More About Beef
Beef & Health
A healthy lifestyle requires lean beef as part of the daily nutritional diet. It is a rich source of protein and contains the nine essential amino acids that your body is unable to produce.
Protein is the primary nutrient in the diet and is indispensable.
• Protein serves as the building material for the body's muscles, connective tissue, bones, brain, blood, skin, hair and nails.
• Protein is of particular importance to the growing child and adolescent.
• Protein is essential in regulating the body's functions.
• Your immune system, that protects you against disease, is dependent on protein.
Red meat contains vitamin B complex (Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin), vitamins B6 and B12.
Beef is also an excellent source of minerals, especially iron, Zinc, Phosphorus, Potassium, Copper, Magnesium and Manganese.
For a limited, but adequate, intake of cholesterol, the Heart Foundation South Africa and Dietary Guidelines recommend that a total of 300 mg of cholesterol be consumed on a daily basis.
Research studies on South African Beef has been clear that a serving of 100 g of cooked boneless lean beef provides less than a third of the recommended intake. Karan Beef's commitment to consistently high standards ensures that their beef is not only A-grade in taste, tenderness and nutrition, but is also very lean by international standards. Our average carcass measured fat is only 13% compared to the USA average of 30%.
THE HORMONE MYTH
"How safe is our beef" is a topic of media attention which increases or decreases depending on rumour or incidents in the world's beef industry.
Very rarely are either the media of consumers at large sufficiently knowledgeable to make any kind of intelligent judgement on potential foodborne hazards. Their stance on the subject has traditionally been emotional and void of any scientific substatiation.
Dr. Dixie Lee, Governor of Washington State, made an interesting statement in 1989, " despite all the evidence of our physical wellbeing - beyond the dreams of all previous generations - we seem to have become a nation of easily frightened people. Perhaps we can be classified as the healthiest hypocondriacs in the world." The use of anebolic steroids in animal production, to enhance the well being of the animals while maximising feed efficiency, is one such perceived hazard which warrants objective comment.
The optimum growth of all body tissue is directly related to hormones. They are found everywhere in the animal kingdom and are secreted and comsumed by man and animal daily in varying amounts.
