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Giving Up Meat – The Pros and Cons

Meat does a lot of good in the body. It is there to supply the body with the proteins necessary to build and repair tissues, bones, skin, blood, muscles, and cartilages, and also makes enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Red meat gives the body a good supply of vitamin B12, which helps keep the nervous system and red blood cells healthy, and also supplies the body with zinc, which helps the immune system function at its optimum levels.

Those are all the great things about meat, but there is a downside to red meat too. Red meat (lamb, beef and pork), have a high concentration of saturated fats – much more than fats found in vegetable proteins. The fats found in red meat (saturated and trans fats) can raise your blood cholesterol and worsen heart disease according to the American Heart Association, which was established in 1924. So what protein substitutes can you eat?