First paper from our SARE Program Pastured Beef Project with Dr. Sierra Young now published!

The study found that rotationally grazed, perennial grasslands🌱 had healthier soil conditions compared with neighboring fields producing commodity corn for feedlot finishing.🌽…

It was a pleasure to serve on the Sustainability and Food Systems Panel with Olivier Jolliet and Adam Drewnowski at the #IDFWDS2023 moderated by Stephan Peters.

We may not agree on everything, but constructive discussions and disagreements are a vital part of moving science…

Happy to share our latest publication in collaboration with Stephan van Vliet ! We measured fatty acids and #phytochemicals in 🥩 finished on grass🌱, grain🌽, and/or supplemented with 🍇. Here is what we found:
mdpi.com/2493036 Foods MDPI

This was a real fun discussion with John Kempf about agro-ecology/regenerative agriculture and its effect on the nutrient density of foods🥩 🌱!

There is actually some caffeic acid in meat and milk too, especially when animals are out on pasture as this compound is ubiquitous in 🌱.

As with many phytochemicals, it can have health benefits at moderate doses while being “toxic” at high doses (which are unlikely to be…

“Scientists Build a Healthy Dietary Pattern Using Ultra-Processed Foods”

The scientists didn’t actually test health outcomes in a study. To me this work simply suggests that you can “game” the healthy eating index and create a diet with a high score based on simplified metrics.…

Enjoyed visiting several of the Turner Bison Ranches and speaking at their Summer meeting.

The biodiversity and birdlife🐦 at the 🦬 ranches is particularly impressive, birds are literally everywhere! Another impressive effort is the accommodation for other wildlife🦌by…

Enjoyed the interview with DECENTRALIZED RADIO. In the clip below, we discuss metabolomics and fatty acid results comparing grass-fed and grain-fed bison 🦬 and beef 🐄 with a potentially favorable shift in saturated fatty acid profiles with grass-finishing👇

Paper found here:…

NOT ALL saturated fats are created equal.

DECENTRALIZED RADIO 🎙️
#6-Stephan van Vliet

We have also noticed that chicken thighs 🍗 are richer in b-vitamins, phenols, terpenes and other anti-oxidants as well, compared to breast meat. More blood flow to thighs as opposed to breast is more nutrient delivery to the thighs! Cheaper and tastier too! (IMO)

Nice to see metric results from my PhD work many years ago being confirmed by a world leading nutritional scientist!

Really interesting that dark poultry meat is denser too, didn’t know that.

Do the white vs. dark meat results include limited fatty acids, Ty Beal?

Enjoyed my recent podcast with Tristan | Decentralized Health and @KetosisRyan in person in SLC!

We talked about our recent metabolomics paper on grass-fed and grain-fed bison and linking animal health and human nutrition!

Podcast and paper below 👇

youtu.be/4nVeHjD2aPU…

The concept of 'rabbit starvation' is not actually protein poisoning but metabolic issue that body can't convert protein into energy fast enough to meet all energy needs. You must have carbs or fat along w/ Prot to meet energy needs. Macro-balance. I did animal studies in 1980's