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Offline Raw Rob

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Superiority of particular animal fats?
« on: August 12, 2009, 09:01:16 am »
Do you think marrow is superior to suet? If I'm just eating suet, am I missing out on something from marrow, or vice versa? Could I be missing out on something from other fatty parts of the animals?

Also, I'm really not concerned with taste in the context of this thread.


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Re: Superiority of particular animal fats?
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2009, 09:45:52 am »
Perhaps the proper way to think of it is that all parts of the animals have something that the others do not. A different nutrient, or a different ratio of nutrients. Will you suffer if you choose one over the other? Maybe not. I would assume though that eating from all parts of different animals would be the most likely path to insuring yourself against deficiencies or over doses of nutrients.

In terms of fat, marrow I would put in a different category than all others because it's really quite a different type of thing, being produced in the bones and all and being the breeding ground for blood cells. The rest of fat on an animal is pretty much just for energy or warmth, so marrow to me would be in a different category of fat. I can't point so any specific nutrients, but if I had to choose 2 of the three fats being suet, marrow and hide fat, I would choose marrow and one of the others because the last two are probably more similar in nutrient content than either of them with marrow.

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Re: Superiority of particular animal fats?
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2009, 07:12:48 pm »
I reckon marrow is definitely superior to suet. Most suet one gets is the hardened fat from around the kidneys, which, IMO, isn't all that nutritious or as good as hide-fat, judging from others' comments elsewhere.

Marrow has things like stem-cells etc. which make it the best option re fat-sources.
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Re: Superiority of particular animal fats?
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2009, 04:30:38 am »
By percentage, marrow is significantly higher in MUFA:sat'd fat composition (about three fold) than suet, etc.  Does this influence anyone's answer?

 

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