The Nutritional Benefit to You!

Analysis of food produced in the natural environment consistently demonstrates the health benefits for humankind.  For a comprehensive text and bibliography of the many nutritional benefits of pasture raised livestock, go to Jo Robinson's Eatwild website (www.eatwild.com).

In the meantime, here is a short version of the many nutritional benefits of meats raised the way nature intended, condensed from Eatwild and other sources.

Omega 3 Fatty Acids

The Omega 3 fatty acids in free range, grass-fed meats are associated with healthy hearts and sharp minds.  But these nutrients decline rapidly in confined, grain-finished animals.  In pastured meats, we see the Omega 3's reaching or approaching levels found in fish oils!  This is good news for your heart and your mind.  The vitamin and mineral content of pastured meats goo off the chart when compared to those raised in confinement.  This should not surprise anyone - our creatures are in the sun and fresh air, dining on the salad bar of our native pastures and woods.  That's where you find vitamins and minerals; not in artificially-lit, Clorox-drenched cages.

Fat Content

The fat content in our meat is up to 3 times lower, but the news here is even better than that.  The fat of our meats is significantly higher in HDL (good fat) and lower in LDL (bad fat).

CLA

CLA, conjugated linoleic acid, the newly discovered emerging star of nutritionists, is believed to be a significant factor in the suppression of cancers.  You guessed it - CLA abounds in pasture raised meats.  It is almost non-existent in cage-raised animals.

What's NOT in our meats

As important as what is in our meats is what is NOT in our meats.  There are no artificial growth hormones, no animal antibiotics, and none of the many chemical sterilizers that are a daily routine for animals raised in cages.

Mad cow disease comes from animals fed processed parts of other animals - a startling revelation in itself.  Our cows are vegetarians!  We raise happy, not mad, cows!  Our livestock get everything they need from nature itself.

 Salad Bar Beef

 Jolie Vue's beef is raised exclusively on fresh air, sunshine, and our salad bar of native grasses, clovers and forbs in the warm months, and alfalfa hay, oats, rye and clovers in the winter.  The beef you buy at the store spends its last 3 to 6 months in a crowded, waste-laden feedlot eating corn and all manner of unmentionable waste products.  The feedlot diet, combined with the dreary environment, drastically changes the nutritional profile of beef from a very healthy food to a nutritionally deficient one.  Here are the results of a recent study, one of only many revealing the astounding health benefits of grass-fed beef versus feedlot beef.

  • Omega 3 fats are 75% higher in our beef
  • Beta-carotene is 78% high in our beef
  • CLA is 500% higher in our beef
  • Vitamin A is 400% higher in our beef
  • Vitamin E is 300% higher in our beef
  • Our beef is lower in overall fats, and higher in HDLs (good fats)

These total results demonstrate that eating grass fed meats in your diet results in lower incidences of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and helps build a stronger immune system and a denser bone structure.

 Pigs + Acorns = Olive Oil

 Oleic oil is the fat found in olive oil, salmon, and other heart-healthy fruits, nuts and creatures.  The same oil is found in acorns and other related nuts, and is the source of the "good fats" that are so essential to our physical well-being.  Remember, we must have fat to be whole, healthy persons.  It is not fat per se that is bad for us, but rather the processed fats as well as the fats from animals raised in unnatural environments that cause us problems.  Good fats, such as found in the oleic oils, are essential to a balanced diet, good health, and mental acuity.  But that's old news, right?  The new news is that pigs raised as we raise them at Jolie Vue Farms are resplendent in oleic oil.  Why?  Because certain pigs, such as our heritage breed Berkshires, develop the loeic oils when they are raised below a canopy of hardwoods - our oaks and native pecans.  Our pork is good, health-giving, antioxidant producing pork from animals dining on a rich, natural diet in our native forest.  So when you eat our porkers, you are enriching your body and promoting your good health with food rich in heart-healthy nutrients.