Not many people recognize that foods fed to meat animals are fed to us, too. Instead of eating their natural roots, brush, grass, bugs, and such, they’re being fed GMO corn, grains, and soy. You can see the difference in their feed, but few think of the results in our bodies or our pets’ bodies.
Healthful Nutrients
Free range and pastured animals used in are free of bad fats from animal food formulas and instead contain good fats the animal ingests from eating grass. Research has shown that grass-fed and free-range animals’ meat is rich in vitamins E and C, Omega-3 fatty acids, and other substances that fight diseases.
Lower Risk of Harmful Bacteria
Many in the animal food industry say free-range and grass-fed animals run the risk of increasing their intake of harmful bacteria. Just the opposite is true, as proven in countless studies. One study showed that pastured animals only ran a 2% risk of attracting bacteria like E. coli over their formula-fed brethren. This is one of the points stressed by denouncers of raw energy dog food who claim that raw food harms pets. It doesn’t.
A Sustainable Stock of Humanely Raised Animals
Studies have also shown that free-range and pastured animals produce enzymes that protect their health. The animals are healthier and happier.
“Organic” and “free range” were once the benchmarks by which people evaluated the meats they bought. Many people, learning of the practices of factory farms and their inhumane treatment of animals, became vegetarians. They learned that the laws behind the labels meant only that the animals had access to the outdoors, not that they were grass-fed or pastured.
Today, grass-fed and pastured are the benchmark by which people choose their meats. Many vegetarians have begun eating such meats and buying pet foods made using humanely raised animals.