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K-State Researcher Enriches Ground Beef With Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Feb. 5, 2013 Kansas City Star

The enriched ground beef is named GreatO Premium Ground Beef and is being sold through Manhattan (KS)-based company NBO3 Technologies LLC.

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A Kansas State University (KSU) researcher in animal sciences and industry has developed a technique that enriches ground beef with omega-3 fatty acids — fatty acids that have been shown to reduce heart disease, cholesterol and high blood pressure, the university said in a news release.

The enriched ground beef is named GreatO Premium Ground Beef and is being sold through Manhattan (KS)-based company NBO3 Technologies LLC. It will be available mid-February at select retailers in Buffalo, NY, and expand to leading retailers and restaurants nationwide later this year.

Omega-3 fatty acids are found in fish and plant oils. The U.S. currently does not have a recommended daily intake of omega-3s, though many doctors and nutritionists recommend between 1,200-1,600 milligrams daily, depending on a person’s age and health.

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W.E. (not verified)
on Feb 6, 2013

Grassfed beef has natural, highly digestible, highly available Omega 3 fatty acids, in perfect balance with Omega 6s. What throws them off-balance is the feeding of grain to cattle, an unnatural practice made possible by overproduction of corn and the interstate highway system to supply the big packers with a captive supply of beef in the midwest. Grassfed beef also has conjugated linoleic acids, which as Dr. Oz recently pointed out, do wonders for obesity, lean muscle, and appetite control. Both of these healthful fatty acids are heart healthy. CLA can actually reverse atheroschelosis (fat buildup in artereries), and help prevent diabetes. The only problem for the beef industry is that we have to get the cattle out of the feedlot and into the pastures where they can eat grass so that the plant oils get into the cattle in proper amounts. No additives necessary. It's good food, real food, readily available if we work with nature as God intended rather than manipulating it.

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