fairfolio
Saved Projects

Meaty Decisions: Which Size and Type of Meat Is Digested the Most in a 24 Hour Period?

CSEF · 2013 Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology

Mary E. Jolly · Sanger Academy Charter School, Sanger, Fresno County

Overview

Objectives/Goals My goal was to discover which size and type of meat will digest the most in a 24 hour period. Methods/Materials For my experiment I cut up pork, chicken, and beef into both large and small bite sized pieces, and after weighing them, left them overnight in a sealed plastic bag containing white vinegar. After 24 hours I drained off the liquid and weighed the solids. Results In my tests, the pork digested more than the other types of meat. Beef digested less than the chicken and pork. I also found that big pieces digested more than the small pieces. Conclusions/Discussion If pork digests quicker than beef and chicken it would seem to be the healthier choice. Even though my tests show that bigger pieces digested quicker, research I read makes me believe that my testing was flawed.

Summary statement

My project is about finding the healthiest meat by determining which one digests the most.

Help received

Sister helped with topic; Mr. Gong helped find other variables; Dad was lab assistant; Mom helped with board.

Competition history

  • CSEF 2013 Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology · Entry J0505

Resources

Related projects

Closest projects by meaning, across every fair and year in the corpus.

Browse more like this

Source: California Science & Engineering Fair public projects

Save projects to your library

Sign in with Google to keep track of projects you find interesting, organized into folders. An account also raises your daily allowance for “Has this been done?”, and lets you create a key for the MCP server with a much higher limit than anonymous use. Browsing stays public.

Continue with Google