The Nourisher - Editor’s Blog

“Grass-fed beef, or beef produced from cattle finished on forage only diets, has been touted as a more nutritious beef product. There are a number of reports that show grass-fed beef products contain elevated concentrations of (Vitamin A,) Beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol (Vitamin E), increased levels of omega-3 fatty acids, a more desirable omega-3:omega-6 ratio, and increased levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA).”

Chico Agricultural Research Initiative.

Weston Price’s work suggested this some 60 odd years ago and finally science is catching up. He also discovered what he called Activator X, which he believed was only available in the fat of grass fed animals (dairy, meat or seafood), and seemed to improve the body’s ability to assimilate minerals and fat soluble vitamins. He found Activator X in the orange butter of the cows eating the first fast growing green grass of spring. When Price visited Switzerland he found the isolated mountain tribes lighting wicks in oil candles using the first butter of spring and placing them in their churches. They knew the value of this fat.

“In the Swiss village where Price began his investigations, the inhabitants lived on rich dairy products–unpasteurized milk, butter, cream and cheese–dense rye bread, meat occasionally, bone broth soups and the few vegetables they could cultivate during the short summer months. The children never brushed their teeth–in fact their teeth were covered in green slime–but Price found that only about one percent of the teeth had any decay at all. The children went barefoot in frigid streams during weather that forced Dr. Price and his wife to wear heavy wool coats; nevertheless childhood illnesses were virtually nonexistent and there had never been a single case of TB in the village.”

Sally Fallon

We have all be indoctrinated to some degree into the dogma surrounding animal fat by greedy agricultural corporations selling us margarine instead of butter and vegetable oil instead of ghee lard and tallow. Any wonder our people are suffering great illness and infertility.

About the Author...

Joanne Hay, Editor of Nourished Magazine, Chief Nourisher and Mother of three is very grateful to live in Byron Bay and be able to share all she has learned about Nourishment. She has trained as an Acupuncturist (unfinished), Kinesiologist (finished) and parent (never finished). She serves the Weston A Price Foundation as a chapter leader. She loves sauerkraut, kangaroo tail stew, home made ice cream, her husband Wes and her kids Isaiah, Brynn and Ronin (in no particular order…well maybe ice cream first).