Whats so special about grass-fed beef, pastured chicken and pork and wild fish?
Until about 50 years ago all animals in the US were put to pasture and all fish were wild. The advent of the factory farm (and corn and soy subsidies by the US government, but that’s a whole other story!) took animals (including fish) out of their natural element and put them into feedlots with awful conditions. There they were fattened for slaughter by feeding them corn, grain, soy and assorted by-products. As a result, factory farming has profoundly changed the body chemistry of the creatures we eat, making these proteins a sad echo of what our grandparents ate. Grass-fed meats have much higher levels of omega-3 and CLA, both good fats, that have been shown to reduce risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, depression, ADHD, Alzheimer’s, and cancer. Additionally, grass-fed products are lower in calories and fat, and taste fantastic. As for fish, many popular species of fish (such as salmon and tilapia) are now being farmed and fed corn and soy with the same deleterious effect that
