Americans Have No Beef with Getting Their Protein from Meat
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One of the health lessons drummed into kids’ heads is that proteins are essential nutrients in building strong bodies while providing an important fuel source.
That lesson sticks with a lot of people well into adulthood given how much Americans consume animal protein.
As it happens, the NPD Group found out in a survey that six in 10 respondents eat some kind of animal protein on a daily basis.
Tops on the list compiled by the NPD Group are beef, followed by chicken, fish, pork, shellfish and lamb.
What’s more, at least one in two adults clamors for more protein than what they’re already getting. However, they’re less inclined to turn to dairy products even though health experts say milk, cheese and yogurt and eggs are good sources of the nutrients, not to mention they’re loaded with calcium and many are fortified with Vitamin D.
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