Are Grass-Fed or Organic Beef Better Than Supermarket Beef?

This may surprise you but the answer is NO. Technically feedlot beef can be claimed to be organic if the animal is never given an antibiotic or hormone. All of the feed must also be from organic sources. The scam occurs when the seller gives the meat the "organic" label but keeps the "feedlot" method of fattening a secret, thereby tricking the vast majority of the public who never suspect they have purchased "feedlot" beef. Actually, there is no official classification of "organic" beef, and using the term may be false advertising. However, the price of this organic or grass-fed beef is extremely high, and the profit margins could be 300% to 500% greater than regular supermarket beef. This high profit margin provides extra funds for producers to promote their products using antibiotic and hormone scare tactics, myths, distortions, and lies. Many low-carbohydrate diet gurus are jumping on the bandwagon to promote these products for a cut of the profits. We can be certain many grass- ...  more