Here's a nice website: http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~food-lab/nat/  It looks like
an online browser of the USDA handbook data.  I checked "yam" and it has
the same error in Vitamin A that has been perpetuated through all the
editions.  Check it out.  No minerals or fatty acids, but %protein, carb,
fat, and some vitamins.


>Sometimes, when I wonder how much of some vitamin or mineral or whatever
>a certain food has on the paleo diet, it's hard to tell, because nothing
>I eat comes in a box or baggie with the information on it.  So this book
>comes in handy.  Also www.dole5aday.com has lots of info on fruits and
>vegetables, another useful source.  I thought I'd point these out.  Does
>anyone else know other good sources for vitamin, mineral,
>carbohydrates/proteins/fats, and so on?  Especially a source for the
>various amounts of omega-3 vs. omega-6 information.  Also, a cheap place
>to get buffalo would help.
>
>Ah -- one more thing.  I grill most of my meat.  I was wondering what
>effect grilling meat has on its fat content.  I've searched the web, but
>found nothing.  I even did some measurements with my little electric
>grill (40-70% of a burger pattie's fat comes out of it when it is
>grilled to medium).  Anyone have more information?
>
>Erik


Mary Thorpe
Teaching Support Specialist
Nutritional Science
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