With meat taking center stage on lots of Yom Tov tables, I thought now would be a good time to take a closer look at it.
Meat has gotten a bad rap over the years, and recently the controversy over whether it deserves a place in our diet has grown. With meat taking center stage on lots of Yom Tov tables, I thought now would be a good time to take a closer look at it.
According to the National Institute of Health, “To date, extensive research did not show evidence to support a role of dietary cholesterol in the development of CVD. As a result, the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans removed the recommendations of restricting dietary cholesterol.”
Based on my education and research, I feel that for most healthy people, red meat can have a healthy, if somewhat limited, place in your diet. Of course, people with higher cholesterol, or those whose doctor is advising otherwise, should limit or avoid it according to the advice of their healthcare practitioner.
The controversy doesn’t end with cholesterol, though. Today there’s lots of talk about grass-fed versus grain-fed beef and poultry. There are varied opinions (of course), but here’s mine in a nutshell.
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