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    Ground Beef question

    This will be for a bulking diet

    i was going to buy 95% lean for pro/fat meals and add flax seed or olive oil.
    Could i just buy the 85% or 90% beef and add NO flax seed and that be my pro/fat meal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by I Stand Alone
    This will be for a bulking diet

    i was going to buy 95% lean for pro/fat meals and add flax seed or olive oil.
    Could i just buy the 85% or 90% beef and add NO flax seed and that be my pro/fat meal?

    As long as you get your EFA's in from other meals I see no problem with that.


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    its okay for bulking, but I would only use EFA's while cutting

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    Quote Originally Posted by fritz2435
    its okay for bulking, but I would only use EFA's while cutting
    That's a bummer, as I get shredded to hell eating red meat 6 times per day while prepping for pics/show. I mix in EFA's too, but cut out red meat entirely while cutting? Oh h*ll no.....

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    I don't know how much fat it removes.... but I bought 30% fat ground beef and when I'm done cooking it I put it in a strainer and rinse it with hot water.... doesn't it remove almost all of the fat? The meat tastes super dry so I figured that it has to be much leaner....

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    I always just buy the ground chuck at 80% lean (cheapest) and pour the fat out all the time when I am cooking. That way allows me to replace the "bad" fats with "good" ones. However, I'm not so sure I would do like the above poster and "rinse" the meat with hot water. There are better ways to get rid of that fat than "washing" your beef.

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    Beef fat is 51% monounsaturated so it is not all bad. I love it personally.

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    the rinsing doesn't change the taste what-so-ever... and it dries... you just have to get used to the idea... it makes great taco meat if you do it like that but at the same time I understand why it's kind of wierd to some people.. it was to me... give it a shot though...

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    Quote Originally Posted by 100%NATURAL-theGH
    the rinsing doesn't change the taste what-so-ever... and it dries... you just have to get used to the idea... it makes great taco meat if you do it like that but at the same time I understand why it's kind of wierd to some people.. it was to me... give it a shot though...

    Well then maybe I should try it sometime! Yeah, it does sound pretty weird to me, but "diffrent strokes fo diffrent folks." Maybe I'll like it better than the way I was doing it before. I'll find out before long. See you around on the boards.

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    I buy the 80% lean stuff and strain and rinse, takes the fat down to 5g per 4oz serving if you do it correctly.

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    what does it mean to strain and rinse meet??

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    johan

    it means put your cooked beef in a food strainer and rince it under hot water.

    SC or anyone with an opinion

    do you eat red meat that often year around? I personally have to chock down chicken breast and do so often, i really dont like chicken breast and if i can get away with red meat at least 4 times a day i would be real happy.

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    i love the grass fed angus beef, 16% fat, full of omega fatty acids and great protein. tastes as good as buffalo also.

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    Quote Originally Posted by simplecanibus
    i love the grass fed angus beef, 16% fat, full of omega fatty acids and great protein. tastes as good as buffalo also.
    I love it too, its just so dam expensive.

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