Is ham considered red meat ??

[Dan Murphy]

I recently got Gout and was told to limit red meat in my diet.
So I looked up red meat. Pork is included as a red meat. Although when cooked it often turns white when raw it is red/pink.
The white meat thing for pork came from advertising years ago when people were eating much more chicken and the Pork industry promoted pork as the other white meat. That was incorrectly identifying it so chicken lovers would eat more pork.
For a short term test I would just eat something you like that is not red meat. Why risk screwing up your medical results!

Welcome to the dis, mroak.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

 

[leebee]

I may be wrong (took medical micro a LONG time ago) but I believe "red" meat is categorized that way due to the level of hemoglobin in the meat. Hemoglobin is the iron-associated compound in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body. According to Cleveland Clinic, "Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that helps blood carry oxygen throughout the body. The hemoglobin count is an indirect measurement of the number of red blood cells in your body; a high count may be a sign of a health problem. Certain medical conditions and lifestyle factors can cause a high hemoglobin count." (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17789-high-hemoglobin-count)
I would guess that if there is a high level of hemoglobin in your blood, stool, etc., that is there from red meat, it wouldn't be a good thing and could lead to unnecessary testing and such to determine why your hemoglobin is high. Just a guess, though...

 

[Brett Wyman]

 

[tasha99]

Lol, I didn't realize this was a zombie thread. BUT . . . pork as a white meat is ridiculous. It's a marketing term that reflects how pork has become leaner. Good pork, like heritage breeds, is outright fatty, but even supermarket pork is still red meat, no matter what they say on Madison Avenue.