Jes Reynolds…Your Fitness Coach

I’ve been using Laura’s Lean Beef for cooking instead of standard meat products found at the average grocery store. Laura’s Lean Beef is naturally-raised without the use of antibiotics or added growth hormones. Some time ago, it was discovered that adding low levels of antibiotics to feed helped livestock grow faster while simultaneously enabling animals to gain weight even though they were being fed less. As the industrial style farming model grew in popularity, more animals were raised in less space, leading to overcrowding and rapidly spread illness within the cattle. The solution was for all animals to be treated with antibiotics, whether they show sign of illness or not.

These practice reduced the cost of meat but also raised concerns about long-term effects on human health, namely the increased incidence of antibiotic resistance in humans. For more information on the indications of antibiotics in beef, click here.

No growth hormones added is another benefit of Laura’s Lean Beef. Some scientists believe that there is potential for the use of hormones in cattle to cause metabolic and reproductive problems in humans, to find out more about the use of growth hormones in beef, click here.  The cattle feed is also for antibiotics and pesticides.

If you’re not interested in all the technical info on producing high quality beef, I can’t blame you. It can be so tedious and time consuming trying to sort through all this info. I say, just go ahead an trust the label on Laura’s lean beef and try it for yourself. Laura’s is a great fit for your healthy lifestyle, it’s lower in fat and saturated fat than conventional beef and as long as the label isn’t a bunch of crap then the product is produced with your health in mind.

For a few free recipes that include Laura’s Lean Beef, click Here.

P.s.  I am not being paid to promote Laura’s Lean Beef, I just like what they’re about.