That would work in terms of providing fat, but I don’t know if it would make up for it taste-wise.

MRE

Most of the polyunsaturated fats are saturated within its rumen, so the omega 3/6 content of the food doesn’t matter that much. I think the microorganisms produce the required long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids themselves.

I have no doubt that grass-fed beef is healthier, but not as much as the sellers want us to believe. It is also much more expensive. Grass-fed meat is usually way too lean, and we know that too much protein without fat is bad (rabbit starvation). The claims that grass-fed beef has less saturated fats should not convince us of anything. The “studies” they show usually compare the least omega 3 rich part of grain-fed beef with the richest part of grass-fed beef.

I think organic beef has the best of both worlds, at least here; the animal has to have a minimal % of grass, then its diet is completed with grains.

““Animals eat and store fat, but unfortunately
the digestion process of ruminants converts
healthy polyunsaturated dietary fats into less
healthy saturated ones which then appear in
ruminant meat and dairy products. This means
that even if we find a way of feeding sheep
or cattle lipids like long chain omega-3, their rumen microbes will automatically saturate
them. Hence the second step in this research
project is to find a way of protecting the
polyunsaturated fats as they travel through the
rumen, so that they can then be absorbed into
the animals’ bodies making them available for
incorporation into meat and milk.”

I’ve just found this specific quote on this page: http://www.agresearch.co.nz/publications/intouch/AgResearch_News_Dec2005.pdf .

Hi Max–

Thanks for the comment.  I happen to like grass-fed beef a lot, but we all have our different tastes.  Organic beef is fine, too, but I prefer grass fed.

Appreciate the link.

Cheers–

MRE

http://www.csuchico.edu/agr/grassfedbeef/health-benefits/index.html

Thanks, AOE. It’s an interesting site.

MRE

Hi AOE–

I don’t know where I got the info, but 15:1 sounds high. I’m sitting in the airport at Dallas right now trying to catch up on all these comments. I’ll check it out when I get back to my references.

Best–

MRE