Vitality News Health Articles

Many health scares regarding animal products have arisen in recent years; the avian and swine influenzas, and ‘mad cow’ disease top among them. All these potential epidemics have one thing in common; the animals that have been infected with these bacteria and infections have come from commercial farms. What is worse is that those animals are pumped with antibiotics routinely so as to kill off harmful bacteria, but the few microorganisms that are resistant to the antibiotics thrive in the absence of the nonresistant strains. That is how we find ourselves in the midst of imminent pandemics, against which we have no means of security.

Unsanitary environments and unnatural diets contribute to the vast number of illnesses that commercially raised animals contract while in confinement. However, there is an alternative which many are turning to in these times of anxiety about the mass-marketed food supply. Free range beef, chicken and dairy products are practically free of the bacteria that run uncontrolled through mass produced meats and products. Grass fed and grass finished meats are healthier and more nutritious than their commercial counterparts. Many of the unnatural commercial practices employed in raising mass-marketed beef and other animals, including the overuse of human antibiotics on animals, have been banned in many European countries for years, including England. Grass farming does not utilize any of the detrimental tactics that are used by the commercial farming industry.|These issues that worry the majority of people come about mainly because of the surroundings in which factory-farm animals are raised. Luckily, there is something that can be done to defend you and your family from the risks involved when partaking in the mainstream meats. Grass fed and grass finished meats are the alternative to which many are turning to get safer sources of protein for their families. Grass fed cattle and free range chicken are not raised in the unforgiving and inhospitable environments as those who are raised on factory farms. They are allowed to feast on open pastures and have the individual space they need to flourish and live happy, healthy lives. Because they enjoy this better lifestyle and are raised and allowed to grow and mature at a natural rate, they are much healthier for us, also. Many other countries have known for many years that the tactics used by commercial farmers are brutal, hazardous and plainly, wrong. Grass fed animals are practically without viruses and harmful bacteria on any scale, and that means much less risk for disease in the meat supplied by naturally raised meats.

Grass fed meat tastes better than the supermarket brands that are produced by agribusiness. Favorites like grass fed rib eyes and ground beef are more succulent and flavorful when they come from grass fed cattle, simply they are healthy, naturally raised animals living and eating their intended diets. Grass fed beef is fundamentally different from commercially raised beef in that the animals are not required to live on foodstuffs that they would naturally never consume, nor are they caged in shoulder-to-shoulder and made to suffer harsh and contaminated living conditions. Instead, grass fed animals are given the space the need to thrive, and they are allowed to graze uninhibited in what really are ‘greener pastures’, beneficial to their health and vitality. The better health enjoyed by grass fed animals is transferred to you when you eat grass fed and grass finished beef. The healthful properties of nutrient-rich grass fed beef are unlike those of any other meats on the market.

As our country becomes increasingly apprehensive about health, as we ought to be, many people are bearing in mind the amount of calories they take in. Yet another advantage of grass fed and grass finished beef is this; if you were to substitute all of your beef with grass fed beef; without changing anything else in your eating habits, you would save yourself more than 17,000 calories every year! At that rate you would lose about six pounds a year. What a jumpstart to a better, more vigorous way of life! Imagining the opportunities, however, is nothing compared to living the reality. Find out just how much better your life can be, and not just around the dinner table; make natural beef the first step to your improved life.

- Becky Langley