ORGANIC BEEF - GRASS FED NUTRITI

This information was sent to me along with an order for organic beef roasts from:

Because our beef is raised by us, and fed only grass and hay on Alderspring Ranch in the beautiful Pahsimeroi Valley in east-central Idaho, we can assure you that neither our regular or organic beef have ever been given:

-antibiotics
-hormone growth implants or feed supplements
-pesticides, insecticides, pour-on or internal wormers
-feed additives or animal byproducts. This is your best protection from BSE (mad cow
disease) and genetically modified organisms / GMOs)

EDITORS NOTE:I firstly want to report that this beef was so tender, I only needed a fork to cut
the meat and I actually could eat it without all my teeth in my mouth to be honest.
This meat is not only healthy, it can even be eaten by people with dentures.

VITAMIN E: When fed on grass, cattle take in around 15 times more vitamin E per day than they do on a typical concentrate diet, and levels on the meat can be between two and three times higher as a result.

BETA CAROTENE: is an anti-oxidant and vitamin A precursor, and given grass fed beef a rich yellow colored fat rather than Crisco-white colored fat. Grass fed beef contains up to 5.5 times more beta carotene compared to grain finished beef and cattle fed fresh growing grass contained up to 11 times more than cattle fed dried forages. In fact, the levels of beta carotene can decline up to 97% during grain feeding.

CONJUGATED LINOLEIC ACID (CLA) Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a nutrient found in the fat of ruminant animals that feed on green grass. Researchers are excited about CLA because it is anti-carcinogenic at much lower dosages than many other naturally occurring anti-carcinogens. Grass finished beef has three to five times the amount of CLA as grain fed beef.

1. Prevent breast cancer especially when present during mammary tissue development
2. Suppress other cancers
3. Inhibit and reduce atherosclerosis (plaque buildup in the arteries)
4. Lower LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood
5. Induce a relative decrease in body fat and increase in lean muscle mass
6. Increase bone health and formation
7. Normalize or reduce blood glucose levels and control and possibly prevent diabetes
8. Enhance immune system function
9. Combat allergies and asthma

OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS: What does grass fed beef and salmon have in common? Both are excellent sources of an essential fatty acid, omega-3, that is in short supply in the modern American diet. Grass-fed beef is not only lower in overall fat and in saturated fat than grain finished beef, but it also has the added advantage of providing more omega-3 fats. When cattle are taken off grass, however, and shipped to a feedlot to be fattened on grain, they immediately begin losing the omega-3s they have stored in their tissues. As a consequence, the meat from feedlot animals typically contains only 15 percent as much omega-3s as that from grass-fed livestock. Additionally, animals finished on grain have a dramatically different fatty acid profile, with an omega-6:omega-3 ratio of 14:1 or higher, compared to that of grass fed beef with an omega-6/omega-3 ratio as low as 1:6.

Table 1. Fatty acids and calories in 100gs of uncooked lean meat

Fatty Acid Class	Pronghorn antelope	Mule Deer	Elk	Bison	Grass fed Beef	Grain fed Beef
Saturated	875	972	664	421	933	2028
stearic	441	401	172	197	327	651
myristic, palmitic	434	571	492	224	606	1377
Mono-unsaturated	582	732	508	444	754	2114
Polyunsaturated	530	463	399	182	191	291
Omega-6	442	359	343	156	139	275
Omega-3	88	104	56	26	52	16
Calories	117	119	112	104	112	136
Protein (g)	22.4	22.6	22.4	21.8	21.8	21.7
Fat (g)	2.5	2.7	2.0	2.4	2.4	5.0

From Modeiro. L.C. 2002. Nutritional content of game meat. 8-920R. College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming.