Red Meat- More Healthy or Harmful?

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Everyone likes to indulge in a nice juicy burger or delicious, tender steak once in a while, and that is perfectly acceptable.  For me, its the Sirloin Steak dinner at Texas Roadhouse.  Think about where your favorite place is to enjoy these entrees.  If you're thinking that you like them best when you make them yourself at home, you're right on point.

Red meats that are prepared and preserved for later use have carbon monoxide added into them, so that they can keep the same appealing color that they were originally cut with.  Let's be honest, most of us aren't too interested in ingesting carbon monoxide.  The bright side of this, however, is that freshly cut meats don't need the carbon monoxide injection because they're being sold and used right after being cut. For example, your local grocery store is probably a good place to start looking for fresh red meat.  When you visit the butcher at the back of the store, it might be a little more pricey than simply grabbing from the shelves, but it's definitely worth a few extra pennies.

From now on, think about how recently the red meat that you're about to enjoy was cut.  Then, enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

Make sweet choices--in food and in life.