What Makes Steak Juices Red, If Not Blood? - Chowhound
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Myoglobin is found in mammalian muscles (including yours), where it stores the body's most vital form of fuel: oxygen. While myoglobin isn't part of blood, they do have an important connection. Blood contains a protein called hemoglobin, which binds to oxygen and carries it throughout the body. When blood reaches organs and muscles, the oxygen is transferred from hemoglobin to myoglobin. They perform the same…
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