I have not tried grass fed beef

[tatortot]

Is there a huge difference between grass and grain besides the price and nutritional values?

[Meathead]

Grass is leaner so texture wise more granular in ground beef but overall my choice is bison then grass fed beef then grain fed.

[Geezy]

Yes there is a difference. Grain finished is going to have more marbling and as such will have a better taste. But to get down to the nutrients the grass finished is healthier.
The difference in nutrition is not so much as to put yourself in a financial strain to buy the grass finished unless you have specific issues eating grain finished.
The cattle and sheep that I raise for food is all grass finished but that’s my preference.


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[Orweller]

I wouldn't be too stuck on grass fed or not. Supposedly, grass fed is higher in vitamin A and E, Omega 3, etc. I'd say you get enough of that now anyways on a carnivore diet. I'd still use fish oil supplements, cook in coconut/avocado oil, etc. I do an occasional bison or venison but mostly grain fed beef. It's like with the salt, so long as it is iodized, I don't care where it comes from. If money is not an issue, then yeah, eat all the fancy stuff, but otherwise I would not give it another thought. We're already eating healthier, much healthier than the SAD. 

[Geezy]

I was just watching an interview with Dr. Shawn Baker yesterday and he was asked the question about grass finished vs grain finished and he said that yes, in analyzing the meats there is a nutritional difference but it is slight but when analyzing the people side by side who ate the different beef they could find no nutritional difference in the health of the subjects.

Something I’d like to emphasize is that too many people say “grain fed” and that’s not an accurate term to use. All cattle are raised on pasture or silage. It is only the last three months or so that they may be put on a grain diet.


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[Meathead]

1 minute ago, Geezy said:

I was just watching an interview with Dr. Shawn Baker yesterday

Yup saw the same thing but different strokes for different folks. 

I prefer bison > beef tastes so much better. 

[Geezy]

Yup saw the same thing but different strokes for different folks. 
I prefer bison > beef tastes so much better. 

I completely agree. We were half owners of a small herd of bison several years ago. We kept our freezers full for awhile. Never got tired of it. We’ve been thinking of buying a couple to raise for slaughter again.


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[Orweller]

On 9/30/2024 at 10:58 PM, Meathead said:

Yup saw the same thing but different strokes for different folks. 

I prefer bison > beef tastes so much better. 

I'd say beef AND venison for me, and that is an occasional splurge. But I won't find myself being hyper-focused on "grass fed" vs "grain fed". I actually enjoy pork a lot as well. 

[Saravzee]

My in-laws buy part of a cow every year and I can get some ground beef for free from them. But we usually don’t because we just don’t care for it, it’s too lean and burns really easily. There’s not a lot of flavor, not something I’d eat by itself. 

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[Geezy]

My in-laws buy part of a cow every year and I can get some ground beef for free from them. But we usually don’t because we just don’t care for it, it’s too lean and burns really easily. There’s not a lot of flavor, not something I’d eat by itself. 

I eat a lot of venison and venison is very lean so when I have ground venison I always add either a pound of chopped up bacon or breakfast sausage to every two pounds of ground to add fat into it. Chorizo is BM very good in it too if you can find some fresh chorizo.


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[Meathead]

You could go to a butcher shop and ask if they have suette for free or sale. 

I got 2lbs for less than $2.00. Cuts from ribeyes and such. 

[Bob]

I don't go out of my way to get grass fed beef. Sam's sells some grass fed burger in one pound packages, and I get those but mostly because they are individually wrapped and I don't have to buy a 5 lbs log, divvy it up, and freeze it. 

It has a slightly better nutrional profile, but not enough to make a real difference for you.