Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Does anyone have data on the carnosine, carnitine, and choline content of - beef liver - beef heart - beef - chicken breast - chicken liver - chicken heart

I'd look on nutritiondata.com, but they don't have nutrition facts on these nutrients. Maybe this data could be in a research publication PDF somewhere? I tried e-mailing the Virginia meat packer's assoc. but no response.

Thanks

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Dave S. · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-08 16:17:27Z UTC

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Found some info here:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Choline/Choline.pdf

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/othernuts/carnitine/

answered Apr 8 2011 at 16:17

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	nice finds - google skills? – bluetooth.enabled Apr 8 2011 at 17:08
	the carnitine link doesn't explicitly give amounts on liver: but we can make a guess from this : "L-carnitine is synthesized primarily in the liver " – bluetooth.enabled Apr 8 2011 at 17:10
	data on carnosine would be nice, too! – bluetooth.enabled Apr 8 2011 at 17:11
	I have superior google-fu! Yeah, that's all I could find on short notice. – Dave S. Apr 8 2011 at 17:54

Sara S. · Answer 2 · 2011-12-13 23:47:18Z UTC

From here, in "raw beef meat, reported carnosine concentrations range from 10 to 20 µmol/g", so it's about 2.3 - 4.6 mg of carnosine per g of beef, and thus there's a gram or two of carnosine per pound of beef.

Cooking can reduce carnosine levels: "in stewed red meat, decrease in carnosine concentration by up to 30% has been reported" (from article cited above).

carnosine, carnitine, choline content in meat

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