Re: Molybdenum: deficiency, sources, heating f ood

[Guest guest]

> It is interesting that many information sources omit the one food that has

> the highest concentrations of Molybdenum: shellfish.

Not only is it interesting, it's also a pattern. They do the same thing for

folate when they list sources of folate; greens, grains, and beans all make

the list while liver doesn't...even though poultry livers are one of the

absolute richest sources of it.

Side note on folate: I've heard repeatedly that dietary sources of folate

may be difficult to absorb, and that supplemental forms may be easier to

absorb. For this reason, many sources recommend supplementation. I can't

help but wonder if, like in the case of iron, vegetable sources of folate

are less available than animal sources. ( Can any of our dieticians or

dieticians in training comment on this? ) If so, it's no wonder that " food

sources " come across as poor sources since they systematically ignore

non-plant sources of the nutrient. We wouldn't be the first animal to be

shown to have a dietary NEED for liver. Besides, it stands to reason that

since liver receives the greatest degree of demonization among vegetarian

circles, that it's probably the most valuable food there is. ;-)

Zinc is another great example. You'll hear about eating grains, beans,

seeds, and nuts, but you won't hear about beef or lamb. To be fair, you

will likely hear about oysters, but it's hard to ignore a food (oysters)

that contains several times more zinc than any other single source.

B Vitamins? Everybody knows they come from grains, beans, yeast and

sometimes vegetables. It's not often that you hear about just how rich even

basic muscle meat is in b vitamins....and liver, of course, is off the

charts in b vitamins.

The list goes on. It's so ridiculous that I wouldn't doubt that soon meat

won't make the lists for sources of protein or iron. Let there be no doubt

that there is institutional bias against animal products. What I find

fascinating (and I'm sure will second this) is that in the time it

took me to type the sentence about institutional bias AGAINST animal

products, I'd bet dozens if not scores of vegans all over the world just

said something similar but opposite.

It boggles the mind...

[Guest guest]

At 04:40 PM 3/21/2002 -0600, you wrote:

>Besides, it stands to reason that

>since liver receives the greatest degree of demonization among vegetarian

>circles, that it's probably the most valuable food there is. ;-)

;-) I like your perspective.

-=mark=-

[Guest guest]

....

>It's not often that you hear about just how rich even

> basic muscle meat is in b vitamins....and liver, of course, is off

the

> charts in b vitamins.

This answers a question I've had for quite a long time. Although, I'd

like to confirm. I've been told that digesting (metabolizing?) meat

increases the need for B vitamins. But meat contains a lot of them,

then no need to take any extra? Do they get destroyed when meat is

cooked? Is there any type of cooking when the B vitamins remain

largely intact?

Roman