Is red meat healthy or white meat healthy?

Usually we call beef, mutton and pork red meat, and fish, shrimp, shellfish, chickens and ducks white meat. In daily life, people who often eat red meat are more likely to suffer from diseases such as hypertension, heart disease and cancer than those who often eat white meat. Relatively speaking, eating white meat is indeed healthier than eating red meat.

Red meat is rich in myoglobin and hemoglobin. These two colors of protein are blood red, which is the origin of red. It is characterized by thick muscle fiber and high fat content. Most of the fat in red meat is saturated fat, and the unsaturated fat content is relatively low. However, white meat has fine muscle fiber, low fat content and high unsaturated fatty acid content in fat.

This doesn't mean you shouldn't eat red meat. Red meat is rich in minerals, especially iron and zinc, which are easily absorbed and utilized by human body. It is also rich in protein and vitamins, which is very beneficial to human body. The fatty acid content of red meat is higher than that of white meat, which does not mean that red meat should be completely rejected. In fact, the iron content in red meat is incomparable to that in white meat. Red meat is especially important for infants, pregnant women, teenagers and middle-aged and elderly people. Anemia and menstrual women should take red meat and iron supplements in time. Although the content of unsaturated fatty acids in white meat is high, the more the better. Excessive oxidation is easy to produce free radicals, which is harmful to health. Usually, meat should be comprehensively analyzed and judged, and the nutrition should be balanced.

Therefore, in daily life, don't completely exclude red meat or white meat, but mix red meat and white meat, or eat red meat and white meat alternately, with white meat as the main food, supplemented by red meat, and pay attention to cooking methods to avoid frying.