Category Archives for "Super Foods"

Oct 26

Grass Fed Beef: An Omega 3 Fats Super Food?

Beef cattle spend the first nine months of their lives grazing on grass and nursing with their mother. It is the second half of their lives, however, that is key in the nutritional value of your hamburger. Off pasture for a year before they reach your table, the cattle begin to replace the healthy Omega-3 […]

Aug 26

Is Lard a Vitamin D Super Food?

By Amanda Rose | Super Foods

As more research rolls out on the importance of vitamin D to optimal health, foodies are looking to food sources to meet their needs. Lard (yes, pig fat) is one food that many point to as packed with vitamin D. Is lard your vitamin D ticket? No. Lard has very small levels of vitamin D […]

Jul 06

A Chicken’s Superpower: DHA Eggs

By Amanda Rose | Super Foods

Some years ago I spoke with a representative from the Flax Board at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. We discussed feeding animals flax seed to raise the amount of Omega 3 fatty acids in their meat. Flax is a great source of Omega 3 but it’s a plant-based form (ALA), not the more […]

Jun 10

Wild Fish and a Healthy Omega 3 to Omega 6 Ratio

By Amanda Rose | Super Foods

Healthy seafood is becoming an increasingly complicated food item to buy. We may have lakes or rivers near our homes that experts tell us not to fish in because of the toxins in the fish. There are polluted areas around the globe with seafood and fresh water fish we are probably best to avoid. Many […]