No Surprise. Venison is GOOD for you!
I was looking for some nutritional information about venison for my daughter, who is on Weight Watchers (and doing very well, I might add). Thought I would share a little of what I found. First of all, a lot of the information about venison doesn't seem to agree precisely, although all the news is "good." I think the slight differences in nutritional info is partly because the name "venison" can encompass a wide range of different deer-like animals. And farm raised venison is obviously not going to be as good for you as the venison that you and I are most accustomed to, namely wild whitetail deer meat. Also, it would have to vary somewhat by how you process the meat, how much fat and muscle lining you trim off, etc. So take these "facts" with a grain of salt (or Barnacle Dust as the case may be), but here's some general guidelines.
Ready for the grill...
First of all, let's talk nutrients. One 3-ounce serving of venison has approximately:
Today's lunch...
Man, that was delicious too. Venison has fewer fat grams, less calories and more protein than chicken (yes, that's right, I said chicken), beef, veal, lamb or pork. In fact, it has about 1/3 the fat of beef. WOW!
Oh... and regarding Weight Watchers... the nutritional numbers in venison calculate to one weight watcher point per ounce. So you can have a very generous portion for not a lot of points. Good for most diets.
It's so great that something this tasty is so good for you! Pass the A-1!
Speaking of venison, let me take this moment to publicly thank Mike Berry (Texas Grown) for sharing his venison with me. I went through a six year "dry spell" on arrowing my own venison. Mike took pity on me and shared a very generous amount of delicious ground venison that has been a staple for my family all summer and fall. I think it must have been a good luck charm too because I've killed three deer this year!
Mike, you're one heck of a guy and extraordinarily generous. THANK YOU!
Ready for the grill...
First of all, let's talk nutrients. One 3-ounce serving of venison has approximately:
- 130 calories
- 26 grams protein
- 2 grams of fat
- 67 milligrams cholesterol
- 0.9 grams saturated fat
- 3.5 milligrams iron
- 26 milligrams magnesium
- 338 milligrams potassium
- 3 milligrams zinc
- 11 micrograms selenium
- 0.24 milligrams thiamin
- 0.4 milligrams riboflavin
- 9 milligrams niacin
- 0.6 milligrams vitamin B6
- 1.6 micrograms vitamin B12
- 1.2 micrograms vitamin K
Today's lunch...
Man, that was delicious too. Venison has fewer fat grams, less calories and more protein than chicken (yes, that's right, I said chicken), beef, veal, lamb or pork. In fact, it has about 1/3 the fat of beef. WOW!
Oh... and regarding Weight Watchers... the nutritional numbers in venison calculate to one weight watcher point per ounce. So you can have a very generous portion for not a lot of points. Good for most diets.
It's so great that something this tasty is so good for you! Pass the A-1!
Speaking of venison, let me take this moment to publicly thank Mike Berry (Texas Grown) for sharing his venison with me. I went through a six year "dry spell" on arrowing my own venison. Mike took pity on me and shared a very generous amount of delicious ground venison that has been a staple for my family all summer and fall. I think it must have been a good luck charm too because I've killed three deer this year!
Mike, you're one heck of a guy and extraordinarily generous. THANK YOU!
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