> Bruce Kleisner wrote:
> Can anyone explain the rabbit-starvation described by
> Stefansson and other explorers? Is it just a result of
> not eating enough Calories? Or "protein toxicity"?

I believe the problem is that the body has an upper limit on the
amount of protein it can convert to glucose per day. This combined with an
insufficient amount of fat in rabbits leads to "rabbit starvation."

> A pound of 93/7 extra lean ground beef has approximately
> 90g protein, 30g fat, 630 Calories, 57% protein, 43% fat.
> You'd eat 3 pounds (270g protein) to get 1890 Calories.

I'm curious where you got your numbers. Is the 93/7 ratio by weight or by
volume? If it is by weight then that should be 93g protein and 7g fat. If by
volume then I'm not sure what the ratio would be.

-Tad