However, organic meat and grass-fed meat are not always one and the same. Frequently, organic beef or buffalo is fattened with “organically produced” grains, yielding the same poor ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 found in feedlot animals.TABLE 11.2Comparison of Animals’ Muscle Fatty Acid Concentrations (mg fatty acids/100 g sample) FATTY ACID ELK MULE DEER ANTELOPE SAT 610 989 895 MUFA 507 612 610 PUFA 625 746 754 Omega-3 PUFA 178 225 216 Omega-6 PUFA 448 524 536 FATTY ACID PASTURE-FED STEER GRAIN-FED STEER SAT 910 1,909 MUFA 793 1,856 PUFA 262 341 Omega-3 PUFA 61 46 Omega-6 PUFA 138 243 SAT = total saturated fatty acids; MUFA = total monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA = total polyunsaturated fatty acidsCommercially Available Game Meat and Other Exotic MeatsIn the United States, the commercial sale of hunted wild game is prohibited. So, unless you are a hunter, the only way to obtain game meat is to purchase meat that has been produced on game farms or ranches—but even that, except for buffalo, is difficult to find.
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