On Monday, August 27, 2012 3:23:17 PM UTC-5, Steve Pope wrote:
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> >When yuo cook ground beef, unless it's extra lean crap, normal people
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> >under normal circumstances drain it of its fat. Like I said, I can
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> >think of no application where you would keep the liquid fat in the
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> >meat unless you're just a slob.
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> Actually, if it's grass fed ground beef, there is a belief that the
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> fat is good for you.
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Less bad for you would be more accurate: "Grass-based diets have been shown to enhance total conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) (C18:2) isomers, trans vaccenic acid (TVA) (C18:1 t11), a precursor to CLA, and omega-3 (n-3) FAs on a g/g fat basis. While the overall concentration of total SFAs is not different between feeding regimens, grass-finished beef tends toward a higher proportion of cholesterol neutral stearic FA (C18:0), and less cholesterol-elevating SFAs such as myristic (C14:0) and palmitic (C16:0) FAs."
source-- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846864/

CLA and TVA are healthful. When you see nutrition info on beef, and it lists a certain amount of trans fat, nearly *all* of that trans fat is the healthful TVA, rather than the infamous elaidic acid. Stearic acid is very good. A perfect source of calories for the ketone burner. Cocoa butter is the richest source I know of stearic acid. Chocolate is plain ass good for you. Myristic and palmitic acids are very bad. Even though grass fed is more healthful than corn fed, it still contains high levels of myristic and palmitic acids.
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> This, coupled with using lower-than-average ratios of beef to
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> other ingredients, might result in me sometimes keeping all the fat
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> in the finished dish. For example, a chili that works out
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> to 1 ounce, or 1.5 ounces of ground beef per bowl.
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My chili is very heavy on the beef. I typically use 1 can of Chilli Man Lean Beef variety canned chili, 1 pound of ground beef, added cumin, and usually added Williams brand chili seasoning. Sometimes I add various peppers, bell and/or chile.
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> Steve

--Bryan