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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1823335" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>You could have foundered your cattle with too high a protein diet for their growth. Not necessarily "the feed" perse - but the PROTEIN of the feed and amount fed.</p><p></p><p>It irritates me to hear "grass finished" is healthier. PROVE IT. Let me see the RESEARCH proving that statement. Yes, people play with numbers based on %fat vs %lean meat with the Omega 3's. But, according to beef department at Cornell University, it's just a numbers game. If they test apples to apples on fat vs red meat on one carcass compared to another, GRAIN fed beef is the healthiest according to the ONLY real research was done at Texas A&M University. <strong> <a href="https://animalscience.tamu.edu/2013/12/07/ground-beef-from-grass-fed-and-grain-fed-cattle-does-it-matter/" target="_blank">https://animalscience.tamu.edu/2013/12/07/ground-beef-from-grass-fed-and-grain-fed-cattle-does-it-matter/</a></strong></p><p></p><p>Here's a more up to date - thru Michigan State University - the largest study:</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sacredcow.info/blog/is-grass-fed-beef-healthier[/URL]</p><p><strong>READ THE REPORTS.</strong> Don't just repeat what you have been told. Just because someone SAYS it doesn't mean it's TRUE:</p><p></p><p><em><strong>There is a lot that can be said about the differences in fat composition, but some key focus points are as follows:</strong></em></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><strong><em><strong>Grass-fed beef is leaner.</strong></em></strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><strong><em><strong>Both have a similar concentration of saturated fat (45% of total fat).</strong></em></strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><strong><em><strong>The omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is far lower in grass-fed beef.</strong></em></strong></em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em><strong><strong><em>Conventional beef provides more CLA.<br /> Of the four major points above, the only one of real merit is that grass-fed beef is leaner. That 5-gram difference in total fat content translates to 45 Calories per 100 grams of beef, which can easily add up for someone eating a lot of beef and who has a low energy requirement. Still, one could just opt for leaner cuts of conventional beef, such as <a href="https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/334898/nutrients" target="_blank">eye of round</a> which has 2.5 grams of fat per 100 grams of beef.</em></strong></strong></em></li> </ul><p>I really don't care one way or the other if someone wants to grass finish - BUT, KNOW what you are producing. Get your head out of the sand and research - and I don't mean google on your phone for blah blah info that a talking head is spouting.</p><p></p><p>The length of time involved in in grass finish vs grain finish "should" also be a factor. Time is money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1823335, member: 968"] You could have foundered your cattle with too high a protein diet for their growth. Not necessarily "the feed" perse - but the PROTEIN of the feed and amount fed. It irritates me to hear "grass finished" is healthier. PROVE IT. Let me see the RESEARCH proving that statement. Yes, people play with numbers based on %fat vs %lean meat with the Omega 3's. But, according to beef department at Cornell University, it's just a numbers game. If they test apples to apples on fat vs red meat on one carcass compared to another, GRAIN fed beef is the healthiest according to the ONLY real research was done at Texas A&M University. [B] [URL]https://animalscience.tamu.edu/2013/12/07/ground-beef-from-grass-fed-and-grain-fed-cattle-does-it-matter/[/URL][/B] Here's a more up to date - thru Michigan State University - the largest study: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.sacredcow.info/blog/is-grass-fed-beef-healthier[/URL] [B]READ THE REPORTS.[/B] Don't just repeat what you have been told. Just because someone SAYS it doesn't mean it's TRUE: [I][B]There is a lot that can be said about the differences in fat composition, but some key focus points are as follows:[/B][/I] [LIST] [*][I][B][I][B]Grass-fed beef is leaner.[/B][/I][/B][/I] [*][I][B][I][B]Both have a similar concentration of saturated fat (45% of total fat).[/B][/I][/B][/I] [*][I][B][I][B]The omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is far lower in grass-fed beef.[/B][/I][/B][/I] [*][I][B][B][I]Conventional beef provides more CLA. Of the four major points above, the only one of real merit is that grass-fed beef is leaner. That 5-gram difference in total fat content translates to 45 Calories per 100 grams of beef, which can easily add up for someone eating a lot of beef and who has a low energy requirement. Still, one could just opt for leaner cuts of conventional beef, such as [URL='https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/334898/nutrients']eye of round[/URL] which has 2.5 grams of fat per 100 grams of beef.[/I][/B][/B][/I] [/LIST] I really don't care one way or the other if someone wants to grass finish - BUT, KNOW what you are producing. Get your head out of the sand and research - and I don't mean google on your phone for blah blah info that a talking head is spouting. The length of time involved in in grass finish vs grain finish "should" also be a factor. Time is money. [/QUOTE]
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