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Some good news about beef from a nutritionist

Faster horses

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The title of the article I found online was
5 "bad foods" you should eat. One of the 5 was beef. (The
others were peanut butter; eggs; chocolate; and potatoes.

The bad rep: Beef is full of saturated fat and dietary cholesterol, so people who care about their hearts should avoid it.
The good truth: Lean cuts of beef are a low-fat source of protein and iron, a mineral essential for getting oxygen from the lungs to cells throughout the body—and one many women (of childbearing age) are deficient in. There are many lean cuts of steaks: filet mignon, sirloin, strip steak, flank steak. If you can’t remember the names, pick steaks that are deep red with a relatively small amount of marbling—a fancy name for fat—to find lean cuts. Click here for a Bistro Flank Steak Sandwich that has only 3 grams of saturated fat per serving!

I tried to post the link, but it won't work, so try www.eatingwell.com

That worked for me, and the article is on the first page.
 

jamiehuggins

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I wrote a paper about how beef wasn't bad for you and found a lot of interesting things that I hadn't known previously such as, it only takes 3 ounces of beef (which is roughly the size of a computer mouse) to meet the need of most of the nutrients that are found in beef. To get the same amount of zinc from tuna as you would beef you would have to eat 11 and 2/3 3 ounce servings. For B12 you would have to eat 7 3 ounce boneless skinless chicken breast. 3 ounces of lean beef contribute only 10% of the calories in a 2000 calorie diet while supplying at least 10% of the 9 essential nutrients. There are some pretty interesting facts that get over looked out there.
 
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