How much should you eat meat

Nutritionists do not mind meat, because it is an excellent source of protein, vitamins and minerals. However, the meat consumed in too large quantities, significantly increases the risk of development of malignant tumors.

If you pamper yourself occasionally portion of steak, the health problems should not be. Even the most zealous advocates of a healthy lifestyle and natural products believe that the complete rejection of the meat is extremely dangerous, especially for children and pregnant women. In the animal products contain a unique vital amino acids and vitamins B12 and D. The lack of meat in the diet of children leads to violations of carbohydrate metabolism and obesity, anemia, rickets. In adults, deficiency of essential amino acids leads to a decrease in muscle mass, bone fragility, drop sexual activity. However, doctors insist that the consumption of too much meat for less dangerous.

Today, along with alcohol, smoking and eating meat are the major cause of mortality in Western Europe, USA, Australia and other developed countries. A study last twenty years clearly indicate the existence of the relationship between meat-eating and cancer of the colon and rectum, breast and uterus. The red meat contains substances, one of the components which are colored in red meat and become a strong carcinogen, damaging the tissue of internal organs.

But above all, we should avoid the consumption of sausages and other processed foods, as they are most associated with the development of cancer. It is believed that during the preparation of processed meat products - sausages, rolls, ham - in the product accumulate carcinogens damage cells and stimulates the growth of malignant tumors, according Zdravoe.

But how much meat you can eat without sacrificing your health?

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