Grass-Fed vs Grain-Fed Beef – What’s The Difference?

[dannno]

And then whatever benefits you might've derived from grass-fed beef go to hell.

Not if the bacon is pastured, and the bacon I buy for my breakfast is, and I am sure the bacon on my filet mignon was too since it was from Beetnik.

I'd rather eat pastured bacon than a cow that was grass fed and then gets stuck indoors eating grains for the last 2 months of its life.

Pastured bacon is probably equal to a grass fed cow that goes to a grain feedlot for a short time and has some access to outdoors.

Honestly I'd prefer wild boar... I just bought some ground wild boar and there is some wild boar up in the hills I would love to go hunt some day.

 

[jj-]

Meat hanging, aging, whatever they want to call them makes the quality of the meat poorer.

 

[dannno]

I also found ground elk and ground venison in addition to my ground wild board, only $6.99/lb... unfortunately they are from new zealand which is good because they are actually wild grass fed, not grain fed venison which does exist altho it's probably not that bad because I'm sure they have plenty of access to outdoors, but bad because they need to be shipped so far.

We really need to increase the size of the grass fed/wild animal industry in this country so it can compete better with the grain fed in terms of cost and such, but there needs to be some restructuring of the industry and probably some changes in regulation.

 

[jj-]

Not if the bacon is pastured, and the bacon I buy for my breakfast is, and I am sure the bacon on my filet mignon was too since it was from Beetnik.

Bacon has a worse fat profile because bacon is about 15% polyunsaturated while grain-fed beef fat is less than 3% polyunsaturated. That's because pigs don't convert the polyunsaturated fats they ingest to saturated, while cows do, even grain fed.

 

[specsaregood]

Dannno, regarding the fat profile, you forgot a huge important part of the context.

So it really doesn't matter.

I eat the crap out of groundbeef though. I've found you can mix pretty much anything into a meatball and come out with an edible dinner.

 

[specsaregood]

I also found ground elk and ground venison in addition to my ground wild board, only $6.99/lb... unfortunately they are from new zealand which is good because they are actually wild grass fed, not grain fed venison which does exist altho it's probably not that bad because I'm sure they have plenty of access to outdoors, but bad because they need to be shipped so far.

We really need to increase the size of the grass fed/wild animal industry in this country so it can compete better with the grain fed in terms of cost and such, but there needs to be some restructuring of the industry and probably some changes in regulation.

I swear you must be employed by the NZ agricultural dept.

 

[jj-]

As long as you eat mostly beef and minimize chicken, pork, and fatty fish, your fat profile from the consumption of meat is going to be very good. E.g., you would eat mostly saturated and monounsaturated fats and little polyunsaturated.

 

[dannno]

I eat the crap out of groundbeef though. I've found you can mix pretty much anything into a meatball and come out with an edible dinner.

Doesn't it smell like fish?

 

[dannno]

As long as you eat mostly beef and minimize chicken, pork, and fatty fish, your fat profile from the consumption of meat is going to be very good. E.g., you would eat mostly saturated and monounsaturated fats and little polyunsaturated.

What about bison?

 

[jj-]

What about bison?

Probably good, ruminants convert their fats to saturated. But I think not as good as beef or lamb.

 

[specsaregood]

Doesn't it smell like fish?

No, I said that at the very beginning, for some reason the grassfed ground beef isn't fishy and doesn't bother me. Bama- said the same thing. Also some of the thinner cuts like flat iron an flank. although frying up flank steak can sure make the house smell like a fish fry, but the taste doesn't bother me. Its just the bigger cuts/steaks. And I've had both the steaks and the ground from the same ranches.

Its just like the fish, I can't stand fish with dark meat, makes me want to puke.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Maybe you just have a diminished sense of taste and smell.

You are probably correct. All people can not detect odors the same way. It's like hearing or sight. Some people detect fish odors at super low concentrations. I'm with you, I can detect the slightest fishy odor. Can you also smell silk at a distance? It has a fishy odor too. I can smell it when a person wearing silk walks in the room.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

An interesting video, though not as unique as Stan Lee says...

 

[jj-]

How good are you guys at smelling plastic? Or at feeling the different taste from plastic-bottled water?

 

[specsaregood]

You are probably correct. All people can not detect odors the same way. It's like hearing or sight. Some people detect fish odors at super low concentrations. I'm with you, I can detect the slightest fishy odor. Can you also smell silk at a distance? It has a fishy odor too. I can smell it when a person wearing silk walks in the room.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertaster

I don't know when I was ever around any silk. And now I'm not inclined to be. yah know I used to love cilantro, then I heard about those supertasters and how they all thought cilantro tasted like soap. Now I can't stand the stuff, because it tastes like soap. It is probably just the power of suggestion; but damn anytime there is cilantro in something now I pick up on it right away and it makes the whole thing taste like soap to me.

 

[specsaregood]

How good are you guys at smelling plastic? Or at feeling the different taste from plastic-bottled water?

Can't say that I've noticed it but I don't drink bottled water often. the tap water here is actually pretty good and fluoride free. I never could stand pop out of a plastic bottle though.

 

[jj-]

I never could stand pop out of a plastic bottle though.

I can't drink soda of a plastic bottle either. There are studies that show that the plastic leaks and that has an estrogenic effect on the body.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

How good are you guys at smelling plastic? Or at feeling the different taste from plastic-bottled water?

Yep, many times water from plastic bottles or containers has a plastic taste. Or even water from new plumbing. Very detectable.

 

[dannno]

Bacon has a worse fat profile because bacon is about 15% polyunsaturated while grain-fed beef fat is less than 3% polyunsaturated.

How do you know what the fat profile of my bacon is? You don't think it changes with a pastured pig?

 

[jj-]

How do you know what the fat profile of my bacon is? You don't think it changes with a pastured pig?

It's PUFA content is relatively high because pigs don't convert their polyunsaturated fats to saturated, and fat from plants is typically low in saturated.

 

[Acala]

How do you know what the fat profile of my bacon is? You don't think it changes with a pastured pig?

He's right about pork being relatively high in pufas compared to grass-fed beef. Pufa's are a problem because they become rancid more quickly than saturated fat. Rancidity=free radicals=trouble. I still eat bacon, but not all the time and not huge quantities.

He's also right about the fat in fish being relatively high in pufas. But the omega-3 content is a balancing factor. So I still eat a lot of fish. Stick with fresh fish as much as you can. Avoid fish oil capsules.

But don't sweat it. You are already way ahead of the game.