Tuesday, February 5

 
'Cave Man' Diet Green-Lights Grassfed Meat

What did those hunter-gatherers know that we moderns don't?
Somehow, without the expert advice of dietitians and nutritionists, they ate meat that ended up being better for them than the meat we eat now. (Insert snorting retort from our vegetarian/vegan friends here.) But, it's true, according to a US study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which found that grassfed game (beef, too) yields meat that contains a mixture of omega-6 and omega-3 fats that are "healthy and essential in proper nutrition and ... lower cholesterol and reduce other chronic disease risk." The fats we eat today are too high in omega-6 fats, which come from oilseed-based foods fed to cattle. Hunters in the old days ate meat that technically was higher in fat but better because of that mix. A conservation (read: hunting) group helped support the study.
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