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hmmmm I would think that the protein in the the meat would be worth while, and Im sure there would be some nutritional value
 
It's completely false. Rabbit meat has a lower level of saturated fat than most any other meat on the market, it has a good protein content, and if you're raising it yourself, you're virtually ensuring that it doesn't contain the salt-based solutions or growth hormones which are so often used in processing animals today.
 
(http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/) means of comparing the nutritional value of common meat sources.

PER POUND

Rabbit (453.6g) 617 Calories 90.95g (20%)protein 25.17g (5.55%)fat 259mg Cholesterol
Pork (453.6g) 957Calories 82.65g(18.12%)protein 67.09g (14.8%)fat 313mg Cholesterol
Chicken (460g) 989Calories 85.56g(18.87%)protein 69.28g (15.28%)fat 345mg Cholesterol
Beef (453.6g) 1061Calories 84.73g(18.69%)protein 77.79g(17.16%)fat 299mg Cholesterol
 
It's probably because of the whole "you can't live on only rabbit" thing. But I think you would get all kinds of scurvy eating only beef or pork, too. Meat doesn't have a whole ton of vitamins and minerals in general.
 
The old 'rabbit starvation' is a myth that has been hanging around for a long time.

If rabbit were the only source of food in a person's diet they would, indeed, be malnourished. Same if beef were the only source of food, or beans, or only chicken and nothing else substantial. In hard times known to man throughout history, most recently being the great Depression (when many rural folks raised meat rabbits for the family), there were times when ALL there was to eat was rabbit - no bread, no veggies, no corn, no beans, nothing else. So these people did indeed starve. Hence the myth off rabbit starvation was sustained.

Just like the Atkins diet theory, a person who eats only meat will go into metabolic ketoacidosis and begin breaking down their own body mass to compensate for the lack of carbohydrates, fats, and fat-soluble vitamins in their diet.

In the time of the explorers, people were hungry as wolves when out in the wilderness and meals were infrequent. If you were a hungry pioneer and lucky enough to catch a large game animal such as a deer or beaver, there was fatty organ meat and fat-marbled red meat to be had. The cholesterol and saturated fat gave the hunter instant energy and the excess calories needed to recover from a period of hunger and exhaustion. Catching wild rabbits was not such a lucky deal, since they have so little fat the hunter would not have that extra boost of energy needed to recover from their hunger or to store as body fat for upcoming hard times.

In our modern world, we have fat calories available to us every time we blink an eye. We also have easy access to carbohydrates in many forms. Rabbit meat is an excellent solution to our modern diet dilemmas because it is so low in fat and high in protein.
 
I'd also like to mention it is HIGHLY digestible, which makes it ideal for people who have problems with digestion.

They've narrowed down my gut issues to one of three things: Psychosomatic (anxiety/mood disorder); Crohn's disease or Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I can tell you now, beef jacks me up like you would NOT believe. Pork too. I've gotten incredibly sick from eating difficult proteins; I have NEVER gotten ill when eating rabbit. It is a healthy protein source and has more protein pound-for-pound than any other commercial meat type.

It is the nutritional quality and digestibility that aroused my interest in rabbits in the first place. :)
 
Rabbits nutritional value is that its not as bad for you as other kinds of meat,,, and three and a half ounces of rabbit meat has 100% of the RDA for vitamin b12. So it definitly has nutritional value, but you still have to eat your veggies.<br /><br />__________ Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:00 pm __________<br /><br />Also i dont think i saw anyone mention. Rabbit meat has 33 percent less sodium than chicken.
 
the following seems to say that you just need to add an fat/oil source. Rabbit Starvation, seems to be only a catch phase for any diet that is primarily lean meat without a good ratio of fat / carbohydrates.
-- When I read the whole wikipedia article, I envisioned "Marie Antoinette" saying "let them eat cake" to a cheering crowd!
-- having fun reading this thread :popcorn:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_starvation
The groups that depend on the blubber animals are the most fortunate in the hunting way of life, for they never suffer from fat-hunger.
 

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