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For years obesity experts have been warning us against saturated fat found in red meats, but when the animals are raised exclusively on grass, these fats can actually help you lose weight, strengthen your immune system, and yes, protect you against heart disease.

Fat soluble vitamins are vital for human health, and vitamins A, D and K2, (a vitamin discovered by Weston A. Price), are found most plentifully in the fat of grass-fed animals. These vitamins help to prevent heart disease. They also support the function of the endocrine system, and are needed for the absorption of calcium. Calcium has been shown by a number of recent studies to help people lose weight. Children need these vitamins to build strong bones and teeth.

Weston A. Price pointed out that:

"It is possible to starve for minerals that are abundant in the foods eaten because they cannot be utilized without an adequate quantity of the fat-soluble activators [vitamins]."

Back in the 1930s when Price analyzed the vitamin and mineral content of the 'primitive' groups that he studied, and compared their diets to that of the 'modern' diets of industrialized countries, he found that traditional people ate as much as 10 times the amount of fat-soluble vitamins as we do, and far more calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron.

If Price were still with us, he would tell us that the current fat-soluble vitamin content of the 'Standard American Diet' is now even worse. After all, he made his comparisons before the popularity of low-fat diets, and before the existence of factory-farms.

One of the protective foods that Price brought back from traditional societies to use in his own practice was high-vitamin butter from cows eating fresh spring grass. He used spring butter as a medicine to reverse dietary deficiencies in his patients. He also prescribed plenty of raw milk from grass-fed cows, just as Sir Robert McCarrison did when he left India to start his own practice in England. These foods were medicinal because of their high fat-soluble vitamin content, and the conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in the butterfat.

Raw milk from grass-fed cows is now difficult to buy in the United States, and few people still make their own butter, but CLA can also be found in beef, if the animal has been raised naturally.

CLA is a powerful antioxidant and has been proven to protect against cancer in laboratory animals. It also promotes the development of muscle instead of fat, and it makes body fat burn faster.

According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, author of Take Control of Your Health, CLA is found primarily in grass-fed beef and dairy products and cannot be produced in the human body. CLA is produced naturally by the bacteria that live in the rumen of ruminant animals like cattle, sheep, and goats.

Research has shown that grazing animals raised strictly on their natural diet of grass can have levels of CLA hundreds of times higher than animals raised on grain feeds. Also, a study done by the Department of Animal Science at Southern Illinois University in 2003 found that beef finished off on soybean oil reduced the amount of CLA produced by ruminant animals. In fact, feeding animals anything other than their natural food reduces both their health and ours.

Recent human studies have shown that volunteers who were given CLA supplements lost a significant amount of body fat, and bodybuilders who were given CLA were able to lift far heavier weights, indicating the growth of muscle mass. This substance is so important for weight loss and cancer prevention that factory farmers are now trying to find ways to artificially force confined, grain fed animals to produce the CLA that is created naturally when the animals are raised on grass.

The loss of this special omega-6 fat from our food supply may be one of the reasons why the obesity rate began to skyrocket in the 1960s and 70s, shortly after most family farms and ranches gave way to giant factory farms.

It isn't just the missing CLA that makes grain-fed meat less healthy. Factory-raised animals also have less of the important omega-3 fats than naturally raised animals. The healthiest proportion of omega-3 fats to omega-6 fats is one to one - even portions of both. Since factory raised animals don't have this healthy balance in their fat, the American Heart Association is probably right - saturated fats from confinement raised animals are not good for us. But this is only true if we remember that they're talking about the saturated fats found in factory-raised animals.

Fortunately, there are still small ranches and farms that raise healthy, grass-fed beef cattle. It takes time to find them, but the health benefits for you and everyone in your family makes it worth the trouble.

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Vitamin C is an essential water-soluble vitamin that can be found in most tissues of the body. It is also an important antioxidant and works to protect cells from damaging free radicals that may lead to certain eye diseases, including cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Vitamin C helps body cells grow and stay healthy, including those in bones, teeth, gums, ligaments, and blood vessels. It also helps the bodys response to infection and stress, and helps use iron efficiently. It can vastly improve health and prevent many serious conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. It does so by inactivating toxic oxygen free radicals which can potentially damage lipid membranes, proteins, and cellular DNA.

Also an anti-oxidant, vitamin C protects the skin from UV radiation damage which causes age spots. It can actually reverse some of the oxidative damage in the skin cells.

Vitamin C deficiency
Vitamin C deficiency in humans leads to scurvy. Early symptoms in adults include fatigue, weakness, aching joints and muscles. In later stages, scurvy is characterized by anemia, bleeding from the gums, petechial and sheet hemorrhages, and delayed wound healing. Eating at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day will provide enough vitamin C and other important vitamins and fiber.

The best sources of Vitamin C
Fruits, especially citrus fruits like oranges and lemons, contain lots of vitamin C. Vegetables such as tomatoes, broccoli and potatoes are also great sources of vitamin C.

The recommended amount of vitamin C for most healthy people is 60mg/day. The following list provides the amount of vitamin C contained in these common foods:

One 8-ounce glass of orange juice - 97 mg
One cup of strawberries - 85 mg
1 medium kiwi fruit - 75 mg
Papaya 1 medium 188 mg
Grapefruit juice 6 ounces 70 mg
Cantaloupe, cubed 1 cup 68 mg
Mango 1 medium 57 mg
1/2 cup raw green peppers - 45 mg
1/2 cup cooked broccoli - 37 mg
1 baked potato - 26 mg
1 raw tomato - 24 mg
Cauliflower, raw 1/2 cup 23 mg
Kidney and liver are good animal-derived sources of vitamin C

How to prepare foods to retain vitamin C
Vitamin C can be lost from foods during preparation, cooking, or storage due to oxidation. To prevent loss of vitamin C:

Serve fruits and vegetables raw whenever possible Steam, boil, or simmer foods in a very small amount of water, or microwave them for the shortest time possible

Vitamin C supplements
When shopping for Vitamin C supplements, take special care to watch out for esterifies C and time-released C. It has not been scientifically proven that these can be absorbed as easily as ascorbic acid.

Vitamin C Toxicity
Excess vitamin C not needed by the body will just be excreted in the urine. Gastrointestinal effects are the most common adverse effects associated with high doses of vitamin C taken over a short period of time.

While vitamin C is generally not considered toxic, large amounts over 1000mg can cause stomach upset, and kidney or other problems including:

Diarrhea
Bloating
Cramps
Kidney Stones
Anemia (Destruction of Rbcs)
Rebound Scurvy
Infantile Scurvy

Large amounts of vitamin C can reduce the body levels of copper. People with iron overload diseases must avoid a vitamin C overdose, as it increases iron absorption. Individuals who have kidney stones should seek their doctors advice. If a pregnant mother takes 6,000 mg of vitamin C, the baby may develop rebound scurvy due to a sudden drop in the daily intake.

When are higher levels of vitamin C necessary?
Higher levels of vitamin C are needed when a person is under environmental stress such as trauma, fever or infection. Full saturation is reached with daily intakes of 200-500 mg per day (in 2-3 divided doses). Also, In order to neutralize the damaging free radicals found in tobacco smoke, smokers in general use more vitamin C than nonsmokers.

Is vitamin C good for colds?
Many people increase their vitamin C intake to try and either prevent or fight off a cold. While the research is not definite on the real benefits of this practice, extra vitamin C is usually safe in amounts up to twice the RDA of 60mg.

Studies have concluded that taking vitamin C doses as high as 1g/day over a long period does not prevent colds. However, relatively high doses of vitamin C will modestly reduce the duration of cold symptoms. The relation of dose to therapeutic benefit has not been properly explored, but in trials testing the administration of vitamin C after cold symptoms occurred, there was some evidence that a large dose produced greater benefits than lower doses.

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V. Michael Santoro is a published author. He co-authored his first book with his teenage daughter. The book is entitled, Realizing the Power of Love, How a father and teenage daughter became best friends... and how you can too! He also writes articles on various healthcare topics.