Can this really help with high BP/cholesterol?

Dragonwolf

We are in Northeast PA. Not many people carry the grass fed beef, and I can't find grass fed butter anywhere. Organic, yes, grassfed, no. Our local butcher gets grass fed beef in once in a great while, but it's hit or miss and VERY pricey. At our local Weis, there is a teeny, tiny selection, but I paid 8.99 for one lb of grass fed beef today. The eggs, I always get Eggland's Best, which is hopefully good, and the best bacon I can find are the ones that "claim" to be nitrate free, but I know they've got other not so great stuff in them.

Northeast PA puts you within 3 hours of Lancaster. I highly recommend taking a trip down there and seeing what the Amish community has available, then consider investing in a chest freezer and buying in bulk from them. You may even be able to find pockets of smaller communities even closer to you. You can get a good amount of groceries from them for a fraction of the price most other places pay. A day-trip once every 6 months or so is well worth it, in my experience.

Also, Kerrygold is the most common grass-fed butter brand (though technically, butter from Amish farms should be, as well). You should be able to find it at Trader Joe's or Giant Eagle.

Akimajuktuq

We are in Northeast PA. Not many people carry the grass fed beef, and I can't find grass fed butter anywhere. Organic, yes, grassfed, no. Our local butcher gets grass fed beef in once in a great while, but it's hit or miss and VERY pricey. At our local Weis, there is a teeny, tiny selection, but I paid 8.99 for one lb of grass fed beef today. The eggs, I always get Eggland's Best, which is hopefully good, and the best bacon I can find are the ones that "claim" to be nitrate free, but I know they've got other not so great stuff in them.

Northeast PA puts you within 3 hours of Lancaster. I highly recommend taking a trip down there and seeing what the Amish community has available, then consider investing in a chest freezer and buying in bulk from them. You may even be able to find pockets of smaller communities even closer to you. You can get a good amount of groceries from them for a fraction of the price most other places pay. A day-trip once every 6 months or so is well worth it, in my experience.

Also, Kerrygold is the most common grass-fed butter brand (though technically, butter from Amish farms should be, as well). You should be able to find it at Trader Joe's or Giant Eagle.

I would be ecstatic to be living near the Amish. Too bad my Mennonite ancestors sold out and followed "progress". The Amish are happy to sell healthy food for a reasonable price. Get out and meet them, they are awesome people (if you can over-look the religion aspect)! The Paleo lifestyle does take effort, but it's worth it. I too, suspect you could find some ethical growers nearby, but you have to get out and look, ask questions.

The stores will not be stocking the healthiest options, or at least not in large volume, because neither the food producers, nor big pharma, nor the government wants us to be buying that stuff, avoiding processed junk and getting all healthy. That's bad for profits.