Grain fed beef, is still bad, even without the antibiotics. Grain fed beef can have over half of its total fat come from saturated fats. Health problems begin to appear when the ratio exceeds 4:1 in your diet due to imbalances in your intake of fats. Diets high in saturated fat have been correlated with an increased incidence of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.[wikipedia.org] It has also been associated with increases in cholesterol.
"Grain fed beef can have an omega 6:3 ratio higher than 20:1"
-- J. Anim. Sci. 2000. 78:2849-2855
Whereas, grass fed beef has an omega 6:3 ratio of 0.16 to 1. This ratio has been suggested as ideal and is close to the same ratio as that of fish. Grass fed beef usually has less than 10% of its fat as saturated fats. With as many fast food burgers as American's consume these days and the enormous decrease in quality of beef its no wonder we have so many health problems. Starting this year I plan on buying grass fed beef from small farmers from now on. I'm done consuming all of the chemicals and fat big grocery is pushing on us. I don't care if it costs more. My health and that of my family far outweighs the few dollars I would save buying crap like this.
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Grain fed beef, is still bad, even without the antibiotics. Grain fed beef can have over half of its total fat come from saturated fats. Health problems begin to appear when the ratio exceeds 4:1 in your diet due to imbalances in your intake of fats. Diets high in saturated fat have been correlated with an increased incidence of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.[wikipedia.org] It has also been associated with increases in cholesterol. "Grain fed beef can have an omega 6:3 ratio higher than 20:1" -- J. Anim. Sci. 2000. 78:2849-2855 Whereas, grass fed beef has an omega 6:3 ratio of 0.16 to 1. This ratio has been suggested as ideal and is close to the same ratio as that of fish. Grass fed beef usually has less than 10% of its fat as saturated fats. With as many fast food burgers as American's consume these days and the enormous decrease in quality of beef its no wonder we have so many health problems. Starting this year I plan on buying grass fed beef from small farmers from now on. I'm done consuming all of the chemicals and fat big grocery is pushing on us. I don't care if it costs more. My health and that of my family far outweighs the few dollars I would save buying crap like this.