- One 3 oz. serving of beef tenderloin has 71 mg of cholesterol. One 85 g serving of ground chuck ground beef has 77 mg of cholesterol.
- The amount of cholesterol in one serving of beef tenderloin is 24 percent of your daily allowance of cholesterol. One serving of ground chuck is 26 percent of your daily allowance of cholesterol.
- While beef may be high in cholesterol, it is not the only type of meat with this nutritional deficiency. A 140 g serving of chicken breast has 118 mg of cholesterol. This is 39 percent of your daily value of cholesterol.
- While beef is high in cholesterol, it still has positive nutritional values. One 3 oz. serving of fillet has 23 g of protein (47 percent daily value), eight percent of your daily value of iron, and 25 percent of your daily value of Vitamin B6.
- The American Heart Association recommends that you keep your daily cholesterol intake to 300 mg or less. Those worried about heart disease should limit their beef intake.
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duparc said
on 11/10/2009 This guy is being too readily influenced by political propaganda. It has been shown that cholesterol is not the enemy, indeed, cholesterol turns to hormones in the body which are essential to good health and also that feel-good feature. It is also known that low levels of hormones cause many physical and mental problems including depression and suicide. This guy might be studing for a degree in nutrition but in the process he is being fed academic 'bull'! The danger here is when anyone believes they are an authority on a any particular topic then their assumption becomes their failing!