Sean Croxton of Underground Wellness is having another on-line conference. Each presenter's video will be available for free for 24 hours. I registered and am listening to the first presenter, though the event doesn't start until Sunday, July 8th.

http://realfoodsummit.com/

Beth

Registered! I've been arguing something like that for a long time.

Is Matt Stone always a participant in these things for purely entertainment purposes?

LOL! I was wondering that one myself when I saw his name in there. XD

I signed up when Chris Kresser blogged about this yesterday, and inadvertently qualified for a free organic gardening subscription. I wonder if this is sent through the post and if they're actually going to ship it all the way to Australia for me?

Really excited about Joel Salatin being involved. He's a real hero of mine. (Actually, pretty excited about many of the names on the list, just his in particular, as I'm in the process of starting my own family farm soon anyway and love his ideas and methods and principles.)

I hope a few of the speakers, like Salatin, will talk about how to get involved in the real food political activism. It seems that our options to buy real food at reasonable prices is dwindling, thanks to the powerful vested interests.

actually, never mind. Nothing to see here, move along!

I'm listening to Salatin now, and by his definition of real food, I can't afford to eat it.

You'd better eat something. At 148 lbs, you'll waste away soon enough if you don't! lol Seriously, congrats on your weightloss!

Thanks for the congrats, RawNut. I can't say that I recommend the high-stress technique of long-term unemployment I used to accomplish these last 12 lbs., though.

I can afford industrial meat, just loaded with antibiotic metabolites, pesticide residues, and omega-6 fats. The inflammation from that is probably why my total lipid panel came back wonky (see journal for details).

Oh, sorry to hear that A.J. I'll hop on over to your journal.

Really enjoyed Barry Groves presentation. Excellent points made.

Lee

Me too. I agree. Very compelling.

So did I. Seems that inexpensive cuts of meats with LOTS of fat would be just fine for our health.

Fine if they are grass fed & finished, but if you can only afford supermarket meat and the animal was corn fed, how bad is that? Would it be better to go with a moderate fat cheap meat and then add another more affordable fat to it?

Grass-fed is too lean to be useful for energy. Corn-fed is very fat depending on how long they're corn-fed. I understand there's a few small differences in the o3/o6 ratio and content, but there's a far more important and far more significant difference in the saturated fat content. In terms of significance, o3/o6 is measured in milligrams, saturated fat is measured in grams. We're talking about orders of magnitude. If Barry is right, it's the saturated fat we should go for, and lots of it too. That's what I've been thinking myself even before I listened to Barry.

It also depends on the species. For example, Angus is much fatter than Jersey but it's also about 3x the price. I doubt there's 3x the nutrition in Angus meat. And if we corn-feed Jerseys, we get meat that's just as fat as Angus, but 1/3 the price if not cheaper because it's now fatter and thus less desirable for the masses, and basically the same nutrition. Also, the "more affordable fat" you talk about comes from corn-fed cows so there's basically no difference in your proposition.