Other Health Benefits:
Grass-Fed Beef is high in the “GOOD”
fat (Omega 3).
Grass-fed beef is rich in all the fats now proven to be health
enhancing, but low in the fats that have been linked with disease.
Why are Omega 3 Fats Important?
They are essential for normal growth and may play an important
role in the prevention and treatment of: coronary artery disease,
hypertension, cancer, arthritis, depression, allergies, asthma,
dementia, and other inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.
Health problems occur when the Omega 6:3
ratio is off.
For thousands of years, our ancestors’ ratio of ingesting
Omega 6 fats to Omega 3 fats was 1:1. Health problems can begin
when the ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 fats is higher than 4:1.
Grain-fed beef can have an mega 6 to Omega 3 ration higher than
20:1 with a high fat content ranging from 35-75%, the majority
of which is saturated.
Grass-fed beef has an Omega 6 to Omega 3
ratio ranging from 1:1 to 3:1.
This is about the same ratio of fish, with less than 10% saturated
fat. Grass-fed beef has 2-10 times as much Omega 3 fatty acids
than beef from regular grocery stores. Grass is a rich source
of Omega 3. Cows that graze on grass have more Omega 3s in their
meat. Cows that graze on grain have more Omega 6 in their meat.
Grass-Fed Beef is high in Beta Carotene and 4 times higher
in Vitamin E.
Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant and known to
have anti-aging properties. Grass-fed beef is four times higher
in vitamin E than grain-fed beef and almost twice as high as the
meat from grain-fed beef given vitamin E supplements. There is
a big difference between natural and synthetic Vitamin E. To Read
More about the differences, click
here. The average American gets only 1/3 of the recommended
daily intake of Vitamin E that would prevent serious illnesses.
Grass-Fed Beef are high in Beta Carotene.
Grass-Fed Beef is also high in beta-carotene, another
important vitamin and antioxidant.
Grass contains all the elements needed to
support life.
Every vitamin, amino acid, enzyme, and mineral needed to support
animal life that has been discovered in all other vegetation in
the world can be found in grass.
High nutrient and high protein grass.
The Braaton cows are fed on the best combination of quality grasses
for the region: Meadow Brome, Orchard Grass and Alphalpha.
The Braaton Farm grass and alphalpha has 22% protein,
tested by the University of South Dakota. Most grass has much
less protein. We attribute our high protein content to being on
a river bed high in minerals and other nutrients. Also, grass,
in the first joint stage, where the first leaf branches out, has
the highest nutrient content. When cut below that, it has the
highest protein content. The Braaton cows get both.
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