Eat Meat for Every Meal: A Guide for Dieters
Meat can be both loved and hated by people who are dieting. It has a good and tempting taste, but dieting people are afraid to eat meat, fearing that eating meat will undermine their weight loss plan. People with chronic diseases are also afraid to eat meat, fearing that meat will become a dangerous factor in worsening their condition.
What should be done? If you want to eat meat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you can’t refuse to teach you how to eat meat while dieting.
Choose the right meat source:
Many people like to choose fatty and lean meat when it comes to meat, such as Chinese people’s favorite pork belly, which is a traditional Chinese dish, ‘red-braised pork belly’, which is both fat and juicy. However, such meat, especially fatty meat, contains a relatively high amount of saturated fat.
This component has been proven to be a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, whether eaten in three meals, such meat is not recommended to be chosen.
The correct meat choice is fish, skinless poultry, or the lean part of red meat. These parts have low fat content and high protein content. For people with chronic diseases and dieting people, eating a moderate amount will not affect their weight and condition.
According to the daily protein standard for hypertensive people, the total protein calories consumed per day should be more than 15%, and the meat mentioned above is a good source, which everyone can choose.
Don’t eat meat in excess per meal:
Although meat is one of the foods we eat every day, healthy choices shouldn’t be excessive. According to the dietary guidelines for Chinese people, the total amount of meat consumed by adults per day should be controlled at 75g, and if distributed into three meals, each meal should eat about 20g of meat, about 2 small mouthfuls of meat. Hopefully everyone can achieve this.
If you eat too much meat, because of the fat content in the meat, it will not be conducive to people controlling their weight.
Don’t eat processed meat:
Some people choose to eat processed meat, such as braised pork, smoked pork, cured pork, etc. This type of meat is also not recommended for everyone to eat. They are based on the cooked meat, added with a large amount of food additives, including a large amount of salt and sugar.
After eating these foods, people will face various dangers, such as increasing the risk of hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia. And processed meat, such as ham and bacon, are classified as Category 1 carcinogens, which means they will significantly increase the risk of the body developing cancer.
Therefore, this type of meat is not recommended for everyone to eat in excess or eat in small amounts. In terms of eating meat, everyone should choose steaming, boiling or stewing methods, which not only can preserve the nutrients in it, but also reduce other health risks.
