Hello all,
Let's get down to the nitty gritty! I should preface this post by saying I could talk for hours about the subject.
Be careful when you purchase meat. I will not mention any specific names because I do not want to employ a large legal team. There is a prominent farm in California that sells their meat at Whole Foods, Sprouts, Vons, and many other markets. There beef is labeled "Hormone Free. Antibiotic Free. Grass fed." If you call the "farm" and ask about their beef, you reach a lovely lady from the "Department of Nutrition" for the farm. Hmmmm....you need to ask the proper questions when purchasing meat and poultry. The key questions are as follows: 1) Has the animal been hormone free from birth to death? 2) Has the animal been grass fed from birth to death? (For poultry free roaming/free range from birth to death is adequate) The aforementioned "homestead" has trained their employees to substantiate what is on the packaging. As of January 2013, the USDA allows for meat to be labeled "natural", "antibiotic free", etc if the animal has not received antibiotics, hormones, etc within the last 90 days before slaughter. Scary! The consumer unknowingly ingests all the hormones and chemical cocktail that they feed the animals.
If you look at any animal away from civilization and modern influences, one may be able to determine what the animal consumes naturally. Wild cattle eat grass. You never see cows heading to the store to purchase monstrous amounts of corn, barley, molasses, and soy. If anyone is a witness, please let me know! Here is an example of what they feed cows to plump them up in order to maximize profits: http://www.panvita.si/en/trademarks/animal-feed/cattle-feed-program/supplemental-feed-mixtures_1/fattening-cattle/
Does that look similar to anything that is in your food? Be careful with grains, corn, etc. More to follow next post.
Warm Regards,
Brooke
