There can be little doubt that beef is one of the most popular meats in the world, and this is not likely to change any time soon.

Recently, there has been copious argument over whether beef is a super food to be eaten frequently, or a real problem food to be avoided whenever you can.

So what are we to believe?, even in scientific circles, there are many views, but during the course of this column we will submit a few helpful factual tips on beef, disprove many well-known fallacies and ensure that you get the correct information needed to form your own opinion.

First, here is a delicious recipe which you can prepare for your family or friends.

This is a really tasty recipe for ‘macaroni and beef chili’. It is not complicated to prepare and is a quick way to feed a family with lots of children.

Ingredients:
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One Cup of Uncooked Macaroni
Low fat Ground Beef : 0.5 pounds
Garlic powder : 0.5 tsp
Hot cayenne or chili Powder : one tsp
Salt : 1 small pinch
Freshly ground black peppercorns : 1 x sm. pinch
Tomato soup : one Can
Quality cheddar cheese : 1 x oz. (finely grated)

Instructions:
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Bring a large saucepan of water to a rolling boil add the macaroni, bring back to the boil and cook for 7 minutes approximately.
Fry the meat until browned in another good sized pan and very carefully drain off any fat that has been produced.
Add the garlic, chili powder, salt and pepper and then mix well.
Reduce the heat and fry gently for approximately 5 mins.
Mix in the cooked macaroni and tomato soup, and increase the heat.
Cook for a few more minutes until soup and macaroni are heated through.

Before you serve, add the cheese, and heat briskly till it melts.

Ladle into bowls and serve with nachos.

This is a great beef recipe to cook in volume as left overs can be kept in the fridge and served the next day.
If you have cooked very large quantities, you can leave the cheese out and freeze portions for later. Before you serve, add the grated cheese, and cook a little more till it has melted.

Now you have a tasty beef recipe here are some detailed nutrition facts:

1/. The zinc that is in quality beef is imperative for normal growth, strengthens the immune system, has been proven to help heal cuts and grazes, controls hunger and appetitie and can improve your ability to experience taste.

2/. Some folk believe that you should abstain from beef because it possesses unhealthy levels of fat. Although this may once have been the case, lean beef sold nowadays is much healthier than it was in the past, and due to modern farming methods well over half the fats found in today’s quality beef are monounsaturated fats which are thought by experts to be more ‘heart friendly’ than other fats.

3/. Some folk claim that people on a diet must not eat beef. If they did any research, they would soon see that this is plain wrong, in reality the 80 gram portion of beef that real experts prescribe as a sensible daily limit, is really just 10% of the regular two thousand calories per day diet.

4/. If you examine it objectively, lean beef is more or less as healthful as expensive multi-vitamin pills as it is a superb provider of vitamin b12, zinc, iron, niacin, phosphorus and vitamin b6.

5/. Just a 3 ounce offering of quality beef can deliver more than a tenth of ones essential daily requirement of phosphorus, vitamin b6, protein, vitamin b12, zinc, iron and niacin.

6/. Beef is rich in Important ‘b’ vitamins, which are believed by nutritionalists to assist in preventing strokes and coronaries and also help the body to manufacture red blood corpuscles.

7/. Taking the uncooked weight,, 100 grams of beef provides:

* approximately 200 kcal
* 12.15g of fat.
* 319mg of Potassium.
* 3.8mg of Zinc.
* 20.71g of Protein.

If this beef recipe is not for you, why not try something completely different? By searching online, you can easily find a good selection of chicken recipes or fish recipes that should satisfy those who don’t like beef, and if you have any non-meat eaters in you family, there are just as many vegetarian recipes to enjoy.

We trust this article has given you a better comprehension of the good and bad aspects of eating beef, and also left you with a wonderful new addition to your recipe book.

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