Asociación Latinoamericana de Producción Animal (ALPA)
Abstract
Beef contains valuable nutrients necessary for development of the body and maintenance of good health in humans. Its protein is of high biological value and it also contains essential minerals such as selenium, zinc and highly bioavailable heme iron. Beef is an invaluable source of vitamin B12, the lack of which in the diet causes retarded brain development in infants and anemia in adults. Beef is also a valuable source of important fatty acids such as the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). Recent work has discovered that beef can be a source of certain peptides generated during digestion, which act as antioxidants, and antihypertensive factors, and which counteract the loss of muscle mass frequently observed in the elderly
