Strong Medicine 2- Eric Serrano MD

Hi Dr. Serrano:

Because of a family history of arthritis and blood work that indicated a predisposition to rheumatoid arthritis, I was told to avoid foods high in arachidonic acid, i.e. red meat, egg yolks, etc. I am wondering if grass fed beef is lower in arachidonic acid than grain fed beef? Thanks for any information you can provide. I have eaten grass fed beef for a couple of years and hope I don't have to give it up!
 

NO WAY.
Arthritis has nothing to do with the fats, especially  rheumatoid arthritis, which has actually been associated with food allergies and viral infections. Recently some research has shown that the antibodies that attack and destroy your joints are identical to the gluten antibodies that your body produces. Almost every joint, pardon, every joint is made out of fat, and to make it worst they are made of saturated fats, so eating all those good things, will make your joints better. Now because you are talking about RA, we need to find out what you are allergic to, or what your body reacts with, usually a protein or a pieces of protein, or the body is intolerant to certain foods, and these foods are:

I have just returned from Scotland and I am wondering why my British  friends are so against eating red meat. I noticed that magazines demonize red meat consumption and my friend swears that eating only fish and seafood has spared him the crippling arthritis that has struck his red meat eating brothers. Everything I read says that grass fed beef is high in CLA and a healthy meat to consume, so that is all we eat when we eat beef but now I wonder if even grass fed, hormone and antibiotic free beef is actually bad for arthritis or other autoimmune diseases? I have hypothyroid disease and would not like to be doing anything that is worsening a condition I am trying to control as simply as possible.
 

I would have to assume the British people are concerned with mad cow disease, which was so widespread over there a few years ago. In the UK, the country worst affected, 179,000 cattle were infected and 4.4 million killed as a precaution.

A British inquiry into BSE concluded that the epidemic was caused by feeding cattle, which are normally herbivores, the remains of other cattle in the form of meat and bone meal (MBM), which caused the infectious agent to spread.

This is something you don't have to worry about when eating organic grass fed beef. Also, red meat is not bad for arthritis or hypothyroid; actually there are studies and research that establish a concrete association with some types of autoimmune disease and specifically, rheumatoid arthritis and grain intake. I would continue eating organic red meat if I were you.

Dr. Serrano,

 I am looking for information on trans fat in beef.  I have read that 2-5% total fat of ruminants is actually naturally occurring trans fat, and this type of trans fat does not have the deleterious effect that man made trans fats do.

Do you have any information regarding this or where I can find more information on this subject? Does grass fed beef have less trans fat than a similar cut of conventional beef?  My source was wikipedia., but they do not have info regarding grass fed beef.

Thank you for your time and help. 
 

:Trans fats by definition are man made, but they do occur in nature in very small quantities. In reality, they are referring to the structure of the molecule. Remember, in nature everything is in balance and the body knows best. If you put good fats into your body, and bad fats, the body will try to absorb what it needs and wants first.  In this case, the trans fats are so minute the body will not have any damage by absorbing these fats.

Now remember margarine and all the other "good" trans fats. These fats are in large amount without balance and you consumed them all at once, which is trouble.

Yes, organic raised beef will have less trans fats, and less pesticides and toxins.  Please email the U.S. Wellness office for an in depth paper I prepare earlier this year and you will understand why.

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