Which is healthier, red meat or white meat?

White meat is healthier than red meat. Researchers found that people who eat the most red meat are 26% more likely to die of cancer, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, kidney disease, liver disease and lung disease than those who eat the least red meat. Compared with people who hardly eat white meat and fish, people who often eat white meat and fish have a 25% lower chance of dying from the above diseases.

However, the premise of all this is "eat more red meat", that is to say, the study does not show that eating red meat will increase the risk of illness. People who eat a lot of red meat have a high risk of some diseases, mainly because red meat contains more fat than white meat, and most of them are saturated fatty acids.

Animal fat is mainly used to provide energy for human body. Excessive energy intake will increase the risk of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, and excessive intake of saturated fatty acids in animal fat is the strongest factor leading to the increase of blood cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Methods of distinguishing red meat from white meat and matters needing attention.

The simplest and most intuitive way to distinguish red meat from white meat is to look at the color. If the color of meat is red before cooking, it is mostly red meat, such as pork, beef and mutton. If the meat is white before cooking, it is mostly white meat, such as chicken, duck, goose, fish and so on.

However, whether it is red meat or white meat, if you want to eat healthy, first, you should have a balanced diet and diversified foods, and you can't just eat a certain kind of meat for a long time; The second is to choose healthy cooking methods. For meat, it is best to choose the methods of frying, steaming and stewing. Quick stir-frying can reduce the thermal contact time of meat, thus protecting the nutrition in meat. Steaming and stewing are beneficial to protein's digestion and absorption.

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