>Sure, a very big problem with today's beef is that it is fed low-quality
>*grain* in huge feeding lots and the fatty-acid profile degenerates.
>
>Another point: in the  past ten years at least 3 people plagued with
cholesterol
>problems told me that their doctors (all 3 AMA types) had warned them about
>eating supermarket beef.  However, the medicos then added "wild game or
>range-fed beef is OK."
>Also, the verdict seems to be back in the case of chickens.  For instance,
the
>fatty-acid profile in eggs from free-range chickens, where they get abundant
>grass, is dramatically superior (so I hear) to those forced to eat
low-quality
>(sometimes moldy) grains.