HEALTH! ! ! What a big, big, subject. Health care is the largest and the fastest growing industry in our economy. Good health is the one thing that is desired by every single person. It is our fear of not having it or losing it that fuels the health industry. Our interest in health is not a bad thing, but your understanding of it is more important. Research in it's purest form is an attempt to discover an unknown and the minute it becomes a tool to prove what the researcher, or their sponsors, think it becomes flawed. In my opinion, as a trained researcher, I think that the majority of our present health research is flawed. I do not mean that the majority of health research is incorrect, but that we do not know if it is or not . We do know that there is continual reporting of opposite research results. There is too much information reported suggesting what we should and should not eat. That information is often flawed. The reporters of these opinions often only tell us what they want us to hear. For example, you never hear anyone report that we should not eat broccoli. However, broccoli is a major contributer to blood clotting which causes many deaths annually. Another example is you continually hear that we should not eat fat yet fat is an essential component for our brain development.

Now we should review the things that we do know. We do know exactly where we have been but can only project or guess where we are going. I think what we know about where we've been should be an indicater for where we must go. One of the first things I remember from my early days is that there were almost no obese people but there was abundant food. Our diet was meat, potatoes, bread, cheese and beans. There was no refrigeration thus no fruit or vegetables. I remember later it was reported that fat was unhealthy so we got margarine, lean meat and still got more obese. Then we got diet food, non fat everything, nutrition programs and still more obese. Next was the news that we should eat nothing but carbohydrates, then came no carbohydrates and we are becoming more obese. This is history and it proves that we don't know what we are doing.

Actually we should enjoy the food that we like in moderation. Beef is the most preferred food and it has taken the hardest hit from the flawed science. Our goal as representatives of the Wagyu family is to make sure that growers and consumers both understand that beef is healthy and that monounsaturated and omega 3 fats are essential for our health. It is widely known that Wagyu beef is the most tender and best tasting. But just as important is the fact that Wagyu beef contains a much higher percentage of the healthy fats (lipids) than any other breed of cattle. The bottom line is that we produce the most healthy and best tasting beef that will ever be available.

To varify these comments please Google "Wagyu meat " where you will find over 160 articles, advertisements, and research publications from institutions like; Texas A&M University, Washington St. University, Penn. St. University, Arizona St. University, Colorado St. University, The U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center Nebraska etc. Most research here is initiated for the purpose of finding facts and can be considered true.

We know that our animals are healthy. They are all natural, no growth hormones or antibiotics and totally traceable for four generations. Our Wagyu cattle are not only more genetically healthy for consumers they come to your program healthy.