NEWS:
NOE VALLEY MARKET 5/19/2012 CANCELED
Eat healthy! Eat grass-fed beef!
In addition to all of the essential amino acids (complete proteins), grass-fed beef, over grain-fed, provides:
- 10-fold increase in Vitamin A (beta-caratene)
- critical for vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division
- 3-times increase in Vitamin E (tocopheral)
- most active antioxident protecting against free radicals
- 3-times better ratio of Omega-6 to Omega-3 fatty acids
- grass-fed beef has a higher Omega-3 to Omega-6 fatty acid ratio than wild salmon).
- Almost 3 times the Conjugated Linoic Acid (CLA)
- Found to reduce the incidence of cancer and suppress the growth of existing cancer.
- Grass-fed animals consume trace minerals found in their natural environment throughout their entire lives
- Consequently, their meat is higher in trace minerals
- Specific to Alston Farm animals, Jersey Beef naturally has high levels of intra-muscular fat which contains monounsaturated fat, the good fat.
- This type of fat has cholesterol lowering qualities which makes Jersey Beef the most desirable when compared to other breeds.
- Other breeds have a fat profile higher in polyunsaturated fats, thosefats which scientists have found to cause inflamation and arterial damage.



