What is CDB and why do you want it?
Certified Devon Beef is the premier breed based, natural beef product that is guaranteed to grade and has been recognized world wide for its quality and superior flavor.
Certified Devon Beef feeder calves are graded for correctness, finishing ability, disposition, and carcass quality before they reach 750 pounds. CDB feeders are out of Certified Devon Bulls and Certified cow herds. Only through close management of cattle and forages
Beef Cattle are designed to Eat Grass -- Not Grains
Grain-fed beef can have an omega 6:3 ratio higher than 20:1 J. Anim. Sci. 2000. 78:2849-2855 This well exceeds the 4:1 ratio that is recommended to avoid an essential fat imbalance. Also grain-fed beef can have over 50% of the total fat as the far less healthy saturated fat. Grass-fed beef has an omega 6:3 ratio of 0.16 to 1 This is the ratio science suggests is ideal for our diet. This is about the same ratio that fish has. Grass-fed beef usually has less than 10% of its fat as saturated. If you are a pregnant or breastfeeding mom, the extra omega-3 from the grass-fed beef will provide incredible nutritional benefits for your child.
You Will Enhance Your Health With Grass fed Beef
Much of our nation's nutritional deficiency epidemic is caused by a "Big Business" perceived need for cheap, mass-produced, convenient food products. As a result, Americans live in a land of plenty, but the bounty no longer provides proper nutrition. If you like to see scientific "proof" of the benefits of grass-fed beef, please review the animal scientific literature page that I compiled. For more information on the amazing health benefits of grass-fed beef, please review the health benefits page.
We Know That Grass-Fed Beef, Unlike Grain-Fed Beef, is:
A natural source of omega 3 fats High in CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) Full of beta carotene Loaded with over 400% more of vitamins A and E Virtually devoid of risk of Mad Cow Disease You May Maintain Your Weight Loss With REAL Beef Due to its CLA Content CLA is a naturally occurring fat found in animal and dairy fats such as beef and poultry that are not fed grains. As soon as you start to feed cattle grain they start to lose their ability to produce CLA. Animals that graze on pasture have from 300% to 400% more CLA than animals fattened on grain in a feedlot.
As we all know, diet and exercise are required to lose weight. However, University of Wisconsin research, completed this year but not yet published, showed that CLA intake will assist individuals who lose weight in preventing putting pounds back on. Of course, I don't think we in good conscious can state that CLA-enriched beef will enable you to lose weight without other diet measures and exercise. The human intestine produces CLA naturally from linoleic acid. Recent studies have been conducted on attaining a higher CLA content in daily food intake because of possible health benefits such as weight loss. Please review the CLA Benefit Page for more information.
Help Protect Your Family's Health With Grass-Fed Beef
Eric Schlosser, who wrote Fast Food Nation, tells us that since 1993, half a million children in America have been made ill by the E coli bug. Feeding dead cats and dogs to cattle was legal in the United States until 1997 when the government banned the practice because of fears over mad cow disease. Dead horses and pigs, however, are still occasionally ground into cattle feed. One-quarter of America's minced beef, writes Schlosser, is made from worn-out dairy cattle, likely to be riddled with disease and the meat containing antibiotic residues. Grain feeding promotes the growth of dangerous E. coli. When cattle are fed grass, the amount of potentially dangerous E. coli decreases dramatically. From Microbes Infect 2000 Jan;2(1):45-53 When you feed your family grass-fed beef, you can feel quite confident that you are doing the best you can to dramatically reduce, if not eliminate, many of the health concerns you may have regarding the quality of the beef you consume.
How Does Grass fed Beef Taste?
The flavor, look, smell, and texture of grass-fed beef differs slightly from grain-fed beef. So you may have to learn to like grass-fed beef. But many enjoy it immediately because it actually tastes like beef is supposed to taste. Others will gladly learn to like it simply because it does their body good. Due to less fat in the grass-fed beef it does need to be cooked differently.
