The Meat Mafia Newsletter #25
5 ways to get the best sleep of your life, why you should pre-salt your steaks, and our simple recipe for anxiety & Depression
ICYMI: MMP #122: Leaving the Corporate World to Become a Farmer featuring Sam Moffett
Sam Moffett started his career in advertising and marketing. After years of working at a desk with waning fulfillment, Sam and his family pulled the trigger on a radical lifestyle change: starting a farm. In 2017, he and his family embarked on launching Shirttail Creek Farm outside of Austin, Texas. Please enjoy!
Quick Hitter:
We have normalized many things in society that should not be normalized. We are allowed to consume poison in the form of sugar & carbohydrates, watch endless amounts of pornography, and allow predatory marketing to kids (The average child sees over 20 ads per day of food high in sugar & fat). However we cannot even buy raw milk (milk in its purest form) legally in many states. Our national metabolic health crisis is a reflection of these “normalizations.” We must keep questioning the narrative and fight for truth.
🥩Recipe of the Week: Quick and Easy Carnivore Meal Prep and Dry Brine Aging with Dr. Anthony Chaffee!
In this short 4-minute video, Dr. Chaffee discusses how he preps his steaks for the week.
He leverages a technique called “dry-brining” which involves salting the steak and letting it rest. This technique allows for the steak to become much juicier and have an unbelievable flavor profile.
This technique is also incredibly convenient, as the steaks will be sitting in your fridge pre-salted and ready to cook. All you have to do is grab and go!
Please enjoy. 🥩
🍗 Our (Permanent) Snack of the Week: The Carnivore Bar
This week’s newsletter would not be possible without the support of our good friends over at The Carnivore Bar!
The Carnivore Bar is exactly as it sounds. It is pure, ancestral nutrition with minimal ingredients: Ground Beef, Salt, and Tallow. It is also absolutely delicious. Philip Meece (Carnivore Bar Founder) has made a way to make the product creamy yet crunchy at the same time.
They currently offer three flavors: Salted, Not Salted, and Honey. Each bar contains 400 calories, 27g fat, 17g protein, and 410mg of sodium. 2 of these bars make a legitimate meal replacement, which will keep you "on the path" when traveling. The bars are grass-fed, grass-finished and are directly sourced from Joyce Farms.
The Carnivore Bar is also veteran-owned and operated with the highest integrity. We are hosted Philip on episode #86 of the podcast and were very excited to learn more about his story & inspiration for creating this product.
If you want to get your hands on these delicious Real Food Bars, use this link and enter in MAFIA to get 10% off your first order!
🧠Thought of the week: A simple recipe for Anxiety & Depression
😴5 Tips to have the best night of sleep EVER
Sleep is the foundational layer to our metabolic health. You can the best quality food, exercise for multiple hours a day, but if your sleep is not optimized, none of it matters.
Here are 5 things you can implement tonight to instantly improve your quality of sleep and improve your metabolic health:
No screens: Get off your phone and screens at least 2 hours before you go to bed. The blue light emitted by your screens hinders the production of melatonin, the hormone that controls your circadian rhythm (your body's internal clock).
Black out room: Invest in a great pair of blackout curtains to completely darken the room. They cost as little as $20. You can also utilize a quality eye mask that will add another layer of darkness protection. I use MZOO, and it cost me $20 on Amazon. Amazing product.
Mouth Tape: Using mouth tape over your lips sounds simple but has some incredible benefits. The tape encourages you to breathe out of your nose instead of your mouth. Nose breathing is how we are naturally meant to breathe.
Glycine: Glycine, a simple amino acid, is shown to be a powerful sleep aid. One study showed that participants that took 3g of powdered glycine noticed a significantly improved night's sleep.
Cut the Coffee Early: Caffeine surprisingly has a half-life of 5 hours. That means if you drink a coffee with 100mg of caffeine at 5 pm, 50 mg of caffeine will still be in your system at 10 pm when you are trying to fall to sleep.
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