How much red meat is too much?
If you choose to include red meat in your diet, you can greatly reduce your risk of chronic disease by limiting how much and how often you eat it. In population studies, individuals who say that they eat red meat “less than once a week” are generally at significantly lower risk of heart disease and cancer than people who eat red meat several times a week. A good goal: No more than once a month. You don’t have to reach this goal overnight; work your way down to once a week, then once every two weeks, then once a month. Take it one day at a time; try fish, chicken, beans or soy tonight!
