Re: hamburger values

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Because of this variability and uncertainty, I don't use ground beef,

just chicken and fish.

The best way to do the calculations is to weigh the food raw and use raw

values. Then use a cooking method that retains all the nutrients. If I

were to use ground beef, I would use the raw values (if available), cook

in a pan and scrape out everything into the meal. I believe this would

be the most accurate. I think that the values on the packages are for

the raw product. You can call the producer to confirm.

With the cooked products, you will probably have to do research on the

data in the USDA database and its reference articles. I haven't had time

to do that and prefer to use non-animal fat sources of fat.

For chicken and fish, I don't use the raw values because of practical

reasons in handling. I use the cooked values for these and try to bake,

not over-cooking.

Maybe your dietician can assist in these calculations.

Hope this helps.

Bill

michelle paulson wrote:

> OK - dumb question here - I don't typically use ground

> beef for 's meals just b/c I never know what

> values to use BUT decided to make a go of it tonight.

> I originally used the values in the Stanford meal

> planner and came up w/a meal plan. I then went in to

> the " food values " section and changed the ground beef

> to match the sticker values from the grocery store.

> Went back to check my original meal plan and it was

> WAY off. Figured the values Stanford used were AFTER

> frying. Also am figuring the values listed on the

> sticker were pre-cooked. Thus the differences. What

> to use? I already fried the hamburger cause I didn't

> want to deal w/raw meat each meal so I guess I'm

> answering my own question here - I'm stuck w/the

> averages the meal planner has, right?

>

> Does anyone ever have any problems w/ground beef since

> there are so many different per cent fats in ground

> beef?

>

> UGH....

> (mom to - low carnitine so am trying

> to boost it naturally)

>

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