Dear Olawale

There are many benefits from eating red meat, such as: The heme iron in red meat is easily absorbed by the body, also the red meat supply the body with vitamin B12, which helps make DNA and keeps nerve and red blood cells healthy, and zinc, which keeps the immune system working properly.

Red meat provides protein, which helps build bones and muscles.

In other hand, many references focus on the deleterious effect of red meat on the human well-be​ing and may cause health problems, such as coronary heart disease, thrombosis, and ​cancer.

for more information, please read in the link:

Article The impacts of lean red meat consumption on human health: A review

Good Luck

Thanks for your response.

The article was indeed informative. Moderate amount of red meat consumption has certain benefits for human sound health. But which quantity is moderate is an important question. I believe this depends on many factors such as eating pattern, methods of cooking meat, etc.

This article below gives a kind of insight into this issue:

McAfee et al. (2010). Red meat consumption: An overview of the risks and benefits. Meat Science, 84:1–13

The references provided by others are useful. I would add other points to consider: 1) red meat is produced with fibrous feeds that are not efficient in poultry production, so red meat is an option where forages are available, 2) red-meat animal such as cattle and buffalo provide draught (draft) power for farming, which is not possible for poultry and the animals can be used for food when their utility as draught is completed, 3) some breeds of cattle can produce milk for several years before being consumed as red meat. The are benefits in addition nutritional benefits.