In a message dated 9/22/02 5:50:28 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

> I'm confused as to why
>>the typical US feedlot meat is considered to be highly saturated when
>the
>>cows, pigs are eating corn  & soybeans

It isn't the fat content of the corn or soybeans that determines the fat on
the animal so much. They are not particularly fatty foods. It's the starch
content --  excess starch or sugar is turned into fat -- the fat that mammals
make and store is saturated -- even us. (which makes the whole campaign
against saturated fat particularly wierd).  However, much of the saturated
fat on a cow or pig is C-18 (stearic acid) and it appears to be neutral in
terms of serum cholesterol. I don't worry as much about the fat content of my
steak as I do the hormones and pesticides that could lurking there. Can't
always afford organic though -- so sometime we just take our chances.


Namaste, Liz
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