This butter (and all dairy from Miller's Organic Farm) is from grass-fed cows.
THE IMPORTANCE OF REAL BUTTER
Despite the mainstream medical establishment's decades-long campaign to blame butter for a host of diseases, the science says otherwise. In fact, it's packed with a host of nutrients that benefit nearly every system of your body.
Real butter is a rich source of easily absorbed vitamin A, a must-have for a wide range of functions, from maintaining good vision to keeping your hormones in healthy balance.
It also contains a variety of fat-soluble vitamins in abundance, including vitamin E, crucial to maintaining good vision as you age, and vitamin D, a potent cancer fighter that keeps your mood up and your bones strong.
Butter is rich in trace minerals, especially selenium, a powerful antioxidant. Ounce for ounce, butter has more selenium per gram than either whole wheat or garlic. It's also a rich source of iodine and vitamin A, both vital to the optimal function of the thyroid gland.
It also happens that butter has significant amounts of a number of healthy fatty acids, including:
• Butyric acid-Your colon needs this as a critical energy source. It also happens to be a potent anti-carcinogen.
• Lauric acid-A medium chain fatty acid, this is a potent antimicrobial and antifungal compound.
• Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)-Provides excellent protection against cancer.
Butter also has small but equal amounts of omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, the essential fatty acids. In the right ratio, these prevent heart disease and keep your brain and nervous system in lifelong good health.
But here's the kicker: range-fed cows yield especially high levels of CLA and other nutrients, as opposed to their commercial cousins. It really does pay to get your butter from a cow that has been fed properly-on grasses and nothing else.
So the next time you're considering a healthy source of fat to spread on toast or cook with, try a little grass-fed butter. Grass-fed is best.
P.W. Parodi. "Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Other Anticarcinogenic Agents of Bovine Milk Fat." Journal of Dairy Science. 82(6):1339-1349.
Editor's Note: Dr Sears is a practicing physician and the author of The Doctor's Heart Cure. He has written over 500 articles and seven books in the fields of alternative medicine, anti-aging, physical fitness, nutritional supplementation and heart health.
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