| | Grass Fed Beef - Health Benefits |
 | | The concentration of natural a-tocopherol (vitamin E) found in grain-fed beef is approximately 2.0 µg/g of muscle whereas pasture fed beef ranges from 5.0 to 9.3 µg/g of tissue depending on the type of forage made available to the animals (Yang et al., 2002b, Arnold et al., 1992, Faustman et al., 1998). |
 | | Table 1 which shows the effect of ration on omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acid concentrations in beef, data is reported as g/100g of total fatty acids in meat produced from the various feeding regimes. |
 | | Maintaining the favorable lipid profile in grass-fed beef requires a high percentage of forages, the more green and fresh the forage, the higher the C18:2 a-linoleic and a-linolenic acid precursor will be available for n-3 and CLA synthesis. |
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