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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Nutritive value of goat meat

Goat meat has been established as a lean meat with favorable nutritional qualities, and it’s an ideal choice for the health-conscious consumer. lets compare the nutrient values of prepared goat meat, chicken, and other red meats consumed in the United States.

lets see the nutrient composition of goat meat and other meats....




Nutrient
Goat
Chicken
Beef
Pork
Lamb
Calories
122
162
179
180
175
Fat(g)
2.6
6.3
7.9
8.2
8.1
Saturated fat(g)
0.79
1.7
3.0
2.9
2.9
Protein (g)
23
25
25
25
24
Cholesterol (mg)
63.8
76.0
73.1
73.1
78.2

Goat meat is lower in calories, total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol than traditional meats. Less saturated and less cholesterol meat is the healthy food, moreover goat meat have higher levels of iron comparing to beef, chicken and pork. It contains the potassium content with lower sodium levels, the amino acid levels the goat meat resembles to that of beef and lamb.
Nutrient
Iron value (mg)
Goat meat
3.2
Beef
2.9
pork
2.7
Lamb
1.4
Chicken
1.5

Health benefits:
The nutritive value of the goat meat is increasing in health management of the people today. The amount of saturated fat in goat meat is less than the total amount of unsaturated fats, which may be important in human nutrition. Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, which are in liquid form at room temperature, are known to decrease the risk for heart disease and stroke.
            Less saturated fats and relatively high proportion of unsaturated fats makes a goat meat as good healthy meal. The good fats (unsaturated fats)  improve the blood cholesterol levels, ease in inflammation, stabilize the heart rhythms, plays many beneficial roles.
Based on the research they have found that the goat meat helps to lowers the blood cholesterol and reduces the risk for arthrosclerosis and coronary heart disease and the goat meat can be included in the healthy human diet.

Some basic cookery rules:
1.      Cook the goat meat at low temperatures due to its low-fat content and lack of marbling (small streaks of muscles found within the muscle) the goat meat can loosen the moisture and toughen quickly if it is cooked at high temperature.
2.      Cook the goat meat with the moisture.
3.      Next is as usual can add the marinade on the meat before cooking and cook with moist heat such as stewing.
i  think these tips are useful to have a healthy life and can create awareness by not having McDonald's chicken burger or KFC chicken 

6 comments:

  1. I didn't use to prefer goat meat because of its fat content, but if this is true, I guess now I can start eating- good blog for meat lovers!

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  2. tanx u dips hmm yea have a healthy food live long life...

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  3. nice blog! thanx for keeping this random musings alive by posting regularly. But bad news is I dont eat Mutton.

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  4. Good post Madhu and this is in fact news for me!! I thought goat meat is a red meat and should be avoided... Although I eat non-vegetarian food, but I would advocate for vegetarianism: The reasons are plenty and goat consumes a lot of vegetation, so technically it is bad for the environment. Just my 2 cents...

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  5. hooofff!!! I got another great reason to eat goat meat... I would suggest everyone to try making a perfect steak of the goat meat. You can make it medium-rare by following recipes from the internet if you have an oven at your place. Trust me, it's the most delicious thing that can be consumed with a paint of BBQ sauce around it. And it's healthy too...!!!

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  6. Well many people around the world have the misconception that goat meat has high amounts of fats and cholesterol but it's totally opposite. As you already discussed that stewing is the best way to cook, i also insist to try braising your goat meat by adding spices.

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