Is grass-fed beef actually better than grain-fed?

Is grain-fed beef actually better than grass-fed?

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Make sure you read this before buying beef or ordering steaks.

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Is grass-fed beef actually better than grain-fed?

Diabetes, of which there are two distinct types, is best defined as high blood sugar.

However, the “common sense” view that diabetes is caused by the sugar itself is overly-simplistic.

Because it is far from the truth.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition caused by a protein found in wheat.

When improperly prepared wheat is consumed by a person who has imperfect digestion, long peptides can be absorbed.

Antibodies formed against a specific wheat peptide also bind to pancreatic beta cells, flagging them for destruction by neutrophils.

The destruction of beta cells means less insulin is produced.

Fortunately, the most immunogenic proteins found in wheat are broken down by the bacteria used in sourdough production (Lactobacilli)…

And many studies demonstrate that sourdough bread is safe for people who shouldn’t eat other bread.

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The more common diabetes, type 2, is caused by eating the wrong fatty acids.

Though glucose defines this condition, having the wrong fatty acids on cell membranes seems to be the actual cause.

Omega−6 lipids displace DHA (Docosahexaenoic acid), which is more important. They even inhibit DHA formation.

Evidence for this is not very hard to find: Scientific journals of all types have published evidence implicating fatty acids in diabetes.

“The findings support the hypothesis that high-fat, low-carbohydrate diets are associated with the onset of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in humans.”

Experimental studies on rats, epidemiological studies on humans, ex vivo analysis of muscle lipids, and in vitro physicochemical and enzymatic studies all point to the same general conclusion:

Insulin resistance is caused by omega−6 fats.

Studies on humans also demonstrate this trend:

Sixty men were divided into three groups.

The scientists gave two of the groups 3.4 grams of fatty acids per day and the other group served as the control group.

They used the particular linoleic acid that is found in small amounts in grain-fed milk and beef.

They also chose this linoleic acid because it’s marketed as a dietary supplement.

Putting the amounts into perspective, 3.4 grams of oil per day is equivalent to about ⅛ ounce – so the participants were getting just over one shot glass full per week.

And this small amount of linoleic acid increased insulin resistance by 19%.

“Unexpectedly: trans-10, cis-12-conjugated linoleic acid increased insulin resistance (19%) and glycemia (4%).”

Many epidemiological studies before this study showed that high-fat diets are linked to diabetes.

But later, more detailed studies showed that the specific fat type matters most.

Conjugated linoleic acid is an omega−6 fatty acid.

This fatty acid has been shown to occupy delta-6 desaturase, an enzyme also needed to form the more important DHA.

DHA is the least dense fatty acid.

“Further, the conjugated linoleic acid-induced insulin resistance is impressive.”

We would normally only need trace amounts of the omega−3 fatty acids found in grass-fed products and vegetables to have normal cell membranes, but omega−6 fatty acids get in the way.

And this is how:

The cell membrane fatty acid DHA is so long that during its synthesis the much shorter alpha-linolenic acid – found in grass-fed beef and milk – must go through delta-6 desaturase twice.

Omega−6 fatty acids inhibit DHA synthesis.

The importance of proper membrane lipids in diabetes, above all else, is probably best illustrated by rat studies.

This is because these can be strictly controlled, while long-term feeding studies on humans are too expensive and impractical.

The researchers fed six groups of rats identical basal diets with six different fat combinations added.

Then they determined the level of insulin required for each rat to maintain a steady plasma glucose level.

(That is a technique used to diagnose diabetes.)

It is apparent that the specific type of fat matters considerably:

The specific rat diets contained different combinations of mostly-saturated tallow + olive, fish, safflower, and linseed oils:

The diets without DHA or its omega−3 precursor, alpha-linolenic acid, led to the greatest insulin resistance.

The best response was from feeding 79% tallow and 21% linseed oil.

(Linseed oil is roughly 58% alpha-linolenic acid.)

The second-best insulin sensitivity came with 70% safflower oil mixed with 30% fish oil.

Apparently, if there is enough pre-formed DHA, it can compete with the excessive omega−6 fatty acids in safflower oil.

(Linoleic acid cannot inhibit DHA that is already formed.)

“Other mechanisms for a conjugated linoleic acid-induced insulin resistance might involve impaired cell membrane function…”

A very distant third, roughly on par with the three worst formulations (the first three listed on the chart above), was 79% safflower and 21% linseed oil.

The alpha-linolenic acid in linseed oil cannot form DHA in the presence of so many omega−6 fatty acids.

Since so little DHA is produced from this combination (79% safflower and 21% linseed oil), the rats’ insulin sensitivity is low.

Superficially, it would first appear that saturated fatty acids are the worst for insulin resistance, but the normal rodent diet is high in omega−6 fatty acids to being with.

Commercial rodent chow is also very low in the DHA precursor alpha-linolenic acid.

Yet, with adequate DHA as part of the diet, the saturated-fat group actually had the highest insulin sensitivity.

The small amounts of alpha-linolenic acid needed for adequate DHA synthesis are found naturally in grass-fed dairy and beef.

And it will do the job just as long as you avoid the competing omega−6 fatty acids.

Many scientists postulate the Randle cycle or hormonal effects are responsible.

(The Randle cycle is the glucose fatty-acid cycle, a metabolic process involving the competition of glucose and fatty acids for substrates.)

But the results in this study below are exactly what you’d expect from physical membrane effects:

These scientists created liposomes using phospholipids that had different fatty acids with glucose trapped inside.

They found that the specific fatty acid type of these liposomes determined the rate at which glucose would leak out.

The precise character of membrane lipids directly determines their glucose flux.

Liposomes with DHA in their membranes allowed the most glucose to pass through.

And this is perhaps what you’d expect from the lowest-density and most water-soluble fatty acid:

These physicochemical studies mirror the in vitro data and are consistent with a membrane explanation for diabetes.

Dietary recall studies and blood analysis confirm this trend, and so do more reliable and direct biopsies.

“…the relative decrease in insulin sensitivity after conjugated linoleic acid treatment was equivalent to having an excess body weight of 15 kg [33 lb], indicating a rather powerful effect of this isomer.”

Switching to grass-fed products and eating leaves should provide enough DHA precursor without consuming DHA directly.

Preformed DHA is very unstable, easily oxidized, and fish liver oils have dangerous levels of retinol.

So, though the rats in the study did well with the preformed DHA in fish oil – in the one thing the study was investigating – it’s not a good idea for overall health. Not even theirs.

And of course, avoiding the largest contributors of omega−6 fatty acid is important on all counts…

Besides improving insulin sensitivity, this should also help to prevent cancer.

“…insulin tolerance testing clearly showed a marked insulin resistance in conjugated linoleic acid-fed mice.”

But since a little insulin resistance doesn’t help much with excess glucose, avoiding starch could be a good idea.

Starch is a polymer made of 100% glucose.

Sucrose is only half glucose and half fructose, and fructose has absolutely no effect on insulin.

This is why the foods with the highest glycemic index are the starch foods: rice, grains, and potatoes.

Most fruits are approximately half glucose and half fructose (though some, like the Fuji apple, contains 70% fructose).

(Remember starch is 100% glucose.)

So the sugar content of fruit, being only half glucose, is far less of an issue when it comes to diabetes.

The only common exception is the banana, as its sugar content is essentially all glucose.

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Why haven’t men been told these facts?

Have you been avoiding sugary foods to keep diabetes away?

You’ll be shocked to know that the foods you should actually avoid are the same ones the government and medical industry claim you should be eating.

Okay, here is the diet the government recommends for diabetes:

 

And that is basically the real, proven list of foods you should avoid.

So it’s almost like this new diet is DESIGNED to get diabetics sicker and sicker.

No wonder the average diabetic man is given six different Big Pharma chemicals to take every day…

…and continues getting sicker and sicker.

This shows how certain supposedly “healthy” foods can cause diabetes.

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Matt Cook is editor-in-chief of Daily Medical Discoveries. Matt has been a full time health researcher for 26 years. ABC News interviewed Matt on sexual health issues not long ago. Matt is widely quoted on over 1,000,000 websites. He has over 300,000 daily newsletter readers. Daily Medical Discoveries finds hidden, buried or ignored medical studies through the lens of 100 years of proven science. Matt heads up the editorial team of scientists and health researchers. Each discovery is based upon primary studies from peer reviewed science sources following the Daily Medical Discoveries 7 Step Process to ensure accuracy.
Demel. "The properties of polyunsaturated lecithins in monolayers and liposomes and the interactions of these lecithins with cholesterol." Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (1972) https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/17462/demel_72_propertiespolyunsaturatedlecithins.pdf?sequence=1Storlien. "Influence of dietary fat composition on development of insulin resistance in rats: relationship to muscle triglyceride and ω-3 fatty acids in muscle phospholipid." Diabetes (1991) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1991575Risérus. "Treatment with dietary trans-10,cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid causes isomer-specific insulin resistance in obese men with the metabolic syndrome." Diabetes care (2002) http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/diacare/25/9/1516.full.pdf

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