Sometimes red meat can get a bad rep, but in reality red meat’s can be extremely nourishing. They are an excellent source of B vitamins, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, zinc, selenium, iron protein and more. Meat can be a nourishing anti-inflammatory food if you eat a high quality source.

The quality of the meat that we eat, comes from the quality of the animal’s diet. Conventionally raised meats, come from animals that are fed corn and grain fed diets. When animals are fed corn and grains, this helps to speed up the growth of the animal so that its time from birth to slaughter is faster, so more meat can be produced at a large industrial scale. Furthermore, they are pumped with anti-biotics and growth hormones to help them increase in size and also to keep them “healthy” in the overcrowed feed lots that they live in. In essence, corn and grains help animals to become fatter, quicker along with hormones and anti-biotics. Leaving a fattier, and anti-biotic filled, highly inflammatory cut of meat for those of us who eat this meat. In comparison, a pasture raised meat has a higher omega 3 fatty acid profile (more anti-inflammatory), antioxidants, and free from antibiotics and added hormones. So long story short, pasture raised meats and animal byproducts are a better choice!