Meat is an excellent source of many nutrients, especially protein, B vitamins, iron and zinc.
As a nutrient dense food, meat provides major nutritive contributions to your diet relative to the amount of calories it contains. In addition to having a high protein content, meat provides high quality protein. To understand this concept, some fundamental knowledge about the composition of proteins is needed. Compounds called amino acids are the basic building blocks that form proteins. There are essential and non-essential amino acids.