I've been eating around 150gr or lean beef everyday as part of my daily diet for a while now. According to my fitday numbers my saturated fat averages about 7%. So is there any health problem with eating this amount of lean red meat everyday?

i did a conversion and you seem to be eating .33 lbs of red meat a week. this amount is small and you should keep red meat to 1 or 2 servings a week. there are other sources of protein which are leaner and you can also take protein powder

It's about 2.3 lbs per week. But if my overall sat fat level is 7% it should be ok, right?

Its 7% of your daily intake? So the other 93% of your fat comes from mono and poly?

1-2 servings per week? Lol I dont eat beef but I eat turkey everyday, many times. I say you're fine Phil.

My sat intake is usually 7-10%

I eat red meat all the time and sat. fat only makes up between 3-4% of my total calories (I'm a freak about keeping it low)

I like to keep mine low too, Gooch. A "small amount" is necessary and healthy.

I dont eat much red meat. I generally stay with lean Chicken and Turkey.


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So you know, that whole "saturated fat is bad for you" thing is just internalized ad copy, like 95% of everything else you read.

I actually asked very nearly the same question (*COUGH* SEARCH FUNCTION *COUGH, HACK* ) 'bout a year and a half ago, and since then I've done quite a lot of reading on the subject. Basically what happened is a couple of inconclusive, ridiculous studies showed that a diet high in a bunch of stuff, some of which happened to be saturated fat, may increase your risk of certain bad things, under certain conditions, for some people. Also, some guy decided to look at a statistically unsound sampling of a few different developed nations and noted a similar trend. Based on these overwhelming evidences, **** hit the fan.

The general public, being completely uninterested in good science and very much in favor of violent overreaction to half-assed speculation went "Ohhhhh nooooes, saturated fat is bad for us. I can hasn't cheesburger!?!?!" Then the marketing kicked in and blah blah blah, etc.

Anyway, the point of my nonsensical diatribe is that you can eat as much red meat as you want, provided your nutrition is sound overall (in terms of macro and micro nutrient balance). I'd recommend you make sure your supplements aren't giving you extra iron, though.

Yes, I am aware of all that.

I just choose to go to other sources, speaking of me personally.

Apparently consuming a lot of meat has been linked to some bowel cancers

If your fit. You can eat all the red meat you want.

oh really now

Yep. I don't pay attention to their FDA and their food guidelines, those guidelines are meant for out-of-shape average joes.

yep, well people have free will.

But heres just one of thousands of articles Intake of Fat, Meat, and Fiber in Relation to Risk of Colon Cancer in Men -- Giovannucci et al. 54 (9): 2390 -- Cancer Research

I suppose thats in relation to average joes as well

Unrelated to physical fitness and body fat levels or saturated fat, it appears that a high consumption of red meat from domesticated animals and processed meat has a "convincing increased risk" of colon cancer.

See Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective - online . Chapter 4 page 116 starts the discussion about meat intake, while chapter 12 page 370 shows a summary table.