The amount of fatty acid in our foods is the concern of many today. Meat is one of the main culprits of such fats. However, grass fed beef and pork is preferable for healthy eating. There is a great difference in the fat content of the grass fed animals and that of concentrated animal feeding operations. The impact of humans who eat these meats is significant.
Runoffs from animal wastes produced in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations poses a threat of pollution causing diseases, especially from E.Coli. The food that these animals are fed is despicable, including any type of waste products that are not wanted and are disposed of in this way. This includes unfit meats, their own wastes, and plastics which are fed to them to replace the fiber that is missing because of the lack of grass and such. In addition, they are given antibiotics and other things which are supposed to help them gain weight.
Antibiotics in the animal is another concern. Most of the antibiotic usage in the U. S. Is fed to animals to protect them from disease due to the atrocious conditions in which they live. These antibiotics cause mutation of microbes into ones that are resistant to the antibiotic. This causes there to be great numbers of microbes that are difficult or impossible to treat. These germs pass through the meat eaten by humans and causes them to also have the antibiotic resistant germs, making illnesses caused by them difficult to control.
Animal feed fed to these factory/farm raised animals is also a problem. It contains arsenic to improve growth rate and the color of their meat. The arsenic is in the meat being consumed and even small amounts of meat (very much below what the average person eats) gives a dangerous concentration of the arsenic that is above the safety limit recommended by the World Health Organization, which is only 2 micrograms/kg/day.
Pigs require things to eat beside just grass. Since they eat things beside grass, the are considered pastured, not grass fed. This means they have access to all sorts of foods, things they can find in an open pasture, where they can root around and find things they like.
The amount and type of fat is an issue in pork as it is in beef. When allowed to pasture and eat as they wish, they naturally eat foods that are low in Omega-3 fats. When fed in concentrated feeding situations, they are fed mostly corn or soybean meal. These foods contain a lot of Omega-6. This makes their meat have high levels of Omega-6, which is not good for humans. Omega-6 is a inflammatory, and Omega-3 is an anti-inflammatory. The best ratio of 06:03 is 1:1 to 4:1.
The benefit that pastured pigs enjoy was made evident from a couple of studies. The diets of the pastured pigs, which includes such things as acorns, are high in Omega-3's, while the barn-raised pigs don't get such a diet. The diets of those pigs are designed to fatten them up quickly and are not nearly as good as the natural diet.
A study of two groups of pigs that were fed different foods showed the benefit of pasture fed animals. One group had a food high in Omega-3, linseed oil, and another group of barn raised pigs were fed foods high in Omega-6. The ratio of 03:06 was 2:1 for ham from the group fed linseed oil and was 12:1 in the ham of those in the barn raised group. Obviously there is an advantage to feeding the pigs with the more natural high Omega-3 foods.
Runoffs from animal wastes produced in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations poses a threat of pollution causing diseases, especially from E.Coli. The food that these animals are fed is despicable, including any type of waste products that are not wanted and are disposed of in this way. This includes unfit meats, their own wastes, and plastics which are fed to them to replace the fiber that is missing because of the lack of grass and such. In addition, they are given antibiotics and other things which are supposed to help them gain weight.
Antibiotics in the animal is another concern. Most of the antibiotic usage in the U. S. Is fed to animals to protect them from disease due to the atrocious conditions in which they live. These antibiotics cause mutation of microbes into ones that are resistant to the antibiotic. This causes there to be great numbers of microbes that are difficult or impossible to treat. These germs pass through the meat eaten by humans and causes them to also have the antibiotic resistant germs, making illnesses caused by them difficult to control.
Animal feed fed to these factory/farm raised animals is also a problem. It contains arsenic to improve growth rate and the color of their meat. The arsenic is in the meat being consumed and even small amounts of meat (very much below what the average person eats) gives a dangerous concentration of the arsenic that is above the safety limit recommended by the World Health Organization, which is only 2 micrograms/kg/day.
Pigs require things to eat beside just grass. Since they eat things beside grass, the are considered pastured, not grass fed. This means they have access to all sorts of foods, things they can find in an open pasture, where they can root around and find things they like.
The amount and type of fat is an issue in pork as it is in beef. When allowed to pasture and eat as they wish, they naturally eat foods that are low in Omega-3 fats. When fed in concentrated feeding situations, they are fed mostly corn or soybean meal. These foods contain a lot of Omega-6. This makes their meat have high levels of Omega-6, which is not good for humans. Omega-6 is a inflammatory, and Omega-3 is an anti-inflammatory. The best ratio of 06:03 is 1:1 to 4:1.
The benefit that pastured pigs enjoy was made evident from a couple of studies. The diets of the pastured pigs, which includes such things as acorns, are high in Omega-3's, while the barn-raised pigs don't get such a diet. The diets of those pigs are designed to fatten them up quickly and are not nearly as good as the natural diet.
A study of two groups of pigs that were fed different foods showed the benefit of pasture fed animals. One group had a food high in Omega-3, linseed oil, and another group of barn raised pigs were fed foods high in Omega-6. The ratio of 03:06 was 2:1 for ham from the group fed linseed oil and was 12:1 in the ham of those in the barn raised group. Obviously there is an advantage to feeding the pigs with the more natural high Omega-3 foods.
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