Too much meat?

Healthy4lyfe419

I've been told that eating too much meat is bad but I also have friends who say otherwise since we've been eating meat since we were cavemen I personally like to have some sort of protein at every meal (about 4 ounces) and this usually comes from meat; chicken, beef, pork...etc. I've heard that eating more than 5 ounces of meat a day is bad and I eat about twice that much. Should I be worried?

Gallowmere1984

Four ounces? I throw down a pound of chicken every morning. :-o

kxbrown27

Too much meat? I don't understand this concept.

AnnPT77

Even though I'm a vegetarian, I don't think that's too much meat!

As long as you don't have any health conditions that limit protein (such as kidney problems), it seems like it would be too much protein only if it either (1) makes you avoid other nutrients/foods you need (veggies, fruit, healthy fats, fiber . . . .) in order to achieve a loss/maintenance calorie goal, or (2) puts you over a calorie goal when you get all the other good stuff you need.

After a certain point, it probably gives you no additional nutritional benefits - just gets used for energy - but you don't mention it creating grocery cost issues for you (other nutrients might be cheaper than protein, depending).

Other than those things, why worry?

kommodevaran

Too much of anything is bad. But you have to decide what "too much" means to you. It's about context and balance. Are you getting in all the nutrition you need every day and at the same time not going over on calories? Letting people "tell you" all kinds of things and swallow it blindly, that is bad.

Gianfranco_R

Healthy4lyfe419 wrote: »

I've been told that eating too much meat is bad but I also have friends who say otherwise since we've been eating meat since we were cavemen I personally like to have some sort of protein at every meal (about 4 ounces) and this usually comes from meat; chicken, beef, pork...etc. I've heard that eating more than 5 ounces of meat a day is bad and I eat about twice that much. Should I be worried?

Official dietary guidelines generally advise to limit just red and processed meat (pork is also considered "red") and/or to eat mostly lean meat, to limit saturated fat intake.

Sawjer

kxbrown27 wrote: »

Too much meat? I don't understand this concept.

This dude right here is the only post you need to listen to in this thread, it might as well be locked now.