WHY EAT GRASS FED BEEF?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#009900" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Rosas Farms </B></FONT><B>     |   </B><B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rosas Farms "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> Why Eat Grass-Fed beef?</div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#009900" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="944b1bb0.gif" border=0 width="177" height="443" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><B>     </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="6c8d13a0.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="314" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>       </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>                 </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                </B></FONT><B></B><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Arial" ><B>      </B></FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.alrosas.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alrosas.com"><U><B><IMG SRC="9074a2d0.jpg" border=0 width="74" height="45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CUSTOMER SERVICE"><U><B><IMG SRC="90d4c2d0.jpg" border=0 width="76" height="45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press Releases"><U><B><IMG SRC="90f4f2e0.jpg" border=0 width="79" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Corporate Retreat Packages"><U><B><IMG SRC="9114f2f0.jpg" border=0 width="79" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rosas Farms Products"><U><B><IMG SRC="913502d0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="45" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pragmatic Organics SM "><U><B><IMG SRC="915502f0.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="http://www.organicchefmonthly.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.organicchefmonthly.com"><U><B><IMG SRC="917522f0.jpg" border=0 width="82" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEET THE ROSAS FAMILY"><U><B><IMG SRC="91957320.jpg" border=0 width="87" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Grass IS Good!!</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="933b0c40.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> READ MORE FROM THE ROSA</div> <bR> <div> <B>Worried About E-Coli?</B></div> <div> Pasture Perfect By Jo Robinson States</div> <div> Your risk of being sickened by E-Coli Bacteria may be much greater when you eat grain fed meat.</div> <div> When you feed grain of any kind to a ruminant it increases the aciditity of it's digestive tract. This abnormally acid environment caused the E-coli to multiply and also to become more acid-resistant....these altered bacteria are more likely to survive the cleansing acidity of your digestive juices and make you ill.</div> <div> Rosas Farms all Grass- Fed beef is likely to be free of the most undesireable elements even when it is not organically certified.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Read More Articles By Clicking The Link Above</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rosas Farms Products"><U><B><IMG SRC="47f9eb60.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="182" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Grass is Good</B></div> <div> <B>10/23/06 @ 06:00:00 am by Erin Rosas</B></div> <div> <B>With the recent outbreaks of the virulent strains of E-coli that have caused everything from tragic death to widespread illness, we can be assured that the E-coli contamination scare is not only not over, it's only just begun.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Where do we turn? What does the consumer do to ensure the safety of food given to our most vulnerable, our children and elderly?</B></div> <div> <B>I don't know about you, but I really don't want to eat anything with feces in it. I really don't care whose feces it is or which species of feces.</B></div> <div> <B> I simply don't want it in my food. How it gets there is even more absurd.</B></div> <div> <B>To understand why grass-fed meats are a necessity, rather than a niche market, one must understand  E-coli and why strains of these E-Coli super bugs that have never been seen prior to 1982 are now killing our citizens. </B></div> <div> <B>The “other hat” I wear as a  Healthcare Consultant puts me in nearly constant contact with physicians and nurses nationwide. It isn’t only E-Coli that is putting the American public in serious jeopardy. Many healthcare providers, when questioned, express serious concern to me regarding strains of MRSA (methicillin resistant </B><B>Staphylococcus aureus</B><B>) antibiotic resistant bacteria that are now commonplace in the Emergency Room, Prisons, Daycares and other densely populated communities.  Some statistics show that MRSA will kill more Americans than AIDS this year.</B></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="more2952"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <B>Critics of the grass- fed meats movement blame the over prescribing of antibiotics by physicians and non compliant patients who don’t finish all their medicine for the problem. When it comes to antibiotics, the statistics and the good science paint a completely different picture and, in fact, the truth may be that we’re unknowingly eating far more antibiotics than what doctors are prescribing.</B></div> <div> <B>A widely cited 2001 report by The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) estimates that the quantities of antimicrobials administered to livestock and poultry for non-therapeutic purposes (growth promotion and disease prevention) far outweigh the amount of antibiotics used on humans. According to UCS estimates, humans use approximately 4.5 million pounds of antibiotics annually. This figure includes all antimicrobials applied in courses of medical treatment (50 million cases or 3 million pounds), as well as in topical creams, soaps, and disinfectants (1.5 million pounds). In comparison, antimicrobial use in the three major sectors of livestock  beef, pork, and poultry is estimated at 24.6 million pounds annually, </B><B>eight times the amount used in human medicine</B><B>. By those numbers, non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials in livestock agriculture accounts for 70% of total antibiotic use. Need more convincing? The study in the Feb. 18th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that all levels of antibiotic use were associated with increased risk of breast cancer and death from breast cancer. What does this all have to do with grass-fed meats?</B></div> <div> <B>Organic meat would seem safe, considering no hormones or antibiotics are administered to these animals, but is that really enough? With recent E-Coli scares from even organic meat producers popping up, how are we to know?  Understanding why and how E-Coli has become so harmful to humans is key. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When an animal is grain fed, either organic or commercial, the stomach acids in the cattle strengthen. Michael Pollen, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma makes it clear: “The recent strain of E. Coli 0157:H7 is believed to have evolved in the gut of feedlot cattle. These are animals that stand around in their manure all day long, eating a diet of grain that happens to turn a cow’s rumen into an ideal habitat for E. coli 0157:H7. (The bug can’t survive long in cattle living on grass.) Industrial animal agriculture produces more than a billion tons of manure every year, manure that, besides being full of nasty microbes like E. coli 0157:H7 (not to mention high concentrations of the pharmaceuticals animals must receive so they can tolerate the feedlot lifestyle), often ends up in places it shouldn’t be, rather than in pastures, where it would not only be harmless, but also actually do some good. To think of animal manure as pollution rather than fertility is a relatively new (and industrial) idea.”</B></div> <div> <B>Grain fed animals, it appears, develop newer and stronger bacteria in response to the overly acidic environment produced by massive grain feeding. The human body cannot kill these strains as they naturally would in similar but weaker strains the human body carries naturally on its own. </B></div> <div> <B>These “Super Bugs” in the cattle manure that comes from feed lot cows is then often used as fertilizer on vegetables. When the meat is processed for human consumption, the super bugs find their way into our diet and our bodies, causing illness and sometimes death.</B></div> <div> <B>Grass feeding cattle does not promote an acidic environment within the stomach. Humans can easily combat and kill and E.Coli that is present in the gut of a grass fed animal. The digestive system in grass fed animals runs at 7 pH versus 4 pH in grain fed animals.</B></div> <div> <B>E. Coli 157 will not survive in the stomach of a grass-fed animal due to the high pH. Furthermore, since cattle raised in feedlots are not fresh from the shower, we should be even more concerned. Feedlot animals are forced to stand all day in confined areas in their own manure and cannot help but be covered in it. Grass raised cattle are not confined and less likely to be covered in their own manure. At the end of the day, pragmatically, the only way to cut down your risk of becoming ill from a virulent strain of E. Coli is to eat grass-fed meats.</B></div> <div> <B>Grass IS Good</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>In the Grass Farmer’s April 2006 issue, Dr. Tilek Dhiman of Utah State University spoke at the American Grass- Fed Association’s seminar and reported:</B></div> <div> <B>Some of grass- fed’s benefits in comparison with the grain fed products are:</B></div> <div> <B>- 500% More CLA</B></div> <div> <B>- 400% More Vitamin A</B></div> <div> <B>- 300% More Vitamin E</B></div> <div> <B>- 75% More Omega-3</B></div> <div> <B>- 78% More Beta-Carotene </B></div> <div> <B>In grass fed meats studies:</B></div> <div> <B>- 11 out of 11 found CLA decreases cancer</B></div> <div> <B>- Four out of five have found a decrease in body fat</B></div> <div> <B>- Two out of two have found a decrease in heart disease</B></div> <div> <B>- Three out of three found a decrease in adult diabetes</B></div> <div> <B>- Six out of six have found increased immunity to disease</B></div> <div> <B>- Two out of two found an increase in bone density </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="54f1c5b0.gif" border=0 width="540" height="347" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Grain feeding promotes the growth of dangerous E. coli that is more likely to pass through your stomach and infect your colon. When cattle are fed grass, the amount of dangerous E. coli decreases dramatically. From Microbes Infect 2000 Jan;2(1):45-53 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>As Michael Pollen, author of the Omnivore's Dilemma Explains:</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>" E-Coli 0157:H7  has only recently appeared on the scene... and is not found in the intestines of most feedlot cattle.  Many of us think corn fed is superior, but it isn't. In the new man made environment acid resistant strains of E-Coli have developed that can survive our stomach acids and go on to kill us.   By acidifying a cow's gut with corn, we have broken down one of our food chain's barriers to infection.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="55197630.gif" border=0 width="407" height="355" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  The world health organization estimates that as many as 20,000 deaths and 3 million chronic health problems are caused by poisoning related to agricultural pesticides each year.  Working with nature by farming organically creates an environment free of toxic chemicals and returns our soil to a living soil.  Grass is good for the environment and good for you.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Because grass-fed meat is so lean, it is also lower in calories. (Fat has 9 calories per gram, compared with only 4 calories for protein and carbohydrates. The greater the fat content, the greater the number of calories.) A 6-ounce steak from a grass-finished steer has almost 100 fewer calories than a 6-ounce steak from a grain-fed steer. If you eat a typical amount of beef (66.5 pounds a year), switching to grass-fed beef will save you 17,733 calories a year. If everything else in your diet remains constant, you'll likely lose about six pounds a year. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>WHY EAT GRASS FED BEEF?</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="213f9280.gif" border=0 width="505" height="296" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Blackletter" ><B><IMG SRC="21ced210.gif" border=0 width="493" height="289" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="21eef440.gif" border=0 width="495" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="21f88f90.gif" border=0 width="392" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>DID YOU KNOW THAT GRASS FED BEEF:</B><B> </B></div> <div> <B>    </B><B>    </B><B>    </B></div> <div>  Is a natural source of Heart Healthy  Omega 3 fats</div> <div> (without the mercury concerns of some fish)</div> <div>  Is high in CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) </div> <div>  Has a large content of the healthy antioxidant beta carotene </div> <div> Contains over 400% more vitamins A and E </div> <div> Carries virtually no risk of Mad Cow Disease </div> <div> Has far less calories than grain fed beef</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Your family can virtually eliminate any potential risk  of MAD COW DISEASE by restricting your beef intake to grass fed beef only.</div> <bR> <div> Dangerous E. coli infections have killed and continues to kill scores of people every year.  The eldery and children have the highest risk.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Protect Your Family's Health With Rosas Farms Grass Fed Beef.</div> <bR> <div> Eric Schlosser, who wrote fast food nations wrote that since 1993, 500,0000 children in America have been infected wtih the E coli bug. </div> <bR> <div> Recent medical articles have shown an increased risk of breast cancer in women with heavy lifetime exposures to antibiotics.  Why take the risk?</div> <bR> <div> One quarter of America's minced beef, writes Schlosser, is made from worn-out dairy cattle, likely to be riddled with disease and the meat containing antibiotic residues.</div> <bR> <div> Grain feeding promotes the growth of dangerous E. coli that is more likely to pass through your stomach and infect your colon. When cattle are fed grass, the amount of dangerous E. coli decreases dramatically. </div> <div> From Microbes Infect 2000 Jan;2(1):45-53 </div> <bR> <div> When you feed your family Rosas Farms Grass Fed Beef, you know you are doing your best  to reduce your family's risk of these diseases.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Rosas Farms Grass Fed Beef cooks differently- But don't worry. We'll be happy to provide cooking tips to ensure you get the best result from the best beef!</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Grain fed beef can have an omega 6:3 ratio higher than 20:1</div> <div> J. Anim. Sci. 2000. 78:2849-2855 </div> <div> This well exceeds the 4:1 ratio where health problems begin to show up because of the essential fat imbalance. Also grain fed beef can have over 50% of their total fat as saturated fat.</div> <bR> <div> Grass fed beef has an omega 6:3 ratio of 0.16 to 1</div> <div> This is about the same ratio that fish has. Grass fed beef usually has less than 10% of its fat as saturated. </div> <bR> <div> Grain feeding seems to promote the growth and acid resistance of Escherichia coli in fattening beef cattle, and acid-resistant E. coli are more likely to survive the human gastric stomach. When cattle were fed hay for only five days, the number and acid resistance of E. coli decreased dramatically.  Rosas Farms beef is 100% Grass Fed ONLY!</div> <div> Microbes Infect 2000 Jan;2(1):45-53 </div> <bR> <bR> <div> Much of our nation's nutritional deficiency epidemic is caused by commercial perceived need for cheap, mass produced, convenient food products. As a result, Americans live in a land of plenty, but have the poorest diets in our history with epidemic obesity and disease.  For children with ADHD, the extra omega 3 fats in grass fed beef can help improve their attention.  In Children and adults with vascular malformations, the lack of growth hormones and chemicals in Rosas Farms beef are a great benefit.  Heart  patients and those at risk for cardiac disease and breast cancer will also benefit from reducing fat and taking away growth hormones and chemicals from their diets.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Call to place your order and speak with the Rosas Family directly</div> <div> (888)353-9912</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>It's Wildly Delicious!</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>™</B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Lucida Blackletter" ><B>     grass is good </B></FONT><B>™</B><B>     </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Copyright © 2003 - 2008 All rights reserved.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>