In a message dated 7/3/97 5:54:37 AM, you wrote:

>There is no gluten in
>grain-fed meat.  There are no phytates in it.  And there's barely enough
>carbohydrate to measure, let alone worry about.

Dean,

Loren Cordain points out that the n3:n6 ratio of _grain-fed_ cattle is way
out of wack when compared with that of _game_ animals. Altho he's unsure of
this, _free-range_ cattle probably have an n3:n6 ratio which is closer to
wild game. In addition, the total fat-to-lean composition and the relative
levels of the various types of fat in grain-fed, penned-up animals varies
greatly from game animals, and, therefore, probably free-range cattle, also.
He believes that the optimal fuel for humans is game animals, and that the
farther we stray from that standard the greater our chance of auto-immune
disease.

My (Loren's?) $0.02 worth.

Joe Friel