Effects of Replacing Starchy Vegetables and Refined Grains With Beef on Cardio-metabolic Disease Risk Factors (S53)

The controlled healthy vegetarian diet will follow the Dietary Guidelines for American's recommendations. All foods and beverages will be provided during intervention to achieve the desired eating pattern.

The controlled beef diet will incorporate various cuts of lean unprocessed red meat into the healthy vegetarian eating pattern, as approved by the American Heart Association's Food Certification Program. The beef diet will isocalorically replace starchy vegetables and/or refined grains with 6 oz. of beef/day for five weeks.