The Multiple Benefits of Grass-fed Meat

Animals that tend to naturally graze in the fields play an important role in maintaining our health. Also these animals can protect the environment. However, farmers who feed animals grain in feedlots can cause several health risks. This article that is attached explains the difference and the benefits in grass-fed animals versus industrial-fed animals. Most meat we tend to eat today seems to be chemically induced. This causes a high rise in obesity, diabetes, heart disease, poor immune systems, not to mention dementia, and in some cases cancer. Why? The reason is because farmers are finding a faster and easier way of feeding their animals instead of the natural way. An industrial farm is basically a linear farm that uses nothing but fertilizer, seeds, and water. This produces your grain for cows and other animals. Nothing is wrong with that, right? One would think that but the nutrient cycling solely depends on the nozzle that sprays anhydrous ammonia fertilizer (Manning, R. 2015). This is not healthy at all.
In order to establish a healthier ecosystem we need more natural grazing animals. Without them, the grass grows old and rank not to mention the lack of nutrients the animals are getting. A great type of ecosystem is the Circle of Life system. This captures life and death, storing and reinvesting energy. Large animals can’t really survive without this process. The benefits of grass-fed meat are numerous. They contain high concentrations on amino acids as well as vitamins A, B6, B12, D and E (Manning, R. 2015). Good grazing practices ramp up beta carotene in animal products such as fat, egg yolks, milk and butter show a deeper yellow or orange color (Manning, R. 2015). These are good signs of healthy grazing.
Wanting to eat healthier is great. I highly encourage it, this is why I chose this article. As a nurse I want my patients to make better health decisions on what type of foods that they eat and how they are grown. I believe in eating organic products and grass-fed meat, a lot of the health issues we have today, could be eliminated.

Reference

Manning, R. (2015). The Multiple Benefits of GRASS-FED MEAT. Mother Earth News, (269),
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