Free range chickens and cows have been the way to go for me for the last seven years at least. I've always known that the quality was better, but I wasn't sure why at first. Then I heard about hormone injections and antibiotics in animal feed, however, I wasn't sure why the animals had to got through this.
All my BeWell BookWorms who are reading Vitamin Code understand that nutrients must be properly metabolized by the food that we eat in order for our bodies to properly metabolize it too. Grass, for example, must draw in and metabolize all of it's nutrients from the soil and the sun in order to grow to be green and healthy. The cow or buffalo that eats the grass then absorbs it's nutrients. Their bodies may even make other nutrients from what it absorbed from the grass. When WE then eat the cow, our bodies do the same; we absorb the nutrients from the meat and our bodies may even make other nutrients from the nutrients absorbed. Think about that when it comes to poor quality mass produced food. In several studies, animals have shown illness after eating GMOs; such as abnormal and damaged cells and liver lesions in rats and mice. So imagine feeding this poor quality GMO to cows. This is what the cow absorbs into it's body. That in conjunction with the poor environment that the cow is raised in may put the cow at high risk for diseases. Then it is fed antibiotics to prevent the disease, plus hormones so that it produces more milk. Then I have a steak or a glass of milk from this cow. Can I REALLY expect to be nourished by this undernourished or even sickly cow?
If you are eating to get by then none of this should concern you at all. If you eat to arm your body with nourishment, you may want to think twice about what you eat.
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