Why Grass-Fed Beef is Your Best Bet

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Why Grass-Fed Beef is Your Best Bet

• By Laura Mirston

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Did you know?

• Grass-fed beef is vastly superior to grain-fed
  beef, and it is clearly the beef of choice you
  should be eating. It is far more important to
  choose grass-fed than to choose organic, as most
  grass-fed beef are also organic.

Not only is it raised in a more sustainable way
for the environment (and a more humane way for
the animal), but it is also the superior choice
for your health. Among the food sources of
vitamin B12 is meat, which includes beef,
chicken, and other staple meats. But what is all
this preference for grass-fed beef about?
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• Grass-fed beef, for instance, is lower in fat
  than regular beef. More importantly, it contains
  higher amounts of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA),
  a fatty acid. Grass-fed animals have from three
  to five times more CLA than grain-fed animals.
• CLA has been making headlines for its extreme
  health benefits, which include fighting cancer
  and diabetes, helping you manage your weight,
  increasing your metabolic rate (a positive
  benefit for promoting normal thyroid function),
  helping maintain cholesterol and triglyceride
  levels already within the normal range, and
  helping enhance your immune system.

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• If you have to choose between grass-fed meat and
  certified organic meat, you should stick to the
  former since most organic beef is given organic
  corn, which causes a range of health issues
  associated with eating beef.
• If you can buy organic, grass-fed meat as your
  vitamin B12, protein, and nutritional source,
  that would be wonderful. It will help you ward
  off certain health issues, such as vitamin B12
  deficiency.

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• You are likely getting the absolute best meat
  there is USDA-certified or not if you get in
  touch with a local farmer who can verify that the
  products are raised on pasture and without
  antibiotics and pesticides.
• Try finding a farmers market or
  community-supported agriculture program in your
  area to do this.
• Remember that B12-rich grass-fed meat does not
  have to be certified grass-fed for it to
  provide the health benefits.

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• You can visit http//products.mercola.com/vitamin
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