Yet another myth I quickly "debunked" early on Carnivore...

One of the myths I have always heard in the past years was that rare meat is not healthy and the juices leaking out of the meat is THE BLOOD that have bacteria that will get us sick...

Well, rare meat is not only not unhealthy, it may actually contain more nutrients than cooked counterpart. However, not in significant amount to the degree of a risk of vitamin/mineral deficiency on cooked meat only diet.

And no, the juices leaking out is not BLOOD, is it the myoglobin, naturally giving a red color to the juices inside the meat. Also, dry aging the meat for few days before cooking gets rid of fair amount of moisture in the meat so that no juices will be leaking out after cooking is complete, so rare/medium rare cooked meat can be served without any "blood" leaking out that grosses out many people...

Don't be scared of undercooking the meat due to the blood nonsense.

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