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.
Calories per Ingredient. Here are the foods from our food nutrition database that were used for the nutrition calculations of this recipe. Calories per serving of Homemade beef jerky. 116 calories of Beef, eye of round, (2 oz) 15 calories of Soya Sauce low sodium 1 tbsp (15ml), (1.50 tbsp) 5 calories of Brown Sugar, (0.30 tsp packed)