Keto Braised Beef Short Rib

But, in order for this recipe to be both healthy and delicious, you need to use grass-fed beef.

Why?

Because cows are designed to eat grass.

When cows are fed soy or corn in feedlots it changes the fatty acid profile of the meat.

Grain-fed cows have more inflammatory omega-6 fats in their meat while grass-fed cows have more anti-inflammatory omega-3 fat like CLA.

What’s more, grain damages the digestive system of cows making them more susceptible to disease. This is one of the reasons why grain-fed cows are pumped full of antibiotics.

Grass-fed beef is loaded with way more vitamins and minerals than grain-fed beef.

In fact, grass-fed beef can have more than twice the amount of vitamin A (beta-carotene) and lutein as grain-fed beef. The beta-carotene content of grass-fed beef can be seen as a yellowish-orange hue in the fat. This is actually the same yellowish orange hue that beta-carotene gives to carrots. Grain-fed beef lacks beta-carotene so the fat appears as a stark white color.

Grass-fed beef is also loaded with protein, B vitamins, vitamin E, selenium, zinc, and phosphorus.

That’s why this braised short rib recipe should be made with grass-fed beef.

If you are going to fuel your body with fat on a ketogenic diet, you want to eat high quality fat that won’t lead to inflammation.