Healthy nutritional content is concerned with the fatty acid composition of foods. Meat is one of the big culprits. Grass fed beef and pork is a winner every time. The contrast between these and that from concentrated animal feeding operations is significant. Human consumption and impact on humans is the most 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.
The type of food these animals are fed is also a problem. Feed given factory/farm raised animals contains arsenic, in an attempt to improve growth and color. Even small amounts of arsenic from a very small amount (less than most people eat) causes a dangerous concentration of arsenic that is well above the World Health Organization's recommendation of 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.
Fat quality is an issue in pork as well as beef. Pigs, as opposed to what they eat in the wild, are fed mostly corn and soybean meal. This means they have a lot of Omega-6 in their diet, which affects the amount in their meat that humans eat. The percentage of Omega-6 to Omega-3 is what makes meat better. Omega-6 is an inflammatory and Omega-3 is an anti-inflammatory. The best ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 is between 1:1 and 4:1.
The benefits to pastured pigs is evident from a couple of studies done. The pastured pigs have a lot more Omega-3's. Acorns, a natural food preferred by pastured pigs, is a high source of Omega-3 that barn-raised pigs don't get. The natural diet of these pigs gave them much more benefit than the foods chosen for commercial pigs or barn-raised ones that are raised to fatten them up.
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.
The type of food these animals are fed is also a problem. Feed given factory/farm raised animals contains arsenic, in an attempt to improve growth and color. Even small amounts of arsenic from a very small amount (less than most people eat) causes a dangerous concentration of arsenic that is well above the World Health Organization's recommendation of 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.
Fat quality is an issue in pork as well as beef. Pigs, as opposed to what they eat in the wild, are fed mostly corn and soybean meal. This means they have a lot of Omega-6 in their diet, which affects the amount in their meat that humans eat. The percentage of Omega-6 to Omega-3 is what makes meat better. Omega-6 is an inflammatory and Omega-3 is an anti-inflammatory. The best ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 is between 1:1 and 4:1.
The benefits to pastured pigs is evident from a couple of studies done. The pastured pigs have a lot more Omega-3's. Acorns, a natural food preferred by pastured pigs, is a high source of Omega-3 that barn-raised pigs don't get. The natural diet of these pigs gave them much more benefit than the foods chosen for commercial pigs or barn-raised ones that are raised to fatten them up.
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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