a link to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. The Wikipedia Encyclopedia (and dictionary) is written in English. It was started by the Wikipedia Foundation Inc. in 2001 and currently contains 2,466,421 articles. It's one of the finest free online resource centers for information we've found.
Dietary lipids and lipid metabolism are key components of individual health status. Lipids cause and influence many conditions including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and aging. They also reveal biochemical patterns related to disease states such as cancer, immune function (lupus and arthritis for example), and neurodegenerative disorders. This web site link (Lipomics Technologies, Inc.) illustrates the chemical composition of the various fatty acids. It is very technical, but it clearly illustrates that fats are not merely fat. The analysis covers 39 different fatty acids.
Go to this link and read up on 56 afflictions troubling Americans and other grain eaters world wide that are caused and exacerbated by not eating the Paleolithic Diet.
The story on fat from grass-fed livestock is just the opposite of the story regarding the fat from grain-fed livestock. For years you've been told to avoid fat. But when it comes to grass-fed meats, the fat is good for you! We ran across a really good article covering the Big Picture on fats. For sure it debunks a lot of myths and old wives' tales. If you are concerned about saturated fats and/or fats in your food, don't miss this article.
Mycotoxins contaminate cereal grains worldwide, and their presence in pet food has been a potential health threat to companion animals. Aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, and Fusarium mycotoxins have been found in both raw ingredients and final products of pet food around the globe. Aflatoxin, a hepatotoxin and carcinogen, has caused several food poisoning outbreaks in dogs, and aflatoxin content is regulated in pet food in many countries. Ochratoxin A and Fusarium mycotoxins including trichothecenes, zearalenone, and fumonisins may have chronic effects on the health of companion animals.
Short essays by the Slankers that provide an overview of the advantages of grass-based foods over grain-based foods.
Even though this study used grain-fed meats, it proves that even a little of the low-grain approach works best. The Atkins Diet doesn't emphasize grass-fed meats. If it had, the meat eaters in this study would have lost considerably more weight. But just the same, this study provides some guidance about how one should eat. The link takes you to an article summarizing the research. In that research you'll see that the low-fat, restricted-calorie diet based on the American Heart Association's guidelines was worse than the Mediterranean Diet. The Mediterranean Diet came in second to the Atkins Diet. All this strongly suggests that "The Diet of Man" is the one and only diet of man. It also suggests that the dietary information of the American Heart Association is merely the status quo of the failed science of 50 years ago.
Essay on nutrition written by Bonnie Beardsley, MPH, LDN, RD, a professional consulting dietitian.
Dr. Loren Cordain is a member of the faculty of the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University. During the past two decades he has researched the effects of diet on human health and specifically examined links between modern diets and disease. He has revealed significant evidence that human health is optimally maintained through consumption of a diet that closely resembles our Paleolithic ancestors, consisting of grass-fed meats, fish and seafood, fresh fruits, and fresh vegetables. Additional information and specifics may be found in the articles, books, and materials listed on this Web site.
Eat meat. That's the dietary advice given by a team of scientists who examined the dietary role of fat in a study that combined nutritional analysis with anthropologic research about the diets of ancient hunter-gatherer societies.
An essay on Attention Deficit Disorder by Teresa Gallagher. "...kids low in Omega-3 essential fatty acids are significantly more likely to be hyperactive, have learning disorders, and to display behavioral problems."
This is an essay by John Finnegan. "...Omega-3 fats are necessary for the complete development of the human brain during pregnancy..."
"CLA is a fatty acid found in beef and dairy fats. Scientific interest in CLA was stimulated in the late 1980s when a University of Wisconsin researcher discovered its cancer-fighting properties in a study of rats fed fried hamburger. CLA cannot be produced by the human body, but it can be obtained through foods such as whole milk, butter, beef, and lamb." So check out "Amazing Graze" an article on the USDA's Web site that was published in the Agricultural Research magazine.
Supplementing animal feed with antimicrobial agents to enhance growth has been common practice for more than 30 years and is estimated to constitute more than half the total antimicrobial use worldwide. The potential public health consequences of this use have been debated; however, until recently, clear evidence of a health risk was not available. Accumulating evidence now indicates that the use of the glycopeptide avoparcin as a growth promoter has created in food animals a major reservoir of Enterococcus faecium, which contains the high level glycopeptide resistance determinant vanA, located on the Tn1546 transposon. Furthermore, glycopeptide-resistant strains, as well as resistance determinants, can be transmitted from animals to humans.
This links to an article in the Center for Disease Control's "Emerging" Infectious Diseases journal. Emerging Infectious Diseases represents the scientific communications component of CDC's efforts against the threat of emerging infections. However, even as it addresses CDC's interest in the elusive, continuous, evolving, and global nature of these infections, the journal relies on a broad international authorship base and is rigorously peer-reviewed by independent reviewers from all over the world.
According to James Russell, USDA researcher working at Cornell, an all-grain diet is not natural to cattle. As ruminant animals, cattle are designed to consume and digest huge quantities of high-cellulose, low-nutrition grass. Diets of starchy, high-calorie grain trigger disorders in cattle that must be treated with antibiotics and other drugs...
This is a link to a pdf document of a research report published by Kansas State University discussing the cause and other aspects of mycotoxins in grains. The author is Tim Herrman. The publication date was May 2002.
The Eating Experience
So the health story is great, but what about the eating experience? Grass-fed beef is famous for being "chewy." Yes, grass-fed beef is leaner than grain-fed beef. But is that good? What about tenderness? Government grading specifications indicate that intramuscular fat and tenderness go hand in hand. Is that true? For the answer, check this out: The Meat Tenderness Debate.
Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, was released in early 2006. It is not a well-grounded scientific work. But it is a fascinating, original, and elegant read about the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us -- industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves -- from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. To read the introduction and first chapter of The Omnivore's Dilemma click CORN. The first chapter is all about corn.
This is an excellent resource linking to extensive background information on many chronic diseases and other ailments.
Food Safety
For an in-depth review about Food Safety: The Agricultural Use of Antibiotics and its Implications for Human Health, check out this report from the US General Accounting Office.
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