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Got the Flu then…farm fresh foods to the rescue!

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

The Best Way to Prevent the Flu – or Any Illness – is Through a Healthy Diet

With all the news circulating in the media about the “swine flu,” flu prevention is a hot topic in Central Florida and across the nation.

While washing your hands, getting plenty of rest, exercising and avoiding stress are great ways to prevent any type of influenza, virus or cold, these steps are not the total answer. The best and easiest way to strengthen your immune system, so that the body will resist any type of illness or disease, is to adopt a natural, organic diet.

Eating foods rich in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, essential fats and probiotics – like raw milk, grass-fed beef and free-range chickens and eggs – is necessary for building a strong immune system.

Raw organic grass-fed milk, which is produced without pesticides or antibiotics from cows that graze on grass and hay, is loaded with immune-building enzymes, vitamins C, B12 and B6, and beneficial bacteria (probiotics).

Grass-fed organic beef from cows that are raised in the sunshine and fed a natural diet of grass and hay contains essential saturated fat, which aids in brain function and supports the immune system.

Free-range eggs from chickens allowed to roam free and eat a natural diet have more omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin B12 in their meat and egg yolks than chickens fed grain.

Organic raw milk, fresh farm eggs and poultry, and grass-fed beef can help build a healthy immune system and keep the flu bug at bay.

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Farm Fresh Eggs

Friday, March 27th, 2009
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Eggs are a nutrient powerhouse!  Better yet eggs from hens allowed to roam far and wide.  These types of eggs of course are becoming more available to us in the Orlando metro area.  As the demand increases so will the supply.  There is of course confusion with the terms so I below I wanted to give you some definitions:

Cage-Free: The idea here is that hens are allowed to move about unrestricted. However  this usually means that hundreds if not thousands of birds inside a building with artificial lights.  They can be feed the same genetically modified feed.  The same goes for organics cage free  except they get organic feed.   Hens should be out on grass, in natural sunlight, fighting for the bugs and other insects. Such an operation can happen here in Orlando with our sunshine year round.

Free-Range: This term is similar to the one above and the one most of us see in the local grocery store.  Like cage free, the USDA has no rules on what can be considered free-range or not.  It is presumed that free-range hens are allowed to roam outside, but that simply is a small fenced in area.  Again for truly free- range eggs seek out local farmers.

Pastured:  The is a very recent term and means the hens are allowed outside and forage on green grass, bugs  and supplemented with some feed.  The biggest dangers here are predators and farmers are always on the look out for them.  In the Florida sunshine these make some of the most nutrient dense foods available.

Farm eggs nutrients:

These are the nutrients  found in truly pastured eggs: Vitamin’s A,D and especially rich in the B vitamin choline.  The phyto-nutrients lutein and zeaxanthin have been found to be essential to prevent macular degeneration.  Finally, pastured eggs are excellent source of omega 3 fatty acids.

So remember in Orlando your local farmer is the bet source for local farm fresh eggs.

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Grass-fed foods growing popularity

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Americans are awakening to a grass-fed  foods like never before.   It’s growing popularity is due to it’s  nutritional profile.  Lets examine the benefits in depth:

Balanced Omega 3 to Omega 6:

Beef from animals grazing on grass have a very balanced nutritional profile.   New research  now concludes that we consume too much  Omega 6 oils which contribute to increased risks of modern degenerative diseases.  The industrial feed lot system feeds only grain to animals meant to eat grass and in so doing produces beef with a higher omega 6 to omega 3 ratio.  A balanced 1:1 ratio is ideal and the closer the better.  We now know that omega 3′s play a vital role in preventing heart disease, diabetes, arthritis  and the list goes on. Grass fed beef is shown to have 2-3 times more life saving omega 3′s than their grain fed counterparts.

Higher Levels of Vitamins:

These are the vitamins found in greater amount in grass fed animals Vitamins E, D.  New research is revealing the essential role each play in maintaining human health.  Vitamin E has earned it’s reputation as a powerful antioxidant.  This nutrient helps to prevent the inflammation that many researchers now believe to be the cause of our epidemic levels of “heart attacks”.  Vitamin D has gained much popularity as low blood levels are associated with increased risks of osteoporosis, prostate cancer and  multiple sclerosis.

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