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| AlexF |
Beef Nutrient Breakdownhttp://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=139331lb Raw Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat Nutrient Units 1 lb------- Water g 280.96 Energy kcal 1152 Energy kj 4817 Protein g 77.88 Total lipid (fat) g 90.72 Ash g 3.81 Carbohydrate, g 0.00 Fiber g 0.0 Sugars, total g 0.00 Minerals Calcium, Ca mg 82 Iron, Fe mg 8.80 Magnesium, Mg mg 77 Phosphorus, P mg 717 Potassium, K mg 1225 Sodium, Na mg 304 Zinc, Zn mg 18.96 Copper, Cu mg 0.277 Manganese, Mn mg 0.050 Selenium, Se mcg 68.0 Vitamins Vitamin C mg 0.0 Thiamin mg 0.195 Riboflavin mg 0.676 Niacin mg 19.174 Pantothenic acid mg 2.273 Vitamin B-6 mg 1.465 Folate, total mcg 32 Folic acid mcg 0 Folate, food mcg 32 Folate, DFE mcg_DFE 32 Choline, total mg 255.8 Vitamin B-12 mcg 9.71 Vitamin A, IU 0 Vitamin A, RAE mcg_RAE 0 Retinol mcg 0 Vitamin E mg 1.86 Vitamin K mcg 8.2 Lipids Fatty acids, saturated g 34.800 Fatty acids, monounsaturated g 39.722 Fatty acids, polyunsaturated g 2.363 Fatty acids, total trans g 5.588 Cholesterol mg 322 |
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| jeff |
Who would have guessed that beef is teeming with so many nutrients?
I especially like the fat breakdown. Interesting to note that there in more mono-unsaturated fat than saturated.....yet they are always blithering about all the sat fat in beef and that we should be eating more mono's.  Of course, we know that sat fat is healthy too. 
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| AlexF |
311.52 calories from protein 816.48 calories from fat That ratio looks really good to me! 
Notice also the high amount of Potassium. I would have expected a pound of ground meat to contain more protein than that. |
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| lex_rooker |
What most people forget is that meat is mostly water. 78g protein and 91g fat is 169 grams. There are about 452g in a lb. That leaves a little more than 280g (or 63% by weight) as water in every pound of meat. This is actually pretty calorie/nutrient dense compared to plant foods like fruits and vegetables, many of which are 85 - 95% water. Lex |
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