Grass Fed Beef is Best. 

Welcome to the Grass Fed Beef Truckee blog!

I am a born and raised Truckee gal who works for a third and fourth generation family of ranchers, Hole In One Ranch in Janesville, California. This blog is to highlight Grass Fed Beef, Grass Fed Lamb, and Pastured Pork that is locally and sustainably grown in our area.

Highlights for the blog are RECIPES!!!!

Where to eat out and where to buy grass fed meats, in Truckee and Lake Tahoe.

How to get grass fed meats delivered to you when farmers markets are out of season or when you are too busy working or playing to get your grass fed meat.

Finally, it’s about you and your food journey too!

Please feel free to E-mail, Instagram and Facebook your cuisine du jour with our products! #holeinoneranch #grassfedbeeftruckee #meetyourmeat

Meet the Ranch–Happy Angus Heifers, Grass Fed and Grass Finished in Janesville, CA

Just over 4 years ago I met the Bertotti Family, and well, I am a meat and red wine kinda gal and it is good for you! So I started buying Hole In One grass fed beef, and then bought it exclusively–because nothing compare to the superior flavor. I also like to ‘meet my meat’, meaning I don’t buy it unless I know where it came from, how it was raised, and how it was processed. Meat is an animal first, and all being deserve to be treated kindly. These Heifers have one bad day. When the Bertotti Family decided to bring their Grass Fed Lamb and Pastured Pork products to us folks, I was over joyed, because their reputation for high quality products, grass fed meat and sustainably raised products meant our family could enjoy Lamb and Pork again.

Thank you for stopping by, and here is some health information for you. Truly, locally sourced, sustainable, grass fed meats are best.

Grass Fed Beef is Best! Benefits include:

• Less total fat
• More heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids
• More conjugated linoleic acid, a type of fat that’s thought to reduce heart disease and cancer risks
• More antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamin E

Here is an excerpt from the Eat Wild website, if you’ve never taken a look at it please do, they have loads of researched information on food to benefit your health.

“Be a “Meat and Spinach” or a “Meat and Red Wine” Kind of Guy

Eating red meat—but not white meat or fish—is linked with a moderately increased risk of colon cancer. Why is that? Some experts believe that the amount of iron in the food, specifically, a type of iron called “heme” iron, is part of the problem. Red meat has considerably more heme iron than its paler counterparts. Iron is essential for survival, but heme iron can irritate the lining of the colon and set up the preconditions for cancer. Another possible link with red meat and cancer is the amount of oxidized fat in the meat. You create oxidized fat when you grill meat, sear it, or cook it above medium rare.

Do you have to cut back on grilled sirloin steak and lamb chops to lower your risk of colon cancer? Perhaps not. Eating foods high in antioxidants along with the meat could do the trick. Research shows that antioxidants have the potential to neutralize the ill effects of both the iron and the oxidized fat. For example, a 2005 study showed that eating spinach along with red meat eliminated all irritation of the colon. Now a 2008 study reveals that drinking a glass of red wine with your meal could do the same thing. It is likely that other foods high in antioxidants will offer similar protection.

Does eating grass-fed meat also reduce your risk of colon cancer? Meat from pastured animals has more antioxidants than feedlot meat, so it is a distinct possibility. To date, no one has studied this hypothesis.” -Eat Wild website

 

 

Sources: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/expert-answers/grass-fed-beef/faq-20058059

http://www.eatwild.com/healthbenefits.htm

Gorelik, S., M. Ligumsky, et al. (2008). “The Stomach as a ‘Bioreactor’: When Red Meat Meets Red Wine.” J Agric Food Chem.

e Vogel, J., Denise Jonker-Termont et al. (2005). “Green vegetables, red meat and colon cancer: chlorophyll prevents the cytotoxic and hyperproliferative effects of haem in rat colon.” Carcinogenesis.