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Just how important is grass fed/organic meat?

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Foxx:

--- Quote from: Bobo08 on April 27, 2012, 01:19:42 AM ---Good to hear that you are able to find an organic meat source within your means, Carlise.

For those who just CANNOT get grass-fed / organic meat, eating conventional meat is still MUCH better than not. And some parts are better / less expensive others. Organ meat, for example, is always desirable due to their high nutrition content; pork belly and bacon are also good due to their fat. You can get fat, bone, etc very cheaply from most butchers too. The important thing is to get your body into ketosis. That alone is a huge boost to your health.

That said, keep in mind what SeekingTruth wrote and invest the time and money to find a good source of meat if at all possible.

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This is certainly true--I guess I was a little wrapped up in the ideal.  Since they're omnivores and tolerate grains better than ruminents (as far as I'm aware), if I had to eat CAFO meat, I'd probably stick with pork.

I'm glad you were able to find a reasonably priced source, Carlise!

SeekinTruth:
I agree with Bobo08 and Foxx's comments. If you HAVE to eat conventional/CAFO meat, tend toward pork. I also don't think they're as damaged as ruminants from being fed grains, etc., as pigs ARE omnivores. In that case you just have to supplement with lots of high quality omega 3's (fish oil and/or krill oil -- kinda expensive, though).

Also, just want to reiterate, there ARE very good cheaper cuts of meat. And when you're fully keto adapted, you will begin to eat much less and save money and time in the long run. While still feeling hungry during the transition/adaptation, eat fat snacks such as grass fed butter, cracklings, eggs, etc. In my country, organ meats are the cheapest -- around half the price per kilogram as muscle meats and bacon, etc. So you get the most nutrition for the least cost. Also eggs tend to be quite cheap here -- delicious with very deep yoke color. Fat is also very cheap, in the range of 1/3 of muscle meats per kilo.

So if you look into it some more, you'll probably find that it IS affordable to eat healthy in affordable ways. And organ meats are really super nutritious (especially non-CAFO healthy organs) and taste delicious. Liver with lots of sauteed onions and eaten with butter is just divine. You can search the forum for liver and other organ recipes. As I said, though it will vary from country/location to country/location, organ meats are the best investment along with fat like lard, tallow, etc. (also organ meats have a very good level of healthy fats and a balance of all other important micro and macro nutrients).

If you tolerate butter and eggs, you can't go wrong with those either. All these foods are chock full of very important nutrients. Hope I'm not being too confusing, but it IS important to try to get properly raised and fed animal products though. Otherwise many of the important nutrients will not be present, such as Vitamin K2 in eggs and butter. Good luck to you in your adventures, Carlise (and everyone else in similar situations). Hope this helps with ideas and some perspective.

Prodigal Son:
Hi Carlise, all good advice given - it really is cheaper this way using organic food - cutting out carbs and processed foods.  Do rerad all the relevant threads on starting the Paleo diet and getting keto adapted.  There is a wealth of advice and experience gained by those undertaking this way of eating, along with the required supplements as you go through the process. 

To help you further, this thread may help you, or not - in the Diet and Health thread - UK organic meat suppliers:

http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,25973.msg309682.html#msg309682

Carlise:
Thanks for all the great replies, you've all been a big help.

I will be making the switch to organic as soon as possible, and living on mainly pork for a couple of days until then. I was amazed by how cheap organ meats are, maybe this won't be so expensive after all!

Thanks for the link prodigal son, it was quite silly of me to not search for "uk organic meat" on this forum in the first place :p.

Perceval:
Also Carlise, when you convert to the paleo diet and lose the carb cravings, you basically eat little more than meat, which means overall cost of feeding yourself is usually less compared to what you had to pay when eating carbs too.
If you push on past the cravings, they do subside a lot and it becomes pretty easy to go Paleo.

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