Meat nutritional composition and nutritive role in the human diet

PMCC Pereira, AFRB Vicente - Meat science, 2013 - Elsevier
Meat has exerted a crucial role in human evolution and is an important component of a
healthy and well balanced diet due to its nutritional richness. The present review attempts to …

Meat: The balance between nutrition and health. A review

S De Smet, E Vossen - Meat Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Fresh and processed meats provide high biological value proteins and important
micronutrients. On the other hand, a working group of IARC recently classified processed …

Recent developments in altering the fatty acid composition of ruminant-derived foods

KJ Shingfield, M Bonnet, ND Scollan - Animal, 2013 - cambridge.org
There is increasing evidence to indicate that nutrition is an important factor involved in the
onset and development of several chronic human diseases including cancer, cardiovascular …

Bioactivity and health effects of ruminant meat lipids. Invited Review

P Vahmani, EN Ponnampalam, J Kraft, C Mapiye… - Meat Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Ruminant meat (RM) is an excellent source of high-quality protein, B vitamins and trace
minerals and plays an important role in global food and nutrition security. However …

Forage legumes for grazing and conserving in ruminant production systems

P Phelan, AP Moloney, EJ McGeough… - Critical Reviews in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
As a plant group, forage legumes present some unique advantages and disadvantages for
ruminant production. When compared to grasses or cereals their main advantages are …

The role of microbes in rumen lipolysis and biohydrogenation and their manipulation

M Lourenço, E Ramos-Morales, RJ Wallace - Animal, 2010 - cambridge.org
Despite the fact that the ruminant diet is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), ruminant
products–meat, milk and dairy–contain mainly saturated fatty acids (SFA) because of …

Dietary sources of unsaturated fatty acids for animals and their transfer into meat, milk and eggs: A review

VB Woods, AM Fearon - Livestock Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Dietary intake of unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) has been shown to reduce the risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) and possibly the incidence of some cancers, asthma and …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Organic and conventionally produced milk—An evaluation of factors influencing milk composition

BH Schwendel, TJ Wester, PCH Morel… - Journal of dairy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Consumer perception of organic cow milk is associated with the assumption that organic
milk differs from conventionally produced milk. The value associated with this difference …

The sources, synthesis and biological actions of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in red meat: An overview

EN Ponnampalam, AJ Sinclair, BWB Holman - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
The maximisation of available resources for animal production, food security and
maintenance of human–animal wellbeing is important for an economically viable, resilient …

Grazing increases the unsaturated fatty acid concentration of milk from grass‐fed cows: A review of the contributing factors, challenges and future perspectives

A Elgersma - European journal of lipid science and technology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Grazing animals walk outdoors and harvest fresh herbage from a three‐dimensional
canopy. Botanical composition and grassland management in various farming systems …