What are the health benefits of eating your natural, grass fed beef versus store bought beef?
A. The health benefits are numerous; Studies have snow that lean, natural grass fed beef has more vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and a number of health-promoting fats, including omega-3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) than feed-lot finished beef. Also, lean grass fed beef has less total fat, less saturated fat, less cholesterol and less calories. If you eat a typical amount of beef (66.5 pounds a year), switching to lean grassfed beef will save you 17,733 calories a year. Grass fed beef and bison have approximately the same amount of fat and are, in our opinion, very similar in flavor.
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