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Types of Meat

The document discusses different types of meats, including pork, beef, lamb, chicken, turkey, venison, duck, wild boar. It outlines the main cuts and benefits and concerns of each meat. Pork is high in vitamin B1 and contains selenium and zinc. Beef contains heart-healthy oleic acid and CLA. Lamb is rich in nutrients but expensive. Chicken is affordable but high in omega-6. Turkey provides protein, iron, B vitamins and tryptophan. Venison prevents diseases. Duck contains selenium and B vitamins. Wild boar has more omega-3 than pork but higher omega-6/omega-3 ratio.

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Types of Meat

The document discusses different types of meats, including pork, beef, lamb, chicken, turkey, venison, duck, wild boar. It outlines the main cuts and benefits and concerns of each meat. Pork is high in vitamin B1 and contains selenium and zinc. Beef contains heart-healthy oleic acid and CLA. Lamb is rich in nutrients but expensive. Chicken is affordable but high in omega-6. Turkey provides protein, iron, B vitamins and tryptophan. Venison prevents diseases. Duck contains selenium and B vitamins. Wild boar has more omega-3 than pork but higher omega-6/omega-3 ratio.

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Pork is classed as red meat because it contains a large amount of myoglobin

Different cuts of pork:


• Bacon
• Ham
• Hot dogs
• Jamon
• Prosciutto
• Salami
• Sausages

BENEFITS
1. Significant source of thiamin (vitamin B1)
2. Pork contains decent amounts of selenium and zinc

CONCERNS
Pork is more susceptible to bacterial contamination and food-borne
illnesses than other meat; ensuring pork is thoroughly cooked is
essential
BEEF

BENEFITS
Despite fearmongering over the fat content of beef,
the main fatty acid in beef is none other than oleic
acid
Beef contains a wide variety of beneficial compounds
that include creatine, conjugated linoleic acid (CLA),
and glutathione
CONCERNS
1. Excessive beef consumption can increase
circulating iron to unhealthy levels
in some individuals.
2. Overcooking beef (burning) can lead to the
formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs) and heterocyclic amines (HCAs).
LAMB and MUTTON

• lamb: less than a year old,


mutton: meat of an adult
sheep
• most popular are lamb chops
• very healthy
• omega 6 to3 ratio is very low
• rich in zinc, selenium and B
vitamins
• very expensive
CHICKEN
• “white meat”
• very cheap and affordable
• less fat/calories compared to other
meats but same protein content
• stock/broth offers significant
amount of gelatin and collagen
(since their bones are less dense)
• good source of vitamins and
minerals particularly selenium,
potassium, phosphorus and B
vitamins
• contains excessive amount of
omega 6
• E.coli and salmonella is too
common in chicken
TURKEY MEAT
TURKEY MEAT, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS
JUST TURKEY, IS THE MEAT FROM TURKEYS.
IT IS A POULTRY PRODUCT.
HEALTH BENEFITS OF TURKEY MEAT
 TURKEY IS RICH SOURCE OF PROTEIN, IRON, ZINC, POTASSIUM AND
PHOSPHORUS
 IT IS ALSO A SOURCE OF VITAMIN B6 AND NIACIN, WHICH ARE BOTH
ESSENTIAL FOR THE BODY’S ENERGY PRODUCTION
 TURKEY CONTAINS THE AMINO ACID TRYPTOPHAN, WHICH PRODUCES
SEROTONIN AND PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN STRENGTHENING THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM
 IT IS ALSO A SOURCE OF SELENIUM, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR THYROID
HORMONE METABOLISM. IT ALSO BOOSTS IMMUNITY AND ACTS AS AN
ANTIOXIDANT
VENISON MEAT
HEALTH BENEFITS OF
VENISON MEAT
PREVENTING KIDNEY DISEASE
 VENISON IS DERIVED FROM THE PREVENTING HIGH-LEVEL HOMOESTEIN
MEDIEVAL FRENCH
MAINTAINING THE BONE HEALTH
WORD VENESOUN, WHICH
ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED THE MEAT OF PREVENTING ANEMIA
ANY LARGE ANIMAL, NOT JUST DEER. ADDING MUSCLE MASS
 VENISON CAN BE USED TO REFER TO CURING UP LUNG DISEASE
ANY PART OF THE DEER, SO LONG AS
PREVENTING HEART ATTACK
IT CAN BE CONSUMED, INCLUDING
THE FLESH AND INTERNAL ORGANS
Duck Meat
Benefits Duck provides a significant
-one of the less popular types of
amount of selenium, phosphorus, and B
meat
vitamins. These vitamins are all important
- Like chicken and turkey, duck for optimal energy production and a well-
functioning immune system
is also considered as a kind of
Concerns Making duck at home—or having a roast
white meat.
duck—is perfectly healthy. However, be aware
that in Chinese cuisine, duck often comes in
sauces made from a variety of additives including
sugars, oils, and monosodium glutamate (MSG).
Wild Boar Benefits As it lives and feeds in its natural
environment, wild boar contains a higher
- Wild boar is a non-domesticated proportion of omega-3 fatty acids.

pig that lives in the wild. Wild boar contains an array of


health-protective nutrients, in particularly
- This type of meat contains a B vitamins, selenium, and zinc.
Concerns Despite containing a higher amount of
higher proportion of protein and a
omega-3, the omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is still very
smaller amount of fat than regular high.

Trichinella spiralis, a parasite sometimes


pork.
found in pigs, occasionally contaminates wild boar
meat. There have been several outbreaks of this in
recent years, but it is very rare

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