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According to the 9-month study by Davidson M.H., et al., on the comparison of the effects of lean red meat vs lean white meat on serum lipid levels among free-living persons with hypercholesterolemia, 202 men and women participating showed that lean red meat can be part of a cholesterol-lowering diet.
It may be surprising, but lean beef has only one more gram of saturated fat than a skinless chicken breast and six times more zinc, three times more iron, and eight times more vitamin B12. Go figure...
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* - Archives of Internal Medicine, 159:1331-1338, June 28, 1999. Source: US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 2002. USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 15. Nutrient Data Laboratory homepage www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp. Eye round roast NDB#13184, top round steak NDB#13217, top sirloin steak NDB#13287, boneless shoulder pot roast NDB#23515, round tip roast NDB#13200, shoulder steak NDB#23517, boneless skinless chicken breast NDB#05064.
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