Has anyone been eating animal fat, like tallow or lard? Any experiences?
I'm thinking about these as cheaper alternatives to coconut/olive oil. Although they are not that much cheaper, at 10eur/kg.
Animal fat (bone marrow)
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Re: Animal fat
Both seem to be made by cooking.. so not good.
I'll see to find raw beef fat though (suet), this is supposedly very cheap. And surprisingly has a pretty good omega 6/omega 3 ratio (2.5:1 according to USDA).
I'll see to find raw beef fat though (suet), this is supposedly very cheap. And surprisingly has a pretty good omega 6/omega 3 ratio (2.5:1 according to USDA).
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I just buy raw beef with lots of fat on it.
The fat tastes very good / satisfying.
The fat tastes very good / satisfying.
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I'm still thinking bout trying marrow sometimes, but somehow always end up giving it to my dog...
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Oh marrow is amazing! I'd never throw that away :) I just hate cutting the bones in order to get to it..
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giving it to my dog is not throwing it away 
Anyhow, do you buy organic marrow? Does it need to be? (because of the fat composition)
Anyhow, do you buy organic marrow? Does it need to be? (because of the fat composition)Re: Animal fat
And I just bought some already cut bones from the farmers market. Turned out around 200g marrow in total for 1 euro, much better than olive oil and especially coconut oil regarding cost, plus very fresh :)
What I'm buying is organic but I'm not sure whether that has much impact on the fat composition. It would be good to know the composition of marrow btw, I haven't found any nutritional info so far.
What I'm buying is organic but I'm not sure whether that has much impact on the fat composition. It would be good to know the composition of marrow btw, I haven't found any nutritional info so far.
bone marrow
Found a very interesting article: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... i_3677563/
The more I read, the more I am becoming convinced that humans in fact were scavengers that ate a lot of eggs, some of the insides and most of all bone marrow, which was always broadly available.
Didn't think about that one, dime's topic reminded me of it. This bone marrow could have easily been our difference with the other apes and explains why we need lots of fat.
Predators already eat a lot of fat when they try to consume protein. And they prefer protein for their short energy bursts that they use when hunting. Also explains why we need less protein. If we were eating insects all day, we were getting too much protein. If we consider our needed fat intake...
That's the difficult part. How come we need a lot of fat but not a lot of protein? How can this be done? By eating avocado, yeah. But it isn't enough. But marrow seems just the right answer!
Also see this site, at the bottem: http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/teach/P ... teins.html or this http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_lif ... ght1.shtml
The explanation is easy:
We went out of the forest on the big fields. Here there was less fruit and we had to adapt to the new environment. We began by tasting new things. Discovered we were handy enough to take the bones with us, breaking it and eating it at a safe spot. Because it doesn't spoil easily. Then our brain began to develop quicker, making it even easier to develop all kind of tools, beginning with making tools out of the bones (remember the 2001: space oddysey). Then we got better at hunting. And this is also seen by the fact that we began eating more and more meat. We could hunt with groups by the use of tools.
This is the change that made us human.
The more I read, the more I am becoming convinced that humans in fact were scavengers that ate a lot of eggs, some of the insides and most of all bone marrow, which was always broadly available.
Didn't think about that one, dime's topic reminded me of it. This bone marrow could have easily been our difference with the other apes and explains why we need lots of fat.
Predators already eat a lot of fat when they try to consume protein. And they prefer protein for their short energy bursts that they use when hunting. Also explains why we need less protein. If we were eating insects all day, we were getting too much protein. If we consider our needed fat intake...
That's the difficult part. How come we need a lot of fat but not a lot of protein? How can this be done? By eating avocado, yeah. But it isn't enough. But marrow seems just the right answer!
Also see this site, at the bottem: http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/teach/P ... teins.html or this http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_lif ... ght1.shtml
The explanation is easy:
We went out of the forest on the big fields. Here there was less fruit and we had to adapt to the new environment. We began by tasting new things. Discovered we were handy enough to take the bones with us, breaking it and eating it at a safe spot. Because it doesn't spoil easily. Then our brain began to develop quicker, making it even easier to develop all kind of tools, beginning with making tools out of the bones (remember the 2001: space oddysey). Then we got better at hunting. And this is also seen by the fact that we began eating more and more meat. We could hunt with groups by the use of tools.
This is the change that made us human.
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The best I could find was this: http://www.jlr.org/content/49/9/2055.full
It investigates the fat composition of human bone marrow:
29.1 ± 3.5% saturated
46.4 ± 4.8% monounsaturated
24.5 ± 3.1% diunsaturated
It investigates the fat composition of human bone marrow:
29.1 ± 3.5% saturated
46.4 ± 4.8% monounsaturated
24.5 ± 3.1% diunsaturated