Healthier & More Nutritious

Through the years on this website, we often focus on the positive difference found in grass-fed beef compared to conventional grain feed beef. A new study on the health benefits of grass-fed beef was recently reported on by Allen Williams with the team over at UnderstandingAG.

Dr. Williams has an excellent blog post describing the latest grass-fed beef research prompted by The Bionutrient Institute and completed by Dr. Stephan Van Vliet at Utah State University. We encourage you to read the post: Study: Grass-Fed Beef Healthier, More Nutritious.

Nutrition Follows Flavor

Have you ever bitten into a fruit or vegetable and just thought to yourself, WOW, now that tastes great! Well, when that happens to me, sometimes I will pull out a refractometer and test the juice (brix level). (We use a refractometer to test the brix level of grasses in our pasture.) The refractometer will verify that the juice of the fruit or vegetable that just amazed me, has a high brix reading, something my taste buds already told me.

It is one thing to research and understand why grass-fed beef is healthier and more nutritious by looking at lab data. That may get someone to at least try grass-fed beef. But if the eating experience is not pleasant, what’s the purpose?

The key is to find a farmer that can raise and properly “grass-finish” beef. A grass-finished beef will have both flavor and nutrition. Sometimes that “beefy” flavor will catch you off guard and it may take a little time for your tastebuds to adapt. Take a look at some of our past posts on “Flavor” and review past post photos on what to look for in a grass-finished beef (what we call Pasture Grazed Beef).

God designed nutrition to follow flavor. If you bite into a whole, unprocessed, food that has amazing flavor, it will be healthy. You will know it was healthy by how you feel after eating. Find a farmer you can trust and taste the difference between local food and what you find in the grocery store. Your tastebuds will thank you.