About the Author. Augusta Stevenson was a writer of childrenâs books and a teacher. She wrote several Childhood of Famous Americans titles, including books about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, Sitting Bull, Benjamin Franklin, and Molly Pitcher.
Why you think it's bad: It's unhealthy meat that's loaded with preservatives. Why it's not: Beef jerky is high in protein and doesn't raise your level of insulinâa hormone that signals your body to store fat. That makes it an ideal between-meals snack, especially when you're trying to lose weight.
Our trained tasters canât comment on the stronghold, but they did try 10 sliced beef jerky snacks and five meat sticks. Three of the beef jerkies and two of the sticks tasted very good; the rest were just OK. When it comes to nutrition, the jerkies win, with fewer calories than the sticks and far less fat.