JOEY People must have protein in their diet, especially meat.
Protein is an important part of a healthy diet.
Proteins are made up of chemical 'building blocks' called amino acids. Your body uses amino acids to build and repair muscles and bones and to make hormones and enzymes.
Reducing muscle loss.
Speeding recovery after exercise and/or injury.
Protein is a nutrients that must obtain and meat is a efficient way to get protein.
The muscles of animals and humans share the same components, eating animal tissue is an easy way to get this necessary nutrient.
Animal products (such as chicken, beef or fish and dairy products) have all of the essential amino acids and are known as 'complete' protein (or ideal or high-quality protein).
The meat proteins are derived from meats, which is defined as “the edible postmortem component originating from live animals.” Meat proteins can be classified into three types: myofibrils (also named muscle fibrils), sarcoplasmic proteins, and connective tissue proteins (Tornberg, 2005).
Meat benfits your body.
Meat and poultry contain protein, which is important for growth and development, and other nutrients your body needs, such as iodine, iron, zinc and vitamin B12. Avoid processed meats to minimise your intake of salt and saturated fat.
As a food matrix, meat is more than the sum of its individual nutrients. Moreover, within the diet matrix, it can serve as a keystone food in food-based dietary interventions to improve nutritional status, especially in regions that rely heavily on cereal staples.
Efforts to lower global meat intake for environmental or other reasons beyond a critical threshold may hinder progress towards reducing undernutrition and the effects this has on both physical and cognitive outcomes, and thereby stifle economic development. This is particularly a concern for populations with increased needs and in regions where current meat intake levels are low, which is not only pertinent for the Global South but also of relevance in high-income countries.