Re: Re: Posting and high zinc foods

March 27, 2002

Group,

Sorry, forgot to sign off.

Joe

At 01:19 PM 3/27/02 +0000, you wrote:

>Francesca and all,

>I tried to post this earlier but I think the message got zapped into

>cyberspace. I noticed others were having problems too. Francesca

>asked about high zinc food other than oysters. Beef is very high in

>zinc, as well as iron (which is difficult for the body to absorb from

>veges), and selenium. A 6 oz siloin steak with all fat trimmed is

>365 calories and has 71% RDA'a of zinc, 55% iron, 151% selenium, 237%

>B12. As we know it does have a high amount of fat (particulatly

>saturated fat)so moderation in fat intake is important that day. Add

>a baked sweet potato, a large stalk of brocholi, half a cup of FF

>yogurt with 5 stawberries and you pretty much a Walford mega-meal for

>665 calories. Not bad for the classic old American meat and potatos

>meal. I tend to eat beef 3-4 times a month. Not a steady diet of

>it, but enough.

>

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