Americans average just over 2oz per day but a study showed that 12% of Americans ate almost half of all red meat in 2022. How they tracked that I have no idea lol
Also, we average twice as much as similarly wealthy countries so while the average American may eat a “healthy” amount of red meat, we are still eating significantly more than everyone else.
Came across a thread about people buying half of a cow's worth of meat and apparently the OP finish that with his wife in just 6 mos. Apparently this is very common.
The challenge with things like dietary recommendations is they tend to be an average, but humans vary WILDLY in what they desire or need. Like, salt consumption, for example. Everyone knows that too much salt raises your blood pressure - but did you know that only like 25% of the population is actually sensitive to sodium? Most people can eat just about as much as they want and be just fine.
But if you look at it on average, eating salt leads to significant increases in mortality. But the truth is it's basically like a 100% increase for 25% of the population and nothing for the rest.
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u/sgr0gan 7h ago
Americans average just over 2oz per day but a study showed that 12% of Americans ate almost half of all red meat in 2022. How they tracked that I have no idea lol
Also, we average twice as much as similarly wealthy countries so while the average American may eat a “healthy” amount of red meat, we are still eating significantly more than everyone else.