Where's the REAL Beef?
By Dr. Mercola
REAL Beef Eat Grass -- Not Grains
The fat content of beef is the primary reason it has lost ground as a respectable entrée on America's dinner table. Not only do most beef cuts have a high fat content, ranging from 35-75%, but the majority of it is saturated.
Grain fed beef can have an omega 6:3 ratio higher than 20:1
J. Anim. Sci. 2000. 78:2849-2855
This well exceeds the 4:1 ratio where health problems begin to show up because of the essential fat imbalance. Also grain fed beef can have over 50% of the total fat as the far less healthy saturated fat.
Grass fed beef has an omega 6:3 ratio of 0.16 to 1
This is the ratio science suggests is ideal for our diet. This is about the same ratio that fish has. Grass fed beef usually has less than 10% of its fat as saturated. If you are a pregnant or breastfeeding mom, the extra omega 3 from the grass fed beef will provide incredible nutritional benefits for your child
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"Low carb, adequate protein, and healthy fats are extremely important for maintaining optimal health....."
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You Will Enhance Your Health With REAL Beef
Much of our nation's nutritional deficiency epidemic is caused by a "Big Business" perceived need for cheap, mass produced, convenient food products. As a result, Americans live in a land of plenty, but the bounty no longer provides proper nutrition.
If you like to see scientific "proof" of the benefits of grass fed beef, please review the animal scientific literature page that I compiled.
If you have a child with ADHD, the extra omega 3 fats in grass fed beef can help improve their attention.
For more information on the amazing health benefits of grass fed beef, please review the health benefits page.
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"My daughter has several health challenges and she needs a diet with high quality protein and low in fat"
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We Know That Grass Fed Beef, Unlike Grain Fed Beef, Is:
A natural source of omega 3 fats
High in CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid)
Full of beta carotene
Loaded with over 400% more of vitamins A and E
Virtually devoid of risk of Mad Cow Disease
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You May Lose Weight With REAL Beef Due to Its CLA Content
CLA is a naturally occurring fat found in animal and dairy fats such as beef and poultry that are not fed grains. As soon as you start to feed cattle grain they start to lose their ability to produce CLA. Animals that graze on pasture have from 300 to 400% more CLA than animals fattened on grain in a feedlot.
As we all know, diet and exercise are required to lose weight. However, University of Wisconsin research, completed this year but not yet published, showed that CLA intake will assist individuals who lose weight in preventing putting pounds back on.
I don't think we in good conscious can state that CLA enriched beef will enable you to lose weight without other diet measures and exercise, so please review my optimal food choice program for other suggestions.
The human intestine produces CLA naturally from linoleic acid. Recent studies have been conducted on attaining a higher CLA content in daily food intake because of possible health benefits such as weight loss. Please review the CLA Benefit Page for more information.
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You Can Feed Your Family REAL Beef With No Concerns About Deadly Food Infections
Mad Cow has killed nearly 100 people in Europe, and most experts believe that it is related to the way the animals are raised, what foods the animals are fed and pesticides that they are exposed to.
While Mad Cow Disease has not been officially reported in the US, a similar disease, scrapie, has already been reported in sheep in the US.
Mad Cow Disease is notoriously difficult to test for. Adding to the concern it may take over 30 years for Mad Cow Disease to incubate!
Even the conservative Consumer Reports believes that it is possible and is concerned that Mad Cow Disease may spread to the US.
You can virtually eliminate any potential risk for this problem by restricting your beef intake to grass fed beef.
Foot and Mouth Disease is a dreaded disease in Europe and they have destroyed many of their cattle as a result of this problem. Foot and Mouth Disease is far less likely to occur in grass fed cattle, which is why many Europeans are choosing grass fed for their beef selection.
In addition to the Mad Cow and Foot and Mouth Disease risk, you are probably familiar with the issue of dangerous E. coli infections that have killed people in the past.
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Protect Your Family's Health With Safe Beef
Eric Schlosser, who wrote Fast Food Nation, tells us that since 1993, half a million children in America have been made ill by the E coli bug.
Feeding dead cats and dogs to cattle was legal in the US until 1997 when the government banned the practice because of fears over mad cow disease. Dead horses and pigs, however, are still occasionally ground into cattle feed.
One quarter of America's minced beef, writes Schlosser, is made from worn-out dairy cattle, likely to be riddled with disease and the meat containing antibiotic residues.
Grain feeding promotes the growth of dangerous E. coli that is more likely to pass through your stomach and infect your colon. When cattle are fed grass, the amount of dangerous E. coli decreases dramatically. From Microbes Infect 2000 Jan;2(1):45-53
The USDA imposed new rules last year reclassifying as "safe for human consumption" animal carcasses with cancers, tumors and open sores. Do you really want to eat beef like this?
When you feed your family grass fed beef, you can feel quite confident that you are doing the best you can to dramatically reduce, if not eliminate, the risk of most of these infections.
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Customer Testimonial
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".....I like knowing that this meat doesn't have any hormones or chemicals in it......."
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How Does REAL Beef Taste?
The flavor, look, smell, and texture of grass fed beef differs slightly from grain-fed beef. So you may have to learn to like grass fed beef. But many enjoy it immediately because it actually tastes like beef is supposed to taste. Others will gladly learn to like it simply because it does their body good.
I have many patients who were raised in rural sections of Europe where this is the only type of beef they ate and when they came over to the US they were very disappointed with the flavor of our grain fed beef. So it is all a matter of what one is used to.
Due to less fat in the grass fed beef it does need to be cooked differently.
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Customer Testimonial
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"Tasted great, tender, great texture, ...we thought we were in a gourmet restaurant!"
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I Have Been Eating REAL Beef Since February of 2001
I really enjoy the taste and the health benefits. I do prepare a good deal of ground beef for myself as that is easy for me to put in my salads. I have found that I can cook four pounds of the ground beef and there is only about six ounces of fat that I drain off.
But the amazing thing is that the fat is a completely different color than grain fed beef. It is nearly clear and much thinner. This should not be surprising but is an interesting physical confirmation of the huge difference there is in the fat between these two types of food.
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Is REAL Beef Tough?
The beef is wet aged for three to four weeks so it is enzymatically tenderized prior to reaching you. Most find the texture to be equal or superior to commercial grain fed beef, although tenderness may vary.
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REAL Beef Is Not Certified As Organic -- But No Beef Currently Is
Our cattle are never fed any grain. The animals are not given any hormones or growth stimulating antibiotics like is routinely done in grain fed beef.
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The Way We Raise Our REAL Beef Cattle
To learn all about how we raise our Real Beef cattle, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions and Answers page.
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You Will Have a Hard Time Finding Grass Fed Beef as It Is Not at Your Health Food Store
Most all health food stores, like Whole Foods™, sell beef from cattle that are fed grains. It may be true that the animals are given grains that are organic.
However, organic grain fed beef is only marginally better than commercial grocery store beef where the grains the animals are fed are not organic.
So don't pay twice as much for organic grain fed beef and continue to get inferior quality.
The best way to purchase grass fed beef is to find a local rancher who is raising grass fed cattle and then purchase the meat from him. This will save you the shipping.
Unfortunately, most of us city dwellers do not have easy access or even know ranchers who are raising grass fed cattle. That is why I have partnered up with some farmers in southern Illinois and Missouri to provide this product for you.
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Customer Testimonial
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"I am very grateful that I have the option of ordering from you and will continue to reorder and not buy beef from any other source. Many thanks!"
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What Type of REAL Beef Packages Can I Order?
We have designed the packages into two types a Starter Pack and a Value Pack
Starter Packs
These are a variety of different combinations with some priced under $100. They will give you a chance to taste and sample exactly how the beef tastes so you can be certain you will enjoy the taste and safety that grass fed beef offers.
Value Packs
These are heavier combinations packages that still conveniently fit in most people's freezers. Because the packages weigh more you are paying much less per pound for your shipping.
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How Does Shipping My REAL Beef Work?
When it absolutely, positively has to be there you use Federal Express.
That is why we use them to make sure your meat reaches you safely and reliably and is still frozen solid when it arrives at your home.
You Will Never Have to Worry About Where Your Beef is After You Place Your Order.
You will receive an e-mail link from us that you can click on so you can know exactly where your beef is from the moment you place your order until it arrives in your home.
We only ship on days when we are certain you will receive your beef usually the next business day but it may take two days. No beef is shipped on Thursday through Sunday and considerations are given for holidays. If there are any problems with your delivery you can call our toll free customer support line.
Your beef is packaged in a Styrofoam container and we guarantee that the beef will get to you safe and frozen as long as someone is there to accept delivery.
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Customer Testimonial
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"I was really hesitant ordering meat over the Internet (of all things!) It came exactly on the day that your company promised it would, and in the morning just like you the paperwork stated."
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We Guarantee Your Satisfaction With REAL Beef
We want to be your source of grass fed beef for life and will do everything possible to make sure you are 100% satisfied with every process of your ordering.
The only way you will not want to continue with Grassfed Organics as your supplier of grass fed beef is if you find a local supplier where you don't have to pay shipping.
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Getting Your Serving of REAL Beef Health Benefits is as Easy as a Few Clicks
Even if your health food store could sell you this product, many have to travel quite a distance to the store. What could be more convenient than a few clicks to obtain your beef?
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"....I love beef and can now eat it without concerns about hormones, additives, etc....."
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How Safe Will It Be To Order My REAL Beef Online?
We Put Your Safety First!
There's no denying safety is an important issue to everyone involved with the Internet. As a result, we've made safeguarding your information one of our chief goals.
Our server includes a state-of-the-art RSA "encryption key" that digitally encodes all our message packets into billions of scrambled combinations -- making them virtually impossible to decode, as we use 128 bit encryption technology. This is the same technology all of the major banking institutions use for their online transactions.
This was not previously available until March of 1999. Due to government restrictions on national security, they had limited encryption to 64 bit technology. With 128-bit encryption, there are 4.7 billion trillion times as many keys as with 64-bit encryption. This extra level of security makes it virtually impossible for a hacker to intercept your credit card number.
To the best of our knowledge, a credit card has never been stolen with 128 bit encryption technology.
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How Can You Be Sure You've Completed a Secure Connection?
If you're using Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer, a padlock will appear in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. When you see the padlock "locked up", you know you're on a safe, secure server.
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Order Your REAL Beef Now
However, you will have to make certain that you are available to receive your delivery though and assure that you will receive the beef completely frozen. If you are ready to order please go to our order page.
If you have any questions not answered here, please go to our
Frequently Asked Questions and Answers page, or e-mail us at support@mercola.com.
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