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To eat red meat - yes or no?
The nutritional needs of our bodies
vary and change throughout our
lives, and it's essential from infancy
to the later stages of our lives, that
we look after our bodies for health
and happiness.
Is there one food we should
be eating that can give us all our
dietary needs? No, no single food
contains all the nutrients we need
for good health. The simplest way
to a healthy lifestyle is to eat a
variety of different foods. The one
food that can help us keep on top
of our intakes of iron, potassium,
magnesium, zinc, B Vitamins,
Vitamin D at all stages of life: red
meat - up to 500g of cooked red
meat per week as adults (SOURCE:
Eatwelshlambandwelshbeef.com).
Packed with these essential
vitamins and minerals, a balanced
diet with lean red meat at its core
can help us throughout our lives
to keep fit and well. Red meat is
naturally rich in protein and the
vitamins and minerals it contains
offer many health benefits. For
example, it can support our bodies'
blood pressure control; eye and
skin health; bone health; muscle
and nervous function; reproductive
health; hair and nails; oxygen
transport to prevent us feeling
tired; along with immune function
and cognitive function. It can also
help us with concentration and can
offer us sustained energy to get on
with our daily lives.
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