Alpha lipoic acid is an important antioxidant in meat-
does anyone have any idea how it is affected by farming practice- ie
grass-fed or grain-fed?
Is it affected by cooking?
Ben Balzer

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From: Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] Beef calories


> >On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:
> >> Looking at 1kg of meat (beef)
> >> (divide by 2 or 4 if you eat "only" 1 lbs or .5 lbs)
> >>
> >> What             in 1kg beef    recommended   percentage
> >> Energy           1538.3 kcal    2600.0 kcal    59
>
> Todd Moody wrote:
> >This can't be right, Amadeus.  On the USDA database, 1 kg of raw
> >beef (composite) is about 2,500 kcal.
>
> In my nutrition programm I have 3 types of beef available
> fat, medium-fat and lean.
> The fat one has 17% fat and the 2500 kcal,
> the medium has 11%fat and 2000 kcal, lean 5% and 1538 kcal.
>
> After what i learned about wild game, i took the lean one
> in this example.
> This would also display the vimamins in the most positive view.
> Adding some calories by fat shouldn't be a problem - today.
>
> And as you know, I would opt to replace as much fat as possible
> by "good" fats, for example by olive oil, nut oils, flax, or if ever
> available (and who dares to eat) fatty fish.
>
> regards
> Amadeus
>
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