marrow/Re: why skim the fat?

[Guest guest]

> Sometimes little pieces of bone fly all over my kitchen, but it's

all

> in good fun.

>

> HAHAHA. And the marrow tastes good to ?

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I've never heard of a single person not liking marrow...

I recall this from the Beyond Veg site (I haven't gotten the full

article for my files yet):

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In the 1920s and 1930s, the pediatrician Clara conducted

pioneering studies, now considered classic, and published at least 12

papers on the selection of diets by infants and young children (

1928, 1934, 1938, 1939). In the first study ( 1928), three

infants (7-9 months old) were involved, two for six months and the

third for one year. In 1939, reported in much less detail the

results of a study involving 12 more children over a period ranging

from 6 months to 4.5 years ( 1939). The research protocol was

the same for both studies.

Of the 34 foods offered, 90% of the energy intake for all three

infants was derived from 14 foods. Of these, 9 were preferred by all

three infants (bone marrow, milk, eggs, banana, apples, oranges,

cornmeal, whole wheat, and oatmeal). Bone marrow was the largest

single source of calories (27%) for one infant, whereas milk provided

the bulk of calories for the other two (19 and 39%). All three

infants shared a low preference for 10 vegetables, as well as for

pineapple, peaches, liver, kidney, ocean fish, and sea salt. These

foods constituted less than 10% of the total energy intake.

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Mike

SE Pennsylvania