What Are The Safe Limits For Eating Goat Meat? This Is The Complete Answer

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YOGYAKARTA goat meat has been known as a source of nutrients that is very useful for the body. However, excessive consumption will also have a negative impact on health such as dizziness, nausea, triggering increased cholesterol levels in the body, and so on. To avoid this, you are advised to know the safe limits of eating goat meat.

Quoted from the website of the West Nusa Tenggara Province Animal Husbandry and Health Service, The Harvard School of Public Health recommends that people avoid red meat. The reason is, red meat contains high saturated fat and is able to trigger rising cholesterol levels in the blood. It is known that this is a trigger for problems in the heart.

In the case of goat meat, the fat contained per dish is approximately 0.79 grams which can actually help support heart health compared to beef or chicken which contains approximately 3 grams of saturated fat and 1.7 grams per dish.

The goat meat proportion has about 4 percent of the total daily value. In fact, the recommendation of health experts, the portion of saturated fat per day is less than 20 grams.

Referring to the Health Sciences Textbook: Understanding Symptoms, Signs and Myths, cholesterol levels in goat meat are also lower than cows. In every 100 grams of goat meat has 57 mg of cholesterol, while beef has a higher figure of 89 mg per 100 grams.

The same thing also happens to the calorie content of goat meat. The Ministry of Health explains that goat meat is basically healthier than red meat in other animals. Data from the United States Department of Agriculture shows that per 100 grams of goat meat served can produce the least calories, namely 109 calories. Meanwhile, beef, the amount of calories contained per 100 grams is 250 calories.

Then what about the safe limit to eating goat meat?

Although goat meat contains less saturated to calorie fat than cows, excessive consumption of animal meat will also trigger health problems.

Tan Shot Yen, a nutritionist, explained that both goat and cow meat have saturated fat which if consumed by excess will have an unfavorable effect. He also reminded you not to eat fat from wages. Fat itself contains the highest calories which triggers obesity and difficulty digesting.

On the official website of the Ministry of Health, it is explained that by considering the recommended Nutrition Adequacy Rate (AKG), people can eat meat 2 to 3 times a week. However, the community must also pay attention to how to cook. It is recommended to eat meat with perfect maturity.

Quoted from the official website of the Sawahlunto City Hospital, the recommendation for eating beef every time you eat a maximum of 50 grams of goat meat. However, these restrictions can still reach 100 grams with a note that they do not have any health problems.

Or, in the form of culinary dishes, the recommended limit for eating goat satay is 10 stabs per day. Meanwhile, the limit for eating goat meat with rendang dishes is one to two pieces. This amount already contains quite high calories for the body.

The intensity of eating goat meat must also remain limited in order to prevent an increase in health problems such as high cholesterol or an increase in the risk of other cardiovascular disease. The community is also advised to compensate with adequate vegetables and fruit.

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