Why Spend More On Grass-Fed?

When shopping for your Keto ingredients, it is important to make a distinction between the good fats which we want to use to fuel our body and those that are loaded with toxins, pesticides and other damaging ingredients. Making the good choices at the grocery store can often lead to a bit more cost, but that extra investment will be rewarded by higher quality foods and better dietary results. Seeking out the grass-fed option when buying meats and butter also provides additional nutrients which grain-fed products simply don’t have.

Pasture-raised animals are free to naturally roam outdoors and graze on a healthy diet of grasses. Unlike those who are pasture-raised, factory-raised animals are fed a diet of GMO grains that can be filled with additives, toxins and pesticides. These same factory-raised animals are also fed growth hormones which are used to quickly fatten them and lead to a fattier final product. Their grass-fed counterparts yield a leaner, healthier meat which has fewer calories and better potential for weight loss.

Grass-fed meats are also high in the Omega-3 fatty acids due to their natural diet and low stress living conditions. They also have a natural occurrence of a fatty acid found in meats and dairy called CLA (conjugated linoleic acid). Often bought as a dietary supplement in health food stores and used for weight loss, this naturally occurring CLA is suggested to help with weigh loss, weight gain management, retaining lean muscle mass and controlling type 2 diabetes. This is exactly the type of good fats which we are looking for to fuel our bodies on Keto.

Your Keto fats can come from many sources, both good and bad, and it is up to us to choose them in a way that will best benefit our bodies and help us to hit our Keto goals!