Originally Posted by
One Wheel
Strictly anecdotal: my sister doesn't do a lot of exercise, aside from being a homeschooling mom of 3 young boys. She was having some health problems, I'm not sure exactly what, and got a recommendation to eat I think it was 180 grams of protein per day. I'm pretty sure that's coming largely from red meat, and she's never been healthier.
I've read that the studies looking at the health of red meat tend to not control for type of red meat: a burger with fries and a Coke counts as the same serving of red meat as a grass-fed steak.
What does she weigh? Most recent studies suggest it's a waste of time eating more than approx 2g/kg bodyweight of protein per day. Maybe 2.2g/kg if you are doing a lot of endurance exercise, which it sounds like she isn't.