Grass fed is really expensive, but cheaper than chemotherapy. I live in East Africa, and in the nearby village they butcher a cow every day, and it is about as grass fed as you can get. Interesting that they charge by the kilo, and carve it right off the carcass for you. Different parts are all the same price, so I show up early and point to the filets, and say, 'I want those'.
@@annedonnellan6876 Your telling me! I buy about 10 dump truck loads of cow manure a month to make compost for our organic gardens. I realized long ago I would be much better off buying some cows, just for their manure production, but have not done it yet.
It's scary how people see these poor sentient animals as a mere product, an object. Don't hear people talking like that about dog meat. Humanity is gonna pay (and it is already paying) a huge price for all suffering we cause to these animals. Karma is a b*tch
@@zamfirtoth6441 I think vegans often suffer from things like zinc deficiency, and that leads to decline in cognitive function. This can mean that Vegan is just the first in a long line of ever stranger life style and world view issues. I grow most of what I eat, and meat is a part of it.
I started buying grass fed meats from Butcher Box company 4 years ago and the difference is obvious! I turned 63 in 2024 and feeling better than ever. I thank God for you Dr. Berg. I am a big follower of fine knowledgeable people like you. May God continue to give you the knowledge to continue your journey in educating us. Many blessings to you and your family.❤️
I just got my 1st box from Butcher Box yesterday. Found a $60 off coupon from LivingSocial. Tried 2 NY strips last night and cooked them in Wagyu Beef Tallow. It was delicious.
I located Butcher Box on line....will be ordering shortly....can't wait to have the huge benefits of grass-fed. By the way, do you like the TASTE of the meats you are eating from Butcher Box?
@@littlehummingbird1015 you can find a $60 off coupon your first order from LivingSocial. Google it. My neighbor orders the flat iron steaks. I only got beef & bacon from them. They offered 2 free NY Strip steaks for the year. Unfortunately they dont offer ribeye. We stopped cause we bought a grass fed /finished beef from a neighbor. It was finally ready. I didnt care for the bacon from Butcher Box. Their beef was ok. The taste of grass fed is much different than conventional.
I'm a born skeptic, which is mostly helpful, but I can see that this attitude has made me miss how careful this man really is about finding good science to inform his ideas. Well, no more quick scan and speed-reading; when Dr. Berg speaks, I'm paying full attention. Thanks, Doc!!
So glad someone is extolling the value of high quality beef! I'm a beef farmer and all my cows are 100% outdoor raised, 100% organic, pasture fed. It is much harder and more expensive to farm in this way, yet the market gives very little extra income to farmers for it. In addition, beef raised in this way is better for the environment (low input, high pasture biodiversity) and the animals lead more natural, longer (3 years vs
It's been shown the ruminants are essential to birds, frogs, turtles and the health of soil. I'd prefer a field of cows to fields of solar panels anytime
Grass fed seemed expensive at first, but you actually consume alot less and feel fuller. I found a cooperative farm a little over a year ago that delivers grass fed meat up to once a month at less than grocery store prices.
Big respect to YOU for farming, our farmers don't get enough props for ya know.. keeping us all fed and alive. We're 100% dependent and no one seems to pay any mind to it, no one takes the time to reward the farmers who do things right even if it's cheaper/more profitable to take shortcuts. We need a national farmers appreciation day lol.
In Australia, most of our beef is grass-fed. Grain finished beef tends to be a little more tender, but the flavour is not as good as grass fed. I'll stick with the grass fed thanks! Great video.
I think it's safe to say that "we are what we eat" applies to all foods. I know organic vegetables cost more, but it is worth it to not eat pesticides. And eating non-gmo is not the same as non-sprayed (organic) food.
Organic food is still sprayed with pesticides and organic pesticides are more loosely regulated than non organics.. just because it looks good and cost more doesn’t mean it’s any better
In some areas the non-organic foods quality isn’t up to par where it’s justified to buy organic but if you live in a nice enough neighborhood you don’t need to buy organic. It’s kind of like how not all tap water quality is the same
A bit of pesticide is fine for some non-organic food or some food with relatively thick skin as their skins arent eaten. The added cost for organic isnt worth it. But, for some types of food, the added price is justified
What I like when I buy or produce organically, is that I don't add chemicals (fertilizers or pesticides) that will eventually end up in the river streams or elsewhere. Because conventional farming is *one* of the reasons big majority of water in USA are unsafe to drink.
Thank you for putting this info out! More need to hear this. We have been lied to for way too long. Farming has led up to producing food completely devoid of nutrition and most are unaware.
It’s super markets not farmers that are the problem. Support local farmers who farm using traditional methods (grass vs grain, no GMO, permaculture, etc)
This is another area where Bill Gates of hell has inserted his evil tentacles! He wants to get rid of COWS because their methane exhaust is “bad for the environment” boo hoo so he wants all PLANT-BASED “meat”. Check out how much farmland he’s buying up in this country!
I ate only grass fed grass finished beef and pasture raised chickens eggs raised locally for almost 3 years straight. I fixed pretty much any ailments I had - I had never felt better. I transitioned to where I now also eat non-fibrous vegetables with a few other organic diary/meat products and still feel great. Excellent video!
I think looking into raising chickens, the pasture raised chickens are always way healthier than “free-range” or caged chickens. Also the eggs that aren’t chemically cleaned and just straight from the chicken at room temp is healthier. So this video is cool to see theirs studies backing up what many have known for a long time. Healthier animals, leads to healthier food, leads to healthier people.
Easy way to know how healthy both the chicken is and the eggs is to look at the egg yoke - free range organic eggs have a DARK orange color whereas unhealthy chickens lay eggs with a bright yellow yoke color - you are what u eat!!
@@brianmclean7576 Unfortunately, at least commercially, this is no longer true. There is now a product farmers can use to obtain whatever shade of yellow to orange desired! This is still true regarding eggs grown without this product. I believe Dr. Berg has a video on this...
@@brianmclean7576 the organic eggs I buy have yellowish yolks, and the non organic ones from that supermarket have a darker orange colour, so that's not true.
@@NoName88837 I'm in Scotland and eveytime I buy free range eggs in Aldi the yolks are dark and the organic yellow. Been buying there for 3 years now and always the same.
Thank you Dr. Berg. I have been learning and raising Grass Fed Grass Finished Beef since 2015 and it is very rewarding. Our large garden is organic and our meals are incredible. Well worth the work.
You are good at explaining, you have a radiophonic voice and you check your information thoroughly. You also have a never ending thurst for knowledge. You were made for this Dr. Berg. Thank you for being you and helping Humanity, Animals and the Planet 🌍 ❤️
In Ireland, nearly all beef is Grass-fed. On most farms, it's free grazing until the weather gets bad and the ground heavy underfoot. Then they are fed on grass silage. Some farmers do use maize silage mixed in but that is rare.
@@nathalie_desrosiers Irish weather is perpetually equivalent to April in Canada (the best and worst days of April cover 12 months in Ireland, and sometimes in the same day) :-)
This year we thought we would feed our goats a better diet by increasing the amount of grain fed to them. They look beautiful from the outside. Shiny coats, fat and sassy but what about the inside? Two of them suffered from a condition known as pregnancy toxemia which is a metabolic disorder. They also get "hangry" because they are addicted to their carbs now. Time to re think our approach.
I accidentally came upon (and bought) a vacuum packed 2-piece grass fed & finished ribeye at Costco last week. It wasn't at their meat section, but at an open aisle area. The brand is called "Pre". It says their beef is sourced from New Zealand and Australia. The price was $21.99 for 20 oz. which I consider is a bargain in California considering how much beef prices have gone up during the pandemic.
There were some studies on wild game meat from somewhere in Montana, and wild game was reported to have way more protein and be healthier for us to eat than grain-fed beef. So anyway, I have almost exclusively eaten freshwater fish and wild game (deer/elk). I have always believed wild game and grass-fed meat to be much healthier than commercially raised corporate farm beef. So it's too bad that grazing cattle on public rangelands has almost been eliminated as one of the best ways to ensure we have plenty of healthy grass-fed meat for the public.
LOGIC is something very powerfull, muscles are our greatest defenses against diseases, if we have the great oportunity to have grass fed & finished beef, our muscles Will be healthier, good & clean protein is the Best 4 US
In Arizona, cattle roam around on thousands of acres of public, private and state lands. They eat like the wildlife does and have been known to deplete food sources wildlife depend on, so deer, antelope, elk and other wildlife populations suffer for it. Anyways, the cattle here are pretty much wild and free their entire lives up until it is time to harvest them. The meat is excellent. It is completely different compared to grain fed cattle. So much so, you must cook it like deer or elk. Nothing like the way you cook grain fed meat.
Why in the world do you think "grazing cattle on public rangelands has almost been eliminated"? I have gigabytes of photos that show it is just as prominent as ever in the western US, with the resulting damage to our public lands.
Excellent information! I was always suspect about the other studies showing no or, very little difference between grass fed vs. grain fed even though other carnivore/keto doctor's said the difference is very minor. I believe the studies conducted up until now have always reflected the desired results of the people funding the studies which, are mainly from the feed lot-grain fed side. Thank you for the outstanding work you do!
I rarely go to the doctor but i wish you were my doctor things would’ve been much better ,you’re really helpful and the best doctor out there thank you so much doctor berg for the time and effort you put to help us get in better shape and stay healthy😊
25 year's a go, when I was giving lecture about supplements, I told the audients: You are what you eat. That's it. Thanks dr. berg for the great lesson. Be blessed.
Dr Berg I believe you 100% but I have been using local grocery store meat mostly for 8 month and I don’t have any inflammation anymore nor do I have diabetes but I do only use organic veggies. Bone broth before 4pm and meat and veggies at 4pm that’s my last meal of the da.yGrass fed is not affordable for me so I do my best to put the right foods in my body.
I hear you. As a senior on a small, fixed income, I cannot afford grass-fed beef. I buy regular grocery-store meats, and I’m doing well on a mostly carnivore eating regimen.
Great info to be shared. Luckily for me my wife is a food lawyer and we knew this many years ago. Glad to see some publicly available studies being done, finally.
There is a massive difference in grain-fed (ie. government-subsidized corn-fed beef) and grass-fed/grass finished beef. The only study I need is the one that I did on myself for 2+ years to experience the massive difference.
American food manufacturing is a relic of a wartime industry. The majority of the processed food in grocery stores are basically commercial versions of mass produced rations designed more for cost, ease of storage and handling, and ability to produce massive quantities really fast. They meet the basic nutritional need for that day, and were never meant to be a primary source of nutrition over a long term.
So your going to leave out that 2 year part? I noticed when I eat a mixture of beans plus an animal protein my energy was abundant and body felt less inflamed. Take not animal meats were not removed. Just every few days instead.
As an athlete I have experimented with diets. Meat based specifically beef works for me. Affordability was a factor so I stuck with a top sirloin (nutrient dense) and lean ground beef over chicken. Grass fed blew everything out of the water, especially with inflammation. I'm blessed to afford higher quality foods, so trouble shooting my body became easier and conclusive.
Spectacular proof. Thank you! I wonder the costs we save buying super healthy foods, versus buying cheap poison non-food, and so-called foods, that lead to suffering, depression, disease and worse! I choose life, reality and the beauty of our true nature; grass-fed for me!
I was raised on a farm and my mother never grain-fed any of the beef we were going to eat if she grew be for other people and they wanted them grain finished she would but even way back then you could smell and taste the chemicals they were starting to put in the feed especially if you had been raised on and only eating grass fed beef
I only eat grass fed- grass finished beef. I've been buying it from a small business rancher local to me. He also feeds his steers/ cows sea weed to enhance their nutritional value, especially selenium. I've been doing this for 5 years. My family history is full of cases of high cholesterol, high blood pressure and heart disease. I am 59 years old. I recently had my blood work done. The doctor looked at me and said "your blood work is almost perfect." I'm a little low on my good cholesterol. That's it. I'm healthy and reasonably active. I feel great. As far as cost goes, I pay (this year) $3.70 a pound hanging weight. That means bones and all. It works out to around $12 a pound. So I'm actually paying less than grocery store beef. That's probably because I buy it by the half of the animal. I also get any fat they cut off to make tallow, which I believe to be a healthy fat for cooking with.
In Australia, there has been studies done between the two meats! The difference is the level of Omega 3’s : grain fade has zero Omega 3, grass fed and grass finished has Omega 3’s equal to Omega 6.
According to the Sacred Cow book, this is true, but is is like saying brocolli has more protein than a carrot...meaning the Omega 3/6 is so little that it is not significant.
Odd, I actually remember reading article on this few months ago that talked about differences between grass-fed and grain-fed meats. I dictinctly recall it stating that there's more Omega-3 in grass-fed. So it's not all that recent but I it's a good thing there's more research done which will hopefully encourage more people to buy the better quality meat.
thank you for putting this out dr. Berg, I was thinking about doing some research on this topic online. But this is much better, saved time and and confusion...
Thank You Dr. Berg. You are a wonderful source of self-realization and help. Much appreciated. I am an Orthomolecular practitioner on sabbatical. Situated in Cape Town, South Africa.
Interesting report. Thank you. On the affordability of more quality food, such as grass-fed/grass-finished beef, people can often make changes in their lifestyle, reducing or eliminating nonessential expenses. Beyond this, paying a little more now for better health, and the pleasure this brings, is a lot less expensive than paying much more later to treat poor health given the high cost of medical care and the misery that goes with that in varying degrees.
I have Crohn's disease and ankylosing spondylitis. Eating grass finished beef grass finished bone broth gluten free dairy free diet has shown up in my lab work. 0 inflation, no anemia, no longer have high cholesterol. I have lost fat and weight but I have never been healthier. I am 56 have had chronic disease my entire life
Dr Berg, you should come to Northern Ireland to try the most beautiful beef on the planet. All grass feed, but unfortunately, environmentalists are concerned about cows farting and want to put ban on that 🙈
Hm.. grass fed cattle should be exempt from such a law because they produce nutrient food AND preserve the soil. Btw, does grass fed cattle fart more than grain fed cattle? This is a good question because humans on grains definitely farts more than humans eating meat 😁🤘
So in Australia, the federal govt is trying to pass legislation of a tax on grass fed beef of an extra $1.80 per kg, This will wipe out hobby farmers and put grass fed beef out of reach of most people and they say they want to keep us healthy
Actually, the grass fed beef around me is cheaper than the grain fed. Now the free range organic brown eggs cost more , but once you start eating them , those white eggs don't have much taste
I found a place with free range eggs. Half to be careful driving in, but cheaper than the store. I get a half a free range pig each year. Hoping to share a side of grass fed beef with a neighbour this year. Otherwise hard to get.
I have preferred wild, or grass fed local meat to feedlot or factory meat for a long while. This tutorial is a great reinforcement of my preference, for either health or aesthetic reasons. My only complaint; when everyone else figures this out what's going to happen to the price and availability of grass fed...
Tim Noakes is doing a lot of research on this as well. Would love to hear their research on the influence of grain vs grass on cholestrol/diabetes/heart disease.
Lookup dr Natasha Campbell-Mcbride on cholesterol she debunks it . Animal fats are good processed foods and other things are causing the heart problems
@@ramppit thanks. I know that, what I want to know is the effect of the 'processed food' on the animals fat. Does it then become processed food as it does change the fat structure? (white fat vs yellow fat)
Thank you for all the great clips Dr.Berg . I would like to give my opinions as we’ve tried all kinds of diets. Our family had plenty of ODC , overweight, diabetes, high bp , cardiovascular problems etc.. for a long time. The best result that helped us got rid of all our problems is : raw fruits and vegetables diet & vitamins and 20 min workout everyday. Now everyone is strong and healthy and we do have”.eat what you want day “ once a month. By the way , our skin and hair is reversed age too. My gray hair have grown out dark and healthy roots. And so much more. We feels like 20 years younger . There’s more money leftover as well with this diet. 😊
i have Experience in feeding young dairy stock in New Zealand. Where a organic Seaweed fertiliser was used. We saw a marked difference in the same class of stock feed on pasture where chemical fertilisers where used. The organic seaweed fertilisers fed stock filled up early in the days grazing. Gained weight faster. Leading to higher milk production during their productive life. They experienced les health problems. The list gos on.
Thank you Dr Berg, this explains my body craving grass fed and finished beef, I have a butcher box order every 6 weeks I will adjust. The high oxalates in my favorite vegetables were making me ill along with my superfood smoothies I have eliminated them. Very happy to hear you are raising grass fed and finished beef, the love and care of ranchers makes a big difference as well. We have chickens I am caring for and researching the best plants to grow for them, and I am starting a small meal worm farm. I can actually get down on the floor with my great grandson’s and noticed I can easily get up from the floor now, very nice surprise. ♥️
I have met cattle farmers that are PROUD of there hormone protocol they use for finishing there prized beef cows. So proud it's rarely discussed and if it is discussed HOW/WHEN is not.
Thanks Dr.breg I just ordered a beef share,and I made the choice grass fed over grain fed. Thanks for the confirmation, on which is better for your health.
Always go for the best quality product within your budget. I just noticed yesterday that the eggs I'm currently buying are now the same price as a much higher quality egg so I'll be getting those from here on out.
I married into a family who raise angus beef cattle. They all are grass fed then sold. Often they are taken to be grain fed on purpose. The grass fed beef taste a bit more gamey. The buyer feed them out a few months to get rid of the gamey taste and to add fat. The bearer butches have a video showing the difference. So this study is interesting. I suspect it’s all in where you live. There is a local slaughter house where you can buy beef direct pretty cheap. You have to buy the whole tenderloin or ribeye then wet age it in your refrigerator for about 28 days.
Sure wish you'd get your audio levels straightened out. You may not even realize it, but all of your videos are at pretty low volume. Problem is, you've got to turn the volume UP to hear your videos at an appropriate level and then the next video in the playlist comes on and it's SUPER LOUD. Look into getting an audio compressor and then turning the level way up in your recording. Your 8.5 million subscribers will APPRECIATE it!
Hello Dr. Berg. Could you please share with us your regular daily meals? What do you usually eat at breakfast, at lunch and at dinner? What snacks do you usually eat? I hope you will share it with us. I would greatly appreciate it and would love to follow it too. Thanks in advance.
I just bought a side of beef that was grass finished, never had it before. I really didn't expect to see a difference in taste. I have only tried the ground beef this morning, just ate almost a pound of it. It tasted entirely different from regular super market beef, tasted really good. I'm sold on it now. Had to drive 200 miles to get it but I'll be going back for sure.
Even without proof most of us paying attention already figured this to be the case. You are what you eat, what you eat is what it ate and so on. life is just energy changing form.
Another big difference in grass-fed and grain-fed/feedlot cattle is the amount of water required to produce a pound of meat. Factory cow run around 650 gallons per pound, which some vegan activists use to expose the toll on the ecosystem, however, grass-fed meat is closer to only 25 gallons per pound. The grains used to feed those cows are a large part of why they use so much water in the whole cycle. A cup of coffee is around 30 gallons of water. A glass of wine and head of lettuce are in the 20 range. So it is important to distinguish between factory cows and pastured cows when assessing their environmental toll, as it can be drastically different.
I love how awareness is spreading. I feel great after pasture raised meat, but get ill even if they were partially grain fed (They are so sneaky advertising 'grass and forage fed' on the front, and mentioning on the back in tiny font that they were also fed grains). Would you agree lamb is usually higher in omega 3 than beef?
Yes, this is so sick but it shows people start to demand better meat, which in itself, is awesome news. I heard or read that lamb is definitly higher in omega 3 because these animals are most often grazing on lands instead of stuck into feedlots. So they will find many more omega 3 sources of foods.
Because those half grass fed and half grain fed beef are there with a higher price, now I eat more lamb imported from New Zealand. I hope New Zealand lambs do not eat much grain.
@@experimenthealthyketo83 How do we distinguish which sources of lamb/beef have highest omega 3? I heard DHA and EPA are produced during exercise, hence leg meat has more proportionally in the fat than ribs.
I have been following your channel I believe for about 3 years now and watching what I eat and how it makes me feel afterwards has really made me aware of how different foods affect me and the grass-fed beef I almost instantly feel the difference when I eat it. It takes less to satisfy me it feels like it does a much better job as well. Your channel has done me a lot of good and I really appreciate it!
I’m so thankful to come across your channel I been buying grassfed meats and organic chicken and organic fruit and vegetables it’s a big difference!! Me and my family are eating healthier… you’re such a good Dr.
I go with Grass-fed whenever possible. The other day I picked up a 3 pack of some decent cut of Steak. There wasn't a label indicating on whether it was grain or grass fed but the price was too hard to resist. 3 Steaks for 13 bucks? Yes please! They turned out well, tasted great and all that, but 30 minutes later, after each meal, I felt the effects of Niacin flush. Niacin flush, for those who are curious, is a kind of "heat" sensation you get from your capillaries opening up a bit. High doses of nicotinic acid trigger a response that causes your capillaries to expand, which increases the flow of blood to the skin’s surface. It can make you feel kind of itchy and make your skin a bit red for a while. Niacin flush is harmless but right off the bat, I realised that what I had purchased was indeed Grain-fed. Pretty amazing how in tune I am with physiological responses to food.
Being a Christian, I don't even need their research to know how good and far better grass-fed beef is. All you have to do is be in line with how God created things and you won't go wrong. 100%.
I work in an organic farm shop in Northumberland in the UK. Our meat is very competitive in price to conventional meat in the supermarket. You just have to shop around.
My local whole foods has a meat provider which advertises 100% grass fed beef, but it doesn't mention anything about being grass finished. My question is does 100% grass fed beef mean grass finished as well or could it be grain finished?
I grew up on a dairy farm. We fed the cows grain while being milked. This was the incentive to get them to walk to the stall. All other times they ate grass, alfalfa, and corn silage. Other beef cows we had were free to graze and were never given grain. Both types of cows were eventually sold at an auction for slaughter. Just curious how buyers know what the cows were fed. We were never asked.
Hmmm, I see. Where we purchase from a supermarket, the packaging is labelled on some as Grain fed, and on others packaging it is a label saying Grass fed. Some meat packaged in the plastic has neither label. Thats Australia.
This reminds me of the studies from maybe 15 or 20 years ago linking bison meat consumption with better health. So bison became popular in the northwest but the increased demand resulted in farming bison on ranches with grain. I don’t know, but I suspect it wasn’t the bison that made the meat healthier, but the animals diet. I’m interested in seeing how this research turns out. In the meantime, grass finished beef for me. It is more expensive, but the healthy keto principles help balance the cost by promoting smaller portion sizes.
I just bought a grass fed whole cow at $4 a pound. The cow was raised less than a quarter mile from my home. I'm looking forward to the health benefits.
Thank you for this video. Once upon a time all of our foods were organic and reasonably priced. Now we have to read more and look deeper to find organic foods. Even the so called organic foods have so many bad ingredients added to them and I don’t know how they could be qualified as organic. Reading and understanding ingredients is important and helps to eliminate the bad foods.
So true !! I was amazed at searching for non-seed oils and carbohydrates, not to forget even sugar in mayonaise and supposed 'health food bars'. Super-expensive and yet, totally misleading in 'healthy' terms.
I really enjoy watching your videos and learning but please please please turn the volume up speak louder something because I'm having difficulty hearing you. Thank you for all you contribute and all you do
I have been primarily eating grass fed / finished beef as well as grass fed organ’s meat in the last few months and I definitely noticed a great difference with my overall health and effects on my body…..Keep it up Dr Berg we all need all of your support…Thank you
I live in rural Canada. For organic natural meats, eggs and vegetables I visit my neighbours front porch on the farm, take what I need and leave the money in a jar. I eat no grains and consume no dairy except Canadian cheddar from grass fed cows….same with butter. At 70 I need no meds …. BP is 120/80 … waist is less than half my height. It is all due to the food I eat and how often I eat it. Thank you Dr. Berg for your insightful information.
It seems like common sense that if you're eating meat from a healthy animal that would translate to the body. One thing I would love to see is research on the land/grass to determine its health. With chemicals and heavy metals constantly being sprayed into the air through geoengineering it's got to be affecting the earth.
It makes sense that eating grass fed beef will give you better health. I use to worry about the cost of eating healthy and organic, but I saved so much not buying junk that now I feel I can afford the good stuff.
I am concerned about the cost of grass-fed,grass.finished meat, but what I really want to know is where to get quality grass fed, grass finished meat in the suburban area where I live, which is nowhere near a farm or even a farmer’s market. I don’t trust the grass fed meat at the local supermarkets or at stores like Sprouts, Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods (out West here in the U.S.) to be completely grass fed, meaning grass finished as well. It only says it’s grass fed, and some say they’re 100% grass fed, but I don’t know what to believe. This is what I buy for now since I don’t know where to buy grass fed, grass finished meat, and I still find it quite pricey and way beyond my budget as a disabled person. However, I’m disabled by chronic conditions for which a super healthy diet justifies a hefty investment. I have to balance it out, but I do have a tight budget, and I’m sure it’s pretty costly to get grass fed, grass finished meat.
Dear Doc, you are bang on target. Thanks a lot for these awesome insights. As our Indian saying goes like this "You are what you eat"- so definitely quality of animal health will matter a lot who is consuming them. Similarly I will ask you read about ancient indian food and its nature via ayurveda and other old books.
I’ve looked into this years ago the meat taste so much better, less fat and grease when you cook these!! And I am not a big meat eater but this meat is delicious. And another thing I notice is after eating this meat you do not get tired sometimes when I eat meat you get tired you don’t with the grass fed!!
I remember reading an article in 2007 that claimed that grass fed beef is actually healthier than salmon in terms of high levels of the proper ratios of omega 3, 6 and 9 fatty acids, and little or no mercury compared to farm raised and wild salmon. Also, coincidentally, they feed farmed salmon commercial feed full of dyes to turn their grey flesh more orange-red colored.
they do that to other fish too if pretty sure. hell, just learned that there’s titanium dioxide (white dye product) in some milk today. epoch times had a thing about nanotech in food. apparently the stuff can cross the bbb.
Yeah, I used to exclusively buy organic heavy whipping cream but recently switched to the regular stuff to save money. Except, for some reason every non organic brand of heavy cream has polysorbate 80 and either guar or xantham gum. It used to be a law that once a pure food has been adulterated in some way it can no longer be called that original food. Like, you can't call hydrogenated corn oil "butter" you have to give it a product name like margarine. Mayonnaise is eggs, vinegar and oil, but sandwich spread can have all kinds of novelty chemicals stirred into it to make it last longer on shelves. The big one for me is natamycin in blue cheese dressings. I still remember when people complained that beef came from cows fed antibiotics, but now it's okay to go right ahead and put antibiotics directly into foods sold for human consumption. So if you have an ear infection you need a prescription from a doctor to put natamycin on it, but if you eat a salad with blue cheese you get a free bonus medical treatment without any doctor supervision and you don't need a prescription.
... always avoid carryout single serve condiments. The little white cups of creamer have always had whiteners like titanium dioxide. I think the ketchup packs are not much better. I've seen a yellow oil separate from the tomato paste in older Wendy's ketchup packets. Who knows what that is. I still remember people got leaky anuses from eating potato chips cooked in olestra. Best to avoid novelty chemicals in foods.
There is absolutely nothing anyone can do about this. Any organic food you are getting is likely contaminated to some degree. Even the rain from the skies is loaded with metals.
I can compare ribeye steak from Costco and local butcher shop that claims to sell beef from local farm that is grass-fed. I should say that we LOVE Costco and we are gifted to have Costco at our city… Well, the difference in these two beers is HUGE! The ribeye from Costco is fattier, the meat fibers are significantly bigger and it has different color.. and it is twice in size :). The ribeye from local farm never gets as much fat as that grain-fed meat from Costco and tell you the truth this steak from grain-fed beef tastes better… So, we are trying to consume grass-fed beef, but sometimes I purchase these grain-fed steaks from Costco just because it tastes very good…. Thank you Dr. Berg for your videos! I am on Keto and IF 20/4. Lost 78 lb. In less than a year and my weight is stable now. I did loose high blood pressure, insulin resistance, high triglycerides and have better mood and way more energy. I am very sure that low carbs or even Keto is a healthy way of eating. I am trying to introduce prolonged fasting into my life now. First 3 days with no food went pretty easy. It wasn’t any hunger, weakness or bad feelings… I was very surprised how easy these 3 days with no food went. Will try 5 days now.
As a rancher . I keep a steerfor the freezer . On grass and hay until about 20 to 24 months. 45 days of a small amount of corn until butcher . .all the benefits of the grass are still there . The grain just adds a mellow consistent flavor . In my opinion. The livers are not absessed . And all the organs and meat are delicious. I'm 52 and feel 32 . I think it's why
I almost always feed it to my dog too! It's made a huge difference in her health, her arthritis has almost completely healed and I've been able to take her off of anti inflammatories that the vet said she would be on until end of life
I’m an omnivore like my ancient ancestors. I feel best when I eat a widely varied diet of WILD nutrient dense foods. Wild blueberries and raspberries, wild Alaskan salmon, grass finished beef, deep purple sweet potatoes, mackerel, green unripe bananas, sauerkraut, avocados, goat’s cheese, omega-3 eggs, broccoli sprouts, A2 Casein kefir, extra virgin olive oil, macadamia nuts, shiitake mushrooms, raw garlic, 100% cacao powder, coconut butter, venison, wild turkeys, arugula, dandelion leaves, wild boar, etc.
I am a barbecue grilling and smoking guy. I like grass Fed beef better but it’s low in fat which as far as grilling and taste and flavor isn’t as good because the fats where the flavor is and when you cook it it’s tougher. I’ve also noticed it cooks a little faster maybe because that’s lower in fat and not rendering but it’s definitely not quite as good is a nice fatty piece of meat. I think the type of grains depends. Grains is a word often used when they’re talking about feed back from a feed store which usually has a lot of GMO soy filler in it and mix grains based on protein values. From a health standpoint the grass fed grass finished beef is your best option. It would be interesting to see you guys do a wagyu and Colby beef. The quality ones are considered the best steak out there it’s nice and fatty and full of flavor but the good quality ones are also grass fed grass finished but they have genetic traits that make them fatter or have a higher contact a muscular or intramuscular fat. I’ve always wondered if the nutritional value was there because they are grass fed and finished it. I’ve also wondered what’s the best compromise and I would guess grass feed and grass finish the cow adding a little natural corn to help fatten them up in the finishing process but the meat is so different. Walmart beef versus your standard grain fed beef from a butcher or a better market is a world of difference and I’m sure it is nutritionally also and I’m assuming it’s cheap Chinese imported meat. For some reason Walmart meat taste different and taste worse I can go to Kroger and it taste different quality or I can get a namebrand that grass finished and it taste much different. For whatever reason the Walmart beef is almost flavor listen very tough. But the street grass fed beef is pretty lean and it just doesn’t taste as good. I just buy grass fed hamburger with a 20% fat ratio, I would get a higher fat ratio but I can’t find it. Then once in a while when I want a steak I usually lean a little more towards something that’s just going to taste good. I’ve become very habitual in finding my nutrients. Ate two meals a day now and I start with a salad with vegetables and sprouts I grow at home olives and pickles and tuna with homemade avocado oil mayonnaise and I make enough and eat that five days a week and the vegetables change here in there for some variety but basically the same thing for lunch every day then I make enough chili for five meals a week starting with a pound of grass fed grass finished hormone and antibiotic free grass fed ground beef and a pound of liver. I put some sprouted mung beans or sprouted black beans in there, about a quarter of a cup dry and different spices and make sort of a curry or chili meat chili and add vegetables of different varieties trying to fill my nutritional needs with a good variety of raw and cooked vegetables and that makes 10 meals a week the other three or four meals a week are usually try to have wild cut Alaskan salmon or steak and different vegetables. I would love to get and grill steak or make a slow cooked brisket or prime rib but that’s a lot of meat at once and the grass fed version of that is incredibly expensive and it’s going to be pretty lean and not taste all that great. Usually if I eat a grass fed steak it’s because I found one that was much more marbled than the others but that’s pretty rare in the grass fed it’s usually fairly lean and from a grilling standpoint that’s a bad thing because it’s going to be drier it’s going to be tougher and the meat will taste good but it’s a lot of work done up with a dry steak. It would be nice to have a happy medium is something that was fairly nutritious but was still good for grilling and making a great steak or rib. I’ve kind of given up on that because of the price of beef and I just grill pork ribs and make them far less often or occasionally I can find a fatty grass fed ribeye but it’s pretty rare. I may look through 30 different steaks at the store and nine out of 10 times they’re all too lean to bother so I just get the Grass fed hamburger and try to eat clean, but it would be nice to have a reasonably healthy option for grilling or making a brisket or a prime rib. This testing is good but the grass fed organic beef is going to be fairly consistent when you say a regular steak that can be all over the place different breeds have different facets and what type of grains they eat makes a huge difference. The old corn fed beef used to be really good, a lot of the grain fed beef now just taste like garbage and has almost no flavor and since I started a very clean version of Keto the whole grilling and smoking thing is kind of gone out the window because I don’t wanna pay $250 for grass fed brisket it’s gonna be kind of dry and tough, if I’m going to take the time to make a brisket or a prime rib I want it to be exceptional tasting but that means the intramuscular fat content needs to be pretty high and grass fed just isn’t going to do that. I guess I can inject it with tallow to make it a little more tender but that towel is probably not gonna be grass fed so it’s a compromise. It would be nice to see somebody pasture raise healthy grass fed meat and mixing some corn to finish setting them up the last two or three months and see what the nutritional content is at that point or find out if there’s a certain kind of green or way to fatten them up but keep it healthy
Love the science Dr. Berg! Been keto for 6 years. Wasn't super clean to start but each year added additional healthy choices. Now I'm 90 plus % organic produce, grass-fed meats (even chicken and pork from Slanker in texas), wild caught seafood. Keto is ONLY 10% protein. One can get very affordable grass-fed and even organic grass-fed ground beef from Walmart, or grass-fed frozen at my costco. I encourage folks to eat less meat, but higher quality. I'd say most of my protein is from healthy raised eggs. Thanks again for all your energy!
The reality is that many of us are struggling to survive. If we could afford organic vegetables and grass fed beef, we would be doing it. And anyone who says, "What is the price of your health?", isn't aware of the struggles of millions of us. We are balancing food, utilities, and healthcare. I eat zero sugar and grains. My diet is meat, cheese, veggies, and cream in my coffee. I feed my dogs and cats a raw meat diet. I'm doing the best I can do. Big ag rules the world and I don't think I will see the availability and affordability of healthier food in my lifetime.
My question for you and your new source is: What grass and what grain? Montana summer sweet grass, or Kentucky blue? Grains bother me. Soy bad... estrogen, pesticides. Corn all GMO. OH, and type of soil??. So much to learn. BTW, I understand that soil is produced partially from termite poop ( wood pulp?) Can't wait to learn more. Thank you
I don't know if anybody wants to hear this but I'll say it to everyone reading this.. Don't stop grinding and hustling until you feel fulfilled, it's not all about been on top, the highest thing is just to feel fulfilled as you. Love yourselves and believe in yourselves because that's what will fuel your energy each time you feel like giving up. I don't have so many subscribers but the ones I have are so special to my struggle so far. I'm grateful they believe in me, they're the reason i will keep putting in my best ♥️♥️♥️
Hey, can Dr. Berg do a video on esophageal dysphagia? For me, it’s not so much an issue with food but sometimes when I take vitamins or supplements, it feels like they get trapped at the base of my throat/upper chest area. I try to drink more liquids to help it go down but it doesn’t really help. I googled about this a bit and it said one of the causes is a condition called Achalasia. Can Dr. Berg recommend some remedies for these? Thank you!
I am a Tradesman Butcher & used to own a Butcher Shop from 1988 to 1992,... You could absolutely taste the difference in the Meat from Grass Fed from the Southern Coastline to Grain Fed from the dryer Western Plains. What the Cows eat DOES flow through to the muscle we eat & this, for me explains why some studies suggest that Beef "can" cause a moderate to high blood sugar spike.
