First
and foremost, Mother Nature, in Her high and infinite wisdom, has had a
safety net in place for hundreds of years when it comes to human
consumption of beef...
A
cow's digestive system, comprised of its multiple stomachs, utilizes
fermentation to miraculously extract the energy contained in green
plants and turns it into bone, muscle, milk, etc. The environment
within this fermentation process is very very low on the acidity scale,
maybe not even acidic at all ('Googling' shows 6-7 pH...).
One
of the many natural 'bugs' that carry out the fermentation process is
E. Coli. That's right, E. Coli is 100% natural and present in all cows
and their digestive system. The key here is the environment in which E.
Coli thrives, 'lives,' and is adapted to inside a COW FEEDING ONLY ON
GRASS. With Grass-Fed cows the environment is very, very low on the
acidity scale, remember that...
Switch
to the human digestive system, now. Our digestive system utilizes very
strong ACIDS to digest and process the foods we consume. The beauty of
this is that any 'bugs' or diseases that somehow make it into our foods
are more than likely destroyed by our stomach acids. This is true when it comes to consuming beef. Gastric Acid is one
of the main secretions of the stomach consists mainly of hydrochloric
acid and acidifies the stomach content to a pH of 1 to 2.)
If
for some reason E. Coli is present on/in the grass fed beef you are
consuming, more than likely 100% of it will be killed because it has
never had to adapt to high acidity similar to that of the human
stomach. If this is the case, how do people get sick from E. Coli
tainted meats, you ask?
The
answer goes back to how the animal is fed. Cows and their
digestive/fermentation system are structured to only consume green
plant matter. The very second you start feeding cattle any amount and
any type of GRAIN the acidity levels inside the cow's
digestive system start to rise. As the acidity rises so does E. Coli's
ability to begin adapting to this new environment.
Now,
contrast feeding cattle a little grain to the current, normal practice
in all of the mainstream, conventional beef operations, where a cow's
diet is composed of 100% grain and no plant matter at all! By doing so
that safety net that Mother Nature had tied up there so securely was
just cut at all four corners...by feeding cattle grain the acidity
levels in its digestive system rise to similar levels found in the
human digestive system. This allows the E. Coli and other bugs to adapt
and become resistant to highly acidic digestive juices. If that beef
you are consuming came from a grain fed cow has E. Coli on/in it, the
acidic environment in your stomach is nothing out of the ordinary for
the E. Coli. The E. Coli is not destroyed and it is free to move its
way through our bodies and make us very very sick.
So
you see, the simple solution to the problem is to properly feed and
raise an animal with food stuffs that are meant to be consumed by said
animal. By feeding cattle only green plant matter, the E. Coli concern
goes right out the window. Amazing huh? E. Coli is a problem entirely
constructed by the improper way most human's raise cattle. Its our
fault and our problem.
Rest assured, all of our beef is 100% grass fed, ensuring that the natural, century tested safety net is still in place!
I
hope this helps. If you have anymore questions please dont hesitate to
ask. I didnt even touch on the health problems that occur in cows when
they are raised on a grain diet....more to come.
