The Importance Of Including Red Meat In A Healthy Dietary Pattern
The study of the human diet’s role in health has moved beyond a focus on individual nutrients or even single foods to an emphasis on the overall dietary pattern. Characterizing dietary recommendations as healthful or unhealthful has become an important focus in the development of Dietary Guidelines for Americans that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) jointly issue every five years. Red meat can be associated with an unhealthful dietary pattern and lifestyle (i.e. low consumption of fruits, vegetables and lower levels of physical activity) and this limits appreciation for beef’s positive role in health. …