The report states that eating 72g of beef each day is safe. Meanwhile, milk and dairy consumption during pregnancy promotes a healthy birth weight of the baby, evidence shows.Īnd beef consumption was found to improve cognitive outcomes and protect against iron deficiency - which can cause dizziness, fatigue, headaches, an irregular heartbeat and pale skin. The report also found there was relatively solid evidence that egg consumption does not increase the risk of stroke or heart disease. It noted that plant-based 'meat', available in all major supermarkets, cannot replace animal products, is deficient in some essential nutrients and is high in fat, sodium and sugar.Įvidence suggests that in adults, yoghurt and milk consumption reduces the risk of all-cause death, high blood pressure, stroke, type 2 diabetes, colorectal and breast cancer and osteoporosis, the report states. 'Terrestrial animal source foods provide energy and many essential nutrients, such as protein, fatty acids and several vitamins and minerals that are less common in other food types,' FAO deputy director-general Maria Helena Semedo and the body's chief economist Maximo Torero Cullen wrote in a foreword to the report. It makes the study its most comprehensive analysis to date. To assess the benefits of risks of consuming animal products, the FAO looked at more than 500 scientific papers and 250 policy documents. Meat, eggs and milk provide key nutrients such as high-quality protein, fatty acids, iron, calcium, zinc, selenium and vitamin B12, the report found
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