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Meat is considered as the basic ingredient for curry, Hamburgers, stakes, BBQ etc. but too much use of meat is bad.

Eating meat in abundance can cause metabolic disorders and abnormal rise in cholesterol level Meat recipes are commonly available on internet and in recipe books.

processed and red meat is ranked at the top of healthy diet pyramid. Sodium is excessively found in processed meat like hot dogs, bacon, and deli meat. Latest studies have found that red meat in excess contributes in causing heart diseases..

Therefore, it is advised to avoid the use of processed meat and limit your red meat intake to no more than two times a week.

Furthermore, using chicken and fish instead of red meat and processed meat can improve the level of cholesterol as well as lower the risk of diabetes and heart diseases. Poultry like duck and chicken can be taken more than twice in a week. Boneless, skinless chicken is recommended.

Alike chicken, fish meat has no restrictions for healthy diet.

To encourage the limited usage, some of the disadvantages of meat are listed below:

• From meat one can get proteins and other nutrients but no fiber which is a health threat for a meat lover. Chances of cancer and heart problems can rise due to the unfair amount of fiber in the body • Meat lovers can suffer from calcium loss of bones while digesting unwanted proteins during digestion

• Meat has high ratio of unwanted fats and cholesterol, which is also very injurious to health if excessively taken • Meat of animals infected with some disease or worm like tapeworm, liver flukes can be transmitted to the human body and cause ulcers and intestinal blockage

• To meet the commercial demand of meat livestock are fed on artificial chemical feeds for quick maturity.

Meat from such animals on deep-frying or immense heating gives up chemicals and heterocyclic amines that can cause cancer, skin allergies and spots