meat and fat

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How to reduce fat in the diet
Meat and a balanced diet


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Excess dietary fat is considered one of several risk factors for coronary heart disease.1

Saturated fat tends to raise blood cholesterol.1

Higher levels of blood cholesterol are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease.1

About half the fat in lean red meat is unsaturated fat ( ie monounsaturated and polyunsaturated).

Meat provides one of the major sources of monounsaturated fat in the British diet (this fat is common in the healthy "Mediterranean type diet").

Red meat and meat products contribute less than one quarter of the total fat intake of all food eaten at home.2

All the essential nutrients in meat are found in the lean parts.

The fat content of lean red meat has fallen by one third on average over the last 20 years.


Reduction in fat content achieved from the 1950s to the present day (for raw meat)

 

References:

  1. British Nutrition Foundation (1997) Diet and Heart Disease: A round table of factors. 2nd edition.Ed. Ashwell, M

  2. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1997) Household food consumption and expenditure. National Food Survey, 1996. London: HMSO.