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- Brett Warren BVSc
Veterinarian & Sustainable Rural Management Consultant
Newsletter ................Health Benefits of Grassfed Beef
Searching the Internet gives an amazing amount of
information as to the significant health benefits of eating
grassfed beef compared to beef that has been lot-fed.
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Feeding animals significant amounts of grain changes the
omega 6 : omega 3 ratio from 3:1 to up to 20:1.
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Omega 3 fatty acids are important to health and are
anti-thrombogenic, enhance cancer therapy, protective
against heart disease, and obesity.
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One finding suggested that pasture grazed cows may produce
milk with up to 500% greater CLA than silage fed cows
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Grass-fed beef is significantly higher in Vitamin E than
grain fed beef.
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.These effects are similar for grass fed poultry, both the
meat and eggs.
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As graziers what does this mean ?
That with the optimisation of your grass nutrition you can
produce a wholesome, healthy and flavour-some product that
should be profitable to produce and be able to command a
premium itself on the basis of flavour and nutritive
content.
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Healthy soils will grow grasses with high levels of
nutrients and natural chemicals such as anti-oxidants and
enzymes. Omega-3s are formed in the chloroplasts of green
leaves.
This is what ruminants are designed to digest!