Dear John,
Father's Day is upon us. Summer is in full swing and life is good. We should take a moment out of our busy days and reflect on all of their sacrifices that our fathers have made for us, their children. Often overlooked and underappreciated, our fathers have shaped us and our lives by their hard work, dedication to their families and their love and guidance.
We need to let all fathers know that they are loved and appreciated, not only on their special day, but every day.
Treat your father to an old fashioned barbecue with the finest of US Wellness meats. A delicious rib-eye steaksizzling off the grill, or a juicy T-bone would let dear ol' dad show off his culinary skills and allow the whole family to break bread and come together to show Dad how much he is loved and appreciated.
Happy Father's Day and Best Regards,
John, Lee Ann, Lynn, Megan
on behalf of the farm families of U.S. Wellness Meats.
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BREAKING NEWS NOTES
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U.S.. Wellness Travels
U.S.. Wellness will complete a super weekend today at the Aspen Wine and Cheese festival. This marks the 25th year for this stellar event. Hats off to the organizers as the hospitality was as exceptional as the weather. We were impressed by the number of savvy consumers and restaurant folks that understood the difference between grass-fed and regular beef. We can't wait until 2008!
U.S. Wellness staff will be in Chicago on June 22, 23 and 24 for the Health Freedom Expo. We encourage any of our Chicago area customers to drop by our booth. Dr.Joe Mercola will be one of the keynote speakers. We look forward to his cutting edge comments.
NEW PRODUCTS
RE-STOCKED ITEMS
COMING VERY SOON
Transportation issue held up the arrival of BBQ smoked back ribs and our long awaited pot roast and gravy containing 5 antioxidant herbs. Mid week should bring these sparkling new products to light.
Omega 3's Lower Blood Pressure
(Reuters) A diet with liberal servings of grass-fed beef, fish, nuts, grass-fed dairy butter and cheeses rich in omega-3 fatty acids can help lower a person's blood pressure, according to a study.
The study looked at diet and its relation to blood pressure in 4,680 men and women, ages 40 to 59, who lived in Japan, China, Britain and the United States.
They all provided detailed descriptions about diet and alcohol consumption, gave urine samples, and had their blood pressure measured twice at each of four study visits.
Researchers then adjusted for 17 variables known to influence blood pressure such as age, gender, weight, salt intake and exercise.
The people who ate diets rich in omega-3 fatty acids had lower blood pressure, on average, than people who ate diets with less of the nutrient, the researchers reported in the American Heart Association Journal Circulation.
"With blood pressure, every millimeter counts. The effect of each nutrient is apparently small but independent, so together they can add up to a substantial impact on blood pressure," said Dr. Hirotsugu Ueshima of Shiga University of Medical Science in Otsu, Japan.
If you can reduce blood pressure even a few millimeters from eating less salt, losing weight, avoiding heavy drinking, eating grass-fed US Wellness Meats, and eating more vegetables, whole grains and fruits, then the combination of these lifestyle changes will make a significant difference.
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GRASS-FED POWERED ATHLETE CORNER
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Jesse Marunde finished in third place on June 16 at Muscle Beach in Venice, CA. The scoring was a surprise as follows:1. Dave Ostlund 64 points
2. Mariusz Pudzianowski 63
3. Jesse Marunde 60
Jesse's score automatically qualifies him for the 2007 MET-Rex World's Strongest Man contest.
Hats off to Dave Ostlund for a great performance and to Jesse for a great first effort after a long re-hab.
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CATHERINE'S CORNER by Catherine Ebeling, RN BSN
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Reformed Vegetarian's Exotic Health and Fitness Getaway on the Big Island of Hawaii
Tucked away in a beautiful tropical jungle, less than 5 miles from the sparkling blue waters of the Pacific is Kieba's Bodytemple Bootcamp.
As Kieba prepares a delicious and incredibly nutrition packed 'green' drink for her latest guest, the sun comes through the canopy of coconut palms growing in Kieba's expansive, tree-filled yard.
First order of the day is a morning hike to loosen up the muscles and get the blood flowing. Then it is a delicious breakfast of exotic fruits, coconut, mangos and papaya--freshly picked right in Kieba's backyard, or a protein breakfast with free-range eggs or meat pate made from the finest meat from US Wellness Meats. After a carefully supervised and customized weight training workout it is a lunch of fresh caught sashimi prepared with fresh coconut.
In the afternoon, there is plenty of time to explore the island, snorkeling the colorful tropical reefs, or hiking through the jungle up the green mountain. Or you may want to relax and have a professional massage or try some yoga.
Welcome to Kiebas Bodytemple Bootcamp. You
will experience an amazing life-changing metamorphosis while you live
an organic living foods lifestyle. With this lifestyle change, you will radiate energy and glowing health. Imagine
having the capacities to envision and achieve all of your goals and
dreams.
 Kieba
will motivate and train you in her 'Jungle Fitness Factory' and lead you on amazing, exciting, and exotic
island adventures. She will nourish you with organic living foods straight from nature and
teach you customized culinary skills to maintain the "New You".
Kieba knows firsthand the importance of diet and nutrition. She has had her own personal journey back to health from extreme dieting and an overly restrictive raw vegan diet.
After moving to San Diego from the Midwest in the late 80's, Kieba began participating in natural bodybuilding competitions.
Keying in on the benefits of the restrictive diet that bodybuilders tend to follow, she cut fat, sugar and starches from her diet. This produced a lean, muscular look that gained her a big following with her personal training clientele.
Subject to the whims of California's dietary trends, Kieba soon dropped meat from her diet in favor of veganism. Dropping a bit more of her muscular bulk, she was happy with her lean, slender look.
However, several years
of a strictly-followed raw vegan diet eliminated more than just fat--her body was withering away; and as the muscle began to dissolve, health problems began to
emerge.
A sluggish gall bladder, not used to digesting the
fats which she so zealously avoided, eventually quit functioning. Soon unable to digest any types of fats, severe flank pain would result from even minute amounts of fats or oils.
Blood counts began dropping rapidly with both the red and
white cell counts dropping into the danger zones. Her liver enzymes
elevated as her body actually began to digest itself in lieu of any other usable protein. Muscles shriveled, more weight came off her gaunt frame, and her energy faded.
A book titled "We
Want to Live" by Aajonous Vonderplanitz provoked some thought, and along
with the increasingly alarming labwork from her physicians, Kieba began to introduce
fresh, organic, US Wellness grass-fed beef , liver and raw diary products int her diet. She
found her body was starving for this vital food, and she began to eat
organic grass-fed meat; including lamb, rabbit, and goat, as well, on a regular basis.
In very short order, blood counts
returned into the normal ranges, and the healthy glow returned to her
skin, hair and face. Muscle reshaped her fragile body, and
soon Kieba found that her energy, health, sleep, and normal body
function had returned.
Now with a much-needed 15-pound gain of muscle, Kieba is back to her old self and feels stronger and more energetic than ever, and now says that she has more energy, strength and endurance.
Kieba contines her consumption of raw, minimally prepared,
locally raised fruits and vegetables and eats healthy organic, US Wellness grass-fed beef, lamb, goat and rabbit. She also enjoys the raw
milk, grass-fed dairy butter and Amish cheeses--high in CLA's with raw honey
and pemmican.
Kieba has a background in fitness training, psychology and counseling and extensive knowledge in diet and nutrition, as well as her own dietary odessey.
The Bodytemple Bootcamp is a bootcamp for body, mind and spirit. You will return from a visit with Kieba, renewed, refreshed, and with a new positive outlook on your life. It truly is a lifechanging experience.
The bodytemple bootcamp is a tailor made program just for you.
Check out Kieba at her website: www.bodytemplebootcamp.com.
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DR. AL SEARS M.D.
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Fat Is Not the Enemy
By Al Sears, MD
People often refer to the "French Paradox." This is the notion that French people eat foods high in saturated fat, but never get fat. To me, that's not a paradox. There's no convincing evidence that saturated fats pack on the pounds. It's more useful to think about the "American Paradox" - a nation full of unhealthy people obsessed with healthy eating.
At the root of this disorder is the guilt Americans feel when they eat foods they really love - like steak, eggs, and bacon. All the favorites that we've been conditioned to fear with the dreaded word "cholesterol." Most sources tell you to avoid fat in favor of low-fat, vegetarian, or whole-grain artificial diets. But if you take a closer look (and avoid the commercial interests), you'll discover that the secret to reducing bad cholesterol isn't avoiding fat. Studies show that if you combine the right nutritional elements you can reduce your bad cholesterol (LDL) as much as, and in many cases more than, the low-fat junk diets or even prescription statin drugs.
Avoidance of fat in favor of grains will increase your risk of heart disease, because diets that are high in grains promote high insulin levels. And high insulin levels have been shown to have a direct correlation to heart disease. So here's the key: Choose the right fats (rich in omega-3 fatty acids) and healthy proteins (rich in essential amino acids).
Choosing the right fats means eating more fish and the right kind of red meat. Fish is high in omega-3s. It also has a complete mixture of all the essential amino acids in a bio-available, rapidly absorbable protein. And, yes, you can still eat red meat, even steak. But choose cuts of meat from naturally raised, hormone-free, grass-fed animals. That's the important caveat.
Studies show that grass-fed beef gives you one of the best sources of omega-3s. What's more, grass-fed beef has high levels of B vitamins and CoQ10, the most powerful heart nutrient on the planet.
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DR. ERIC SERRANO M.D., M.S., B.C.
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Dear Dr. Serrano,
As a nutrition therapist I love to advocate for the inclusion of grass-fed meats and healthy fats in the diet. I have two questions:
Much of the information and testimony available to share with my clients comes from accomplished athletes or vigorous, robust individuals. People who are overweight and out-of-shape are more concerned about including fats and red meat in their diets.
Aside from total amount of food eaten each day, do you feel the role of grass-fed meat and healthy fat should be different in the diet of a person just beginning the road to fitness? Would a pemmican bar still be a good choice for a snack for someone who is not fit and healthy?
My second question is in regard to cooking the meat.
My research suggests that rare meat and perhaps even some raw meat is important. From what I have researched, if you have to overcook your meat in order to eat it-perhaps you shouldn't eat it?
I encounter so many people who are afraid of meat or do not like it (unless it is overcooked). What do you tell people about preparing their meat?
Thank you,
Jennifer H.
Dear Jennifer:
Jennifer, my expertise is performance, and I love dealing with athletes, especially if they play real sports like baseball, football and softball.
After seeing over ten thousand patients, I find that under eating is one of the biggest mistakes I see, especially under eating--but eating a lot of junk food. Every patient that I see gets a complete physical and emotional exam, and I take blood, saliva, or urine samples, depending on what I need, and then I make decisions on what to do. I have never cured a patient because I don't cure anybody, my patients cure themselves; I only give guidelines.
In my practice I use a lot of meat. I also utilize a 'fat loading day', with organic meats, fats and extra virgin olive oil and vinegar. I use this technique with my overweight patients, because I have to teach the body to burn fat and to do that the body has to eat fat. There is no one diet that works for everyone, because of differences related to:
1-sex
2-race
3-exercise
4-relationships
5-work
6-country
7-height
8-drugs
9-support
10-motivation
11-weight
With my overweight and obese patients, I do use the pemmican bars on a fat loading day or exercise day, taking into consideration some of the variables above.
On the raw vs cooked issue, my answer is going to surprise a lot of people; IT DEPENDS ON THE SOURCE OF THE MEAT OR FISH.
If the meat comes from US Wellness Meats, it can actually be eaten raw or lightly cooked and pink or red inside. If commercially bought, or fast food, it has to be cooked, because of too much contact with people, bacteria, and toxins.
Every time you overcook something you degrade it and change the molecular structure of it. Organic meat should be cooked to a 'medium or medium rare' at the most. I advise people to cook meat by "browning" it on the outside, but red or pink in the inside.
A great way to prepare organic beef is to use olive oil, onions, peppers, garlic, and sea salt. Saute' for 5 minutes, with enough olive oil to cover the meat. Place the meat in the pan without cooking for about one hour, then sear the meat on both sides. I love using the US Wellness sandwich steaks for this recipe.
Question:
What is the difference between the cholesterol levels of your beef and the beef that I get in the market? I had high cholesterol levels and I had to cut out steak and red meat which I love. I am also a strongman competitor and I know the benefits of good protein daily.
Jesse said that his LDL went down 50 points with this beef.
Mark
Dear Mark:
Great question!
There are no differences in cholesterol structure, but the difference is in the type of fats. Let me first explain by saying that a non-organic beef will have a lot more saturated fat and within those fats, a lot of toxins, which interfere with the way you metabolize those fats and how it affects your cholesterol.
The fats in organic meat are in different ratios because of what the animals consume and they are without toxins because they are not feed pesticides or hormones, which also affects your cholesterol.
People watch what they eat, and follow the saying, "you are what you eat", but we need to pay attention to the diet of the animals we are consuming. Organic beef will influence your overall cholesterol up to a point, but not the LDL (the bad cholesterol).
In my office I see people's cholesterol improve with organic beef, meaning that the total cholesterol might go up a little, but the good cholesterol goes way up (HDL) and the bad cholesterol (LDL) goes down. Now when they eat regular beef, cheeses or even chickens that are not organically raised their bad (LDL) cholesterol goes up.
The following are my general rules for keeping your cholesterol under control:
1-Consume only organic meats.
2-Avoid dairy and cheeses for 4 weeks.
3-Avoid sweets and juices (yes juices are sugar!)
4-Avoid carbohydrates, except sweet potatoes and whole brown rice, and only consume after physical activity.
5-Beer is a big elevator for cholesterol, so avoid beer.
6-Drink plenty of water.
7-Nuts will raise your good cholesterol, but try to eat organic nuts.
8-Elevated cholesterol can also indicate a hormonal problem, because in actuality cholesterol is not bad, it is one of your must important antioxidants and the mother of 90% of your hormones, so if your cholesterol is high it might indicate a hormonal imbalance.
9-Stress will elevate cholesterol because it is required for the formation of cortisone.
10-Over training will increase cholesterol, so it means that you need to make adjustments in your training schedule.
11-Check your cholesterol after four weeks see if you notice an improvement.
Take care and let me know how you do in four weeks!
Dr. Serrano
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Shane Ellison, The People's Chemist
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People's Chemist Approved #3 "Back to Beef" thanks to www.uswellnessmeats.com
US Wellness Meats is so tasty, natural and healthy that millions of
vegetarian's are switching back to beef just by the smell of their many
products. Well, maybe not millions. Nonetheless, if you have previously
feared beef due to Grocery Store Fat Traps,
improperly treated and fed farm animals, antibiotics, hormones or
massive cannibalism you can relinquish that fear and get back to beef.
I drove the beautiful plains of Iowa to be reminded how much I love
mountains and beaches and also to meet personally with the founders of
US Wellness Meats.
I can attest to their honesty and rigid
standards of "grass fed" agriculture. They work
day and night to provide superior beef products.
My favorites are pemmican, beef jerky,
nitrate free bacon and the burgers! My burgers
are so rare I have to use the bun to keep the meat from
jumping off my plate.
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Whatever your taste buds
crave, you can have it delivered to your door!
Stop standing in line at Wal-Mart (and reading Oprah
Magazine) for inferior food. The meat might as well
be called "franken-Meat." And you already know that
Dr. Phil is the nicest guy in the world but can't
seem to lose those extra pounds and that Oprah
pushes Splenda via the knot-head turned health guru Mr. Bob Green. So get outta Wal-Mart and Get back to beef:
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And for the record, the human body was made to eat beef. Need proof?
Here it is: pancreatic enzymes and a gall bladder. Rather than outfit
most of us with long vampire teeth to gnaw on meat, we were blessed
with these biological gizmos to allow for the consumption, digestion
and extraction of nutrients and healthy fat offered by beef. Enjoy. And
happy gnawing to all those who didn't get the gizmos and instead were
born with unsightly fangs - like the Dracula docs who push Lipitor (see
Stinky Sulfur Award #2).
Attention Vegetarians: DON'T EMAIL ME
POO-POOING about my love affair with beef. I love veggies too. Neither
of them are jealous of the other. They successfully co-exist in my
kitchen. The Holy-Cow isn't holy for nothin'. But, if it works for you,
great! I'm The People's Chemist not The People's Tyrant. Eat veggies
all day if you want - just make sure it's for the right reasons. And
use a toothpick to get those spinach chunks out of your teeth. But heed
this warning: If you're a skinny vegetarian Mom-in-a-thong and raise
your children under the "Monsanto funded health myth" that dictates,
"Soy is good for kids" then forget it! Your child is gonna grow up
despising you when he or she realizes how gullible you were - and how
outta-whack their hormones and lives are as a result. You might as well
start adding some birth control pills and a Jack-and-Coke-chaser to
that artificial nipple...An infant who is fed exclusively soy formula
receives the estrogen equivalent of about five birth control pills per
day (Sally Fallon, Mary Enig. Well Being Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, August 2007). Good ol' fashioned whey is a million times better. "Soy destroys."
Too bad most pets are fed better than children these days...
Get some good quality beef for yourself or your pet here: www.uswellnessmeats.com. And if you are a grocery store, be a hero and start removing Grocery Store Fat Traps and replace them with US Wellness Meats! Your community is dying for it!
By Shane Ellison, M.Sc.
Author Health Myths Exposed and Hidden Truth about Cholesterol Lowering Drugs
Organic Chemist
www.thepeopleschemist.com
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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING
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Dear U.S. Wellness Meats:
I had to
write and thank you for your slow roasted shredded beef W/barbecue sauce.I had
tried the regular a while back; however, I gave BBQ shredded a try with
my recent
order.
WOW! It's wonderful. We're big barbecue nuts here in N.C., (I
personally don't like the NC barbecue - prefer Texas or Kansas City style). I
served the shredded beef w/barbecue sauce to a few guests and they were
hooked!
I'm
sorry now that I didn't order more than 2 pounds!
I did order 25lb of hamburger, so I'll just have to fix it
first!
Thanks
again for providing, safe, healthy, beef and beef
products.
S.K.
Wake
Forest, NC
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Sizzling Steaks with Roasted Garlic Pesto
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INGREDIENTS:
2 lbs ribeyes or filets or NY strips
2 bulbs garlic
2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
4 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary
2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS:
- Preheat grill to medium.
- For pesto, cut top from garlic bulb to expose cloves inside.
- Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with rosemary.
- Place on sheet of foil and seal on top.
- Grill directly 30 minutes or until garlic is soft.
- Squeeze cloves into a small bowl, add olive oil rosemary from foil, and stir in Parmesan cheese.
- While garlic is grilling, season steaks with salt and pepper to taste and place on grill.
- Cook 10-14 minutes for medium rare, turning once
- steak with garlic pesto before serving. Serves 2-4.
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$25 DISCOUNT FOR 40 LB. INCREMENTS
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Do not forget
to take advantage of the 40 pound $25 discount by ordering 40 pound
combinations of beef,
lamb,
pork,
butter,
goat,
shrimp
and raw
cheese.
This is our way of saying thank you for purchasing in volume. This
can be any combination of products totaling 40 pounds and does not have to be
specific to any category. Each 40 pound interval will yield the discount. For example,
80 pounds of product will yield a $50 discount and a 120 pound purchase will
yield a $75 discount.
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MINIMUM PURCHASE RULES
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Our new format enacted in April 2005 requires a $75 minimum
purchase and a 7 pound minimum combined purchase of beef,
lamb,
pork,
nutraceuticals,
gourmet
rabbit, soap,
organic
shrimp, grass-fed
goat, grass-fed
bison, raw
cheese, single
piece poultry, and butter.
The issue is the bulk chicken and ten pound cheese bundles originate from
separate cold storage centers where those products are produced. It is not
efficient to ship one package of beef as a stand alone item when the balance of
the order originates 400 miles away.
The shopping cart will keep track and remind you if you are under the 7 pound
limit for a combination of beef, lamb, pork, raw cheese, butter, goat, shrimp,
soap and single honey bottle purchases. Red font will appear under the shopping
cart if you are under the minimum price or pound requirements
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CUSTOMER CHANGE CONTACT INFO LINK
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Need to change your address information or remove yourself from
our customer newsletter? Click
here. After opening, enter your email address and store password and you
will be able to edit your customer file.
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ON SALE ITEMS
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The following delicious sale items will expire at midnight CST June 23, 2007:
- Box 70 plain frank bundle containing 150 plain franks with sugar
- Box 24 NY Strip steak bundle with 12 fourteen ounce steaks
- Box 4AL - 25 one pound packages of 75% ground beef
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