Re: [fast5] Re: Dealing with Hunger??

 

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 6:35 AM, hillrunner_tx <preedntx@aol.com> wrote:

The concern I have--speaking ONLY for myself--with the fatty foods you list is they've never been part of our diet until recently.  Real meats aren't fatty or loaded with Omega 6 SFAs like con or "meats" found in our grocery stores (not to mention all of the chemicals and hormones).  The meat from deer, elk or even range-fed bison have no resemblance to the marbled, fatty stuff found in our commercial stores.
 

I totally agree that wild is better, but it's not true that wild meat is low in Omega 6's. The ratio is better, but it's mainly that the wild meat has more Omega 3's. And grass-fed meat still has 2 to 3 times more Omega 6 than Omega 3:

http://www.csuchico.edu/agr/grsfdbef/health-benefits/ben-o3-o6.html

 More important is the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6. Both conventional and grass-fed beef provide acceptable 6:3 ratios, however grass-fed beef is closer to the ideal of a 1:1 ratio. Interestingly, diet has little effect on the proportion of omega-6 fatty acids, however the method of feeding did significantly alter the omega-3 content of fed beef.

I don't personally think the Omega 6 ratio is actually the issue here: I think a lot of our current problem has to do with eating too many of the oxidant kinds of foods, too little seafood, and a wheat/corn based diet (as opposed to rice/millet etc). Also the fact that what is sold as "beef" in a hamburger is a kind of weird chemical slurry created from old dairy cows. Too few vegetables. And eating all day long ...

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