If Eating Meats, Why Organic/Grass Fed Is Important

I just read an article on the Mercola site and thought since those with Lyme need healthy and safe foods, this might be important to read. This is the "Story At A Glance" information:

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has known for more than 12 years that routine use of antibiotics in livestock is harmful to human health, yet it has taken no meaningful action

Routine use of antibiotics in food animals has promoted a rapid rise in antibiotic-resistant disease, which now claims more lives than emphysema, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, and homicide combined

Two million American adults and children become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria each year, and at least 23,000 of them die as a direct result of those infections

Virtually all animal feed additives containing penicillin and tetracycline antibiotics—both of which are used to treat human disease—pose a “high risk” to human health, according to a new report

Many bacteria are developing cross resistance; a situation where a bacteria becomes resistant to multiple drugs, making them virtually impossible to eradicate once they infect you.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/02/12/antibiotics-animal-feed.aspx?e_cid=20140212Z1_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20140212Z1&et_cid=DM39271&et_rid=425553267

 

Something to consider, especially with how much our bodies need to heal. Sad that unless one eats organic and/or grass-fed foods, the foods are killing us.

The ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids in factory farmed meats is way out of balance. Beef raised on native diet (grass) has a far superior ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids, thus is not so pro-inflammatory...

One reason some doctors recommend the Mediterranean diet I think is because that particular diet deprecates the eating of red meats in favor of fish (which is usually higher in omega 3 fatty acids), and the diet is also loaded with lots of fresh vegetables (lots of anti-oxidants).

Thanks for posting in a cocoon. I've often wondered about what fish is safe with the oil spill but I've never actually looked it up. I just bought farm raised catfish yesterday from whole foods. ;)

I would stay away from farm raise fish since most our fed GMO grains.