samedi 5 mai 2018

Basic Information On Organic Beef And Pork

By Cynthia White


Nowadays there is a very big move to eat healthy. Many health problems can be traced to the kinds of food we eat, especially nowadays that most foods are processed and contain a lot of preservatives. Thus a new kind of food is coming out called organic food, which are food that are raised and grown without the use of artificial inputs. This also is true of organic beef and pork which is made from grass fed and natural fed cows and pigs.

One characteristic of organics are that they are expensive and sometimes almost twice the price of regular food. This in a way makes them unattractive to the regular consumer who is not educated on their benefits. This article is to shed more light on the benefits of this kind of food. After reading this article hopefully you will appreciate organic foods a bit more, despite of the high price they fetch in the market.

Overall, these meats have very low fat content. This is because they are mostly grass fed which will lead to an overall higher lean meat content. Regular cattle and pigs, which are raised on industrial farms are usually fed fatteners and such to earn more money for the raisers. Lesser fat means lesser problems for you if you are watching your weight and cholesterol.

Lower calories is also expected from this kind of meat because lesser fat does also mean lesser calories. Thus if you want to maintain a lover calorie diet so as to lose fat then definitely again, this meat is for you. The lower calorie content also will mean you can have larger portions and get fuller per meal, but with much lesser chance of getting fat.

Organic meats also have much higher levels of omega 3 and also quite high levels of antioxidants and vitamins. This will meant that with regular consumption, you will be definitely be more energetic, healthier and of course age a lot slower too.

These meats also have a richer flavor, or simply put, they are more yummier. This is because they have higher iodine content due to their being grass fed and raised on free range farms. Industrial swine and cattle herds are usually given feeds that have low iodine content, up to as much seventy five per cent lesser than natural feeds. If you consider iodine as some kind of salt, then you know that salt is what gives food flavor most of the time. This of course does not mean that the more iodine there is it will become more salty, it just becomes more flavorful.

Those who have a fear of getting celiac disease will be happy to know that these are also gluten free. Gluten is a natural irritant found in foods which can give you a whole mess load of stomach disorders, especially if you are getting on in age and your stomach is lesser attuned to processed foods and such. Lesser gluten also makes it easier to digest and so you will not have any bouts of constipation.

Antibiotic free is also what you get with this kind of meat. Many animals nowadays are given antibiotics as a prevention against many diseases. Range animals from where organic meats come from are not given antibiotics under strict regulations, so you can expect the food made from these animals to be very safe and very healthy.




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