Until recent times, human beings ate a diet that was pretty well balanced in the two essential fatty acids.  Today our diets are highly out of balance with Omega-6 fatty acids being 15 to 20 times higher than Omega-3 fatty acids.  This shift has been brought about by our use of grain-based cooking oils and the widespread grain feeding of ruminant animals.

Omega-3 fatty acids come from the green leaves of plants, and cattle that eat grass will have high amounts of Omega-3 fatty acids in their meat and milk.  Omega 3 is essential to the well being of the human body, however our bodies cannot make it.  Omega 3 tells our bodies to make lean muscle mass, and fights inflammatory diseases as well as diabetes and cancer.

Omega-6 fatty acids come from seeds of plants (grain), and animals that are grain-fed  (corn, oats, etc.) will be high in Omega-6 fatty acids.  Omega 6 does the same thing to us as it does to steers and pigs-it tells our bodies to store fat! 

Medical research has shown that tumors injected with pure Omega-6 fatty acid grew four times as fast as before.  In contrast, tumors cease to grow when injected with pure Omega-3 fatty acid.  We need more Omega 3 in our diets to balance out the Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio.  These fatty acids both play an important role in our bodies, but they must be in balance.

Because we live in a northern climate, our cows are on grass only 7 months of the year.  The other 5 months, the cows are fed stored grasses.  Because feed very small amounts of corn, the Omega 3 factor is kept as high as possible.