Grass fed meat

sadrina1986

Eat whole food, and try to avoid any processed food; and at your affordable range go organic, grass-fed and cage free.

rheddmobile

I'm interested in the better nutritional profile so I tried going grass fed, but I just don't like cooking it. It's leaner and there's a definite learning curve. I find grain finished turns out with a better texture. Since red meat is a small part of my diet, the improved nutrition isn't critical.

lemurcat12

sadrina1986 wrote: »

Eat whole food, and try to avoid any processed food; and at your affordable range go organic, grass-fed and cage free.

Why are all processed foods to be avoided?

Tinned sardines, for example, or smoked wild caught salmon, or any cheese or cottage cheese or dried pasta or canned tomatoes (out of season supermarket tomatoes have no flavor), or dried grains in a bag or canned (low sodium) beans or flour (if one wants to, say, make bread or pasta), or olive oil, or a nut butter (many have no added ingredients, if that's the concern), or frozen fruit or veg, or, heck, let's say I'm feeling lazy and pick up a premade salsa (nothing I would not add) from WF, or a guac, or some tofu or pea protein.

There are many many others.

Too broad a category to say all should be avoided.

Indeed, what's wrong with occasional chocolate or ice cream.

As for organic, grass-fed, and cage-free, depends on your reasons, and people will prioritize differently. I don't care about organic, but care about supporting small local farms. I think "cage free" means nothing real, but care about animal welfare when I'm buying meat (more than avoiding all processed foods). I tend to buy grass fed if I'm buying beef (the farm I buy from pastures), but if the focus is animal welfare, that would not be the first or main thing I'd focus on.