Speaking of things that will proably eventually kill you...

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I have no doubt that grass-fed beef is much healthier than regular beef. But I'm still not convinced that you can eat as much of it as you like.

Another huge study just came out showing how bad read meat is for you. Maybe grass-fed beef really is not bad at all. But I would need to see some hard evidence before I would take that leap of faith and recommend that people make red meat (of any type) a big part of their diet.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar...-meat-20120313

The head researcher was asked about grass-fed meat:

How about grass-fed beef? Does the way the animals are raised make a difference?

"We don't know for sure. In this study we were investigating red meat as it is consumed in the United States, which is mostly lot-fed, grain-fed beef. I'm quite sure we would not have enough people consuming mostly grass-fed beef to be able to look at that on its own.

There are some differences. Omega-3 fatty acid levels are somewhat higher in the grass-fed beef. But if someone's getting other sources of omega-3 fatty acids — if they're having fish once or twice a week — the additional amount probably won't make too much difference.

The total fat may be a bit lower. But we don't see that the fat per se is really related to the risk of getting heart disease or cancer. Cholesterol is more in the lean part of the red meat, so that's going to be just as high and maybe even higher in the grass-fed animals.

I think it would be nice to be able to study grass-fed beef directly, but I think in the meantime it's reasonable to assume that the answer is probably not going to be very different from what we saw here."

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar...llett-20120324

There are plenty of real world studies and experiences with grass fed meats that prove they are healthy. They just are not put into the mainstream focus because of what it would do to certain industries.

Cholesterol is a vitally important substance in our bodies, and if your body needs high cholesterol, it makes it, regardless if you eliminate it from your diet. Cholesterol as boogeyman will not last that much longer.

The reason cholesterol collects in arteries of people with 'heart disease' is because it's doing it's job, which is repairing diseased or damaged tissue.

Blaming cholesterol for heart disease is just like blaming skid marks at an accident scene for the accident. IE, cholesterol is there as a RESULT of heart disease.

Cholesterol drugs are both highly toxic and extremely lucrative, which is again why you won't see this in any mainstream source. If you want more information, LMK and I'll send you all sorts of links.

All of this, and a lot more, are discussed in that book (as well as in her foundations other literature/website). Things like this are what you will not see in Dr. Sears book.

I'll make you a deal. Buy that book from Amazon. If you read it and think it's full of crap, or you don't feel like you are going to get anything out of it, I'll buy it from you, provided you are willing to ship it to me and you haven't damaged it.

Give it a fair shake, maybe try a thing or three in it, and if you want to go wild, maybe learn the experiences of others who have adopted some of the changes espoused in the book. Heck, just read through some of the Amazon user reviews.

I personally know quite a few people who have tried it and have changed their health for the better, reversing multiple health conditions and getting an overall much better sense of well being.