grass fed beef is not a good source of omega fatty acids

• Grass fed beef is not better for the environment
• The inefficiency of animal products
• Omega 3 and 6

How does grass fed beef compare to other foods?

A 100g serving of grass-fed ground beef has about 0.071 grams of omega-3 fatty acids, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Nutrient Database. This means that a 100g contains around 6.5% of the female RDA and 4.4% of the male RDA. A burger might be up to 180g so that would be 11.6% of a womans, or 7.9% of mans allowance.

Compared to this, 100g of Walnuts contains 6.2g of Omega 3, or 560% of a womans RDA (387% of a males'). This is almost 100 times more than grass fed beef by weight. Our large grass fed beef burger above contains as much as 2g of walnuts, which is less than a single walnut half.

Hamilton et al., 2005 found that the n-3:n-6 was about 10 in wild salmon and 3-4 in farmed salmon. A 100g portion of wild salmon contained 1.2g of n3, and 0.1g of n6, whereas farmed contained more of both: 100g farmed salmon contained 3.3g n3 and 0.9g of n6.

For comparison, a tablespoon of canola oil (approximately 14 grams of canola oil) contains 1.28 g of ALA.

2.57g per ounce aka per 28g aka per 11.6 walnut halves, aka 0.22

Additionally, while grass fed beef can contain around 50% more Omega 3 fatty acids than grain fed, a standard portion contains only (65/1600)*100 =4% (Source) of the recommended female daily allowance. For context, a single walnut half contains 3 times this amount at 185mg. The comparison of omega 3 and 6 fatty acids between grass and grain-fed beef has no practical relevance to human health.

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