2. White meat is the name of fat meat in some places, and it is also the name of meat with fine muscle fiber, low fat content and high unsaturated fatty acid content in fat, which can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and reduce the threat of cancer. It is also a dish in daily life. Corresponding to red meat is one of the most common meats in our daily life.
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1, red meat
The color of red meat comes from myoglobin contained in mammalian meat. Myoglobin is a kind of protein, which can deliver oxygen to the muscles of animals. The color of cooked food cannot be used as a criterion to judge whether it is red meat. No matter what color of beef, it is red meat; Similarly, although pork turns white during cooking, it is also red meat.
On the contrary, the meat of non-mammals such as birds (chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, etc.). ), fish, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans (shrimps and crabs, etc. ) or bivalves (oysters, clams, etc. ) is not red meat (it can be counted as white meat). Salmon and cooked shrimps and crabs are both red, but they can't be regarded as red meat.
2. white meat
Generally refers to fish, shrimp, shellfish, chicken, duck, vegetable meat (soybean) and so on. Can include birds (chicken, duck, goose, turkey, etc. ), fish, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans (shrimps and crabs, etc. ) or bivalves (oysters, clams), etc. Salmon and cooked shrimps and crabs are both red, but they can't be regarded as red meat.
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