General Discussion / Re: What to eat when grassfed meat is not available?
« on: April 13, 2010, 10:33:16 pm »Eating grain-fed will help to keep costs down. Another cost-cutting option is to buy organs rather than meat. They're more nutrient dense anyway, and often cost much less. I hunt so don't buy any meat, but when I see beef liver or heart for $0.99 (US) per pound, it's hard to pass up such a nutrient dense food at such a low cost. And it breaks up the monotony of eating deer, day after day... I don't intentionally favor grass-fed when I buy organs, but the suppliers of hormone- and antibiotic-free meat at my local market are all grass-fed so it ends up that the organs I buy are grass fed.
Another option you may have is get most of your animal protein and fat from hormone- and antibiotic-free, free range eggs. All of the nutrients required to build a baby chicken are stored in that egg, so it's very nutrient dense. I've heard people say that fertile eggs are better than infertile. I buy fertile free-range eggs because they're cheaper here in Vermont, but I can't say I've noticed any difference nor have I ever seen any convincing evidence that one is better than the other.
Hope this helps.