Sabertooth don't let me dampen your enthusiasm. I was passionate about my life's work and it served me well for over 40 years. I'm passionate about the things I do now. I advise everyone to follow their passion.
I'd be interested to know what you mean by "beyond grass-fed".
There has been flashes of insight into this concept over the years which I have not been quite able to fully articulate.
First one must understand that a Protein is not a Protein, a Fat is not a Fat, and a Carb is not a Carb. Not all nutrients are created equal, and there are very important differences between the quality of the proteins and fats generated by Grass fed animals, compared to those fed processed and artificial foods....but lets not stop there..why not go beyond the notion of grass fed...to a place where the animal is entirely emerged in its natural element and given total free right to seek out its own optimal substances, in accord to its innate biological needs.
There is a biological symphony at work in which the micro RNA of the various organisms work their way up the food chain and culminate within the higher evolution of apex organisms within a particular environment.
If the environment is strictly limited to just a few spices of cultivated forage then diversity of elements which provide for the "optimal balance" will not be present, and the essence of life which is dispersed up the food chain will not attain full potential.
Totally wild foraging animals, on open ranges of unadulterated land, in my opinion offer the potential for the optimal nourishment. The animals whom have access to the Garden of Eden quality pastures will assimilate the various elements of that healthy ecosystem into its own tissues, so the actual quality of the total environment gets transferred up the food chain.
Even if it would appear that a meat based diet lacks what "nutritional Science" calls "optimal balance" I claim that if those animals which the meat is sourced are derived from a totally balanced and open ecosystem then their bodies if eaten entirely raw, will transfer those optimal qualities which manifest into being a more optimal synchronicity with the living environment, on multiple levels (Mind Body and Spirit).
By going beyond grassfed I am taking the ideal to the extreme, in order to point out to others interested in attempting this way of life, that all Grass fed is not created equal. Perhaps for the average person your standard grass fed green pasture, offers something that is responsibly balanced and wholesome when compared to the commercial factory farm....but for people who commit themselves to such a diet as ours, perhaps in order to optimally thrive it would be better to go beyond.
This of course is only a hypothesis? Though its based on a profound intuition that is backed up by a common sense view, that the freest and happiest animals from the most pristine and untouched ecosystems ,would be most Ideal sustenance for someone seeking to incorporate those qualities into their being.
In recognition of your own experience, I am not entirely sure if this information would make much difference to you personally, considering you have already been living for years on decent quality animals, and perhaps in a way you have already been going beyond grass fed, by sourcing much of your meat from open range cattle.
My thoughts here are primary to be viewed as food for thought to those who read your journal and may want to experiment with a meat based diet....For it is a strong conviction of mine that if those people dont learn to recon that there are differences in quality, they may simply start eating whatever is at their local market without a clue to the true health of the ecosystem from which the animal came, to their own determent.
