Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Is That Meat.....Meat?

Maybe it is because I have read too much about food production. Maybe ignorance is bliss. These days I tend to shudder when I pass through the meat section of the grocery store. I give way more thought to where food comes from and what the food eats these days.


If you are concerned about the future of your health, I reccomend picking up a copy of Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer-And What You Can Do About It, a documentary about Industrial Agriculture and alternatives and The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book about the fast food, organic farming and foraging as means of eating. These resources will change your outlook on food.

Sadly, food production has been turned into a industrial process. Bigger, faster and cheaper are the rules of the day. This is not how nature intended, and our health is suffering because of it. The industrialized food chain is producing less nutrient meat. Buying meat from happy cows that eat grass their entire life and are given no hormones or antibotics will supply us with valuable nutrients like Omega-3 fatty acids which help to stave off heart disease and can lower blood pressure; CLA (conjugated linolec acid) which is linked to being a strong defense against cancer; and vitamin E which is linked to lowering risk for coronary heart disease, cancers, eye problems and cognitive decline.

Luckily at CrossFit West Houston we have a resource that we can use to get locally grown grass fed and grass finished beef. Yonderway Farm makes a once a month delivery to CrossFit West Houston. The next delivery date is Thursday November 18th between 12:30 and 1:30. You can oder the meet here.

They will deliver eggs, beef, pasturized pork and chicken. The eggs are limited right now due to chickens producing new feathers. Try out a small shipment and see how you like the meat. I love the meat and have been taking delivery's since the beginning. You and your families health may depend on it.

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