Guidelines for eating meat, fish and eggs:

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* Eat red meat only once or twice a week and certainly not every day (most certainly not at two or more meals a day) * Replace red meat with white meat - eat chicken, turkey or ostrich instead of steak or chops * Selected the leanest cuts you can buy, e.g. purchase lean mince instead of standard mince and halve your fat intake * Cut all visible fat from meat and don’t eat the skin of the chicken * Replace meat with fish as often as possible * Anyone with cholesterol or heart problems should not eat more than four eggs a week * Don't add fat when preparing foods, e.g. grill meat, discard dripping, steam and bake fish, boil and poach eggs * Have meatless meals regularly, replacing meat with pasta or legumes (dry beans, peas and lentils, Toppers and textured vegetable protein dishes) * Avoid eating too much smoked, cured or charred meat, as these methods of preservation and preparation promote cancer * Combine plant and animal protein foods to get the greatest benefit and avoid excessive saturated fat intake, e.g. add dry beans to stew, or stretch mince with cubed soy protein