This article has a lot of problems with it. The whole "red meat is bad" thinking is a joke to begin with. The myth of red meat being "unhealthy" is the result of incredibly shoddy science and for the most part, only uses factory meat as the example. Processed meat, and factory meat from CAFOs have problems, like problematic additives or that feeding cattle grain makes them sick. That doesn't make all meat consumption bad, it only shows problems with highly processed and factory farm meats. Meat is nutrient dense, and when grass fed or pastured raised, depending on species, the high quality dense nutrients are extremely bioavailable, more so then many less nutrient dense foods.
Cattle and sheep can restore grasslands with regenerative grazing techniques that sequester carbon in the ground as it builds soil and creates habitat for wildlife. Animals raised grass fed or pastured build up omega-3s, vitamins A and D, and offer abundant B12, which is basic to human health, harder to get from dairy, and doesn't occur in plants.
CAFO animals who spend their last 90 days eating food that causes illness, end up full of omega-6s, and lose most of their vitamin A and D, robbing the meat of important nutrition. The way an animal is raised makes a huge difference in both carbon foot print and nutritional benefit. Any nutritional study that does not understand that nuance is not worth the paper used to print it.
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This article has a lot of problems with it. The whole "red meat is bad" thinking is a joke to begin with. The myth of red meat being "unhealthy" is the result of incredibly shoddy science and for the most part, only uses factory meat as the example. Processed meat, and factory meat from CAFOs have problems, like problematic additives or that feeding cattle grain makes them sick. That doesn't make all meat consumption bad, it only shows problems with highly processed and factory farm meats. Meat is nutrient dense, and when grass fed or pastured raised, depending on species, the high quality dense nutrients are extremely bioavailable, more so then many less nutrient dense foods.
Cattle and sheep can restore grasslands with regenerative grazing techniques that sequester carbon in the ground as it builds soil and creates habitat for wildlife. Animals raised grass fed or pastured build up omega-3s, vitamins A and D, and offer abundant B12, which is basic to human health, harder to get from dairy, and doesn't occur in plants.
CAFO animals who spend their last 90 days eating food that causes illness, end up full of omega-6s, and lose most of their vitamin A and D, robbing the meat of important nutrition. The way an animal is raised makes a huge difference in both carbon foot print and nutritional benefit. Any nutritional study that does not understand that nuance is not worth the paper used to print it.
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