Where’s the beef? If you’re a United States–based shopper, it’s probably piling up on your local grocery shelf, given the price of beef per pound is up. It seems that filet mignon and ground beef are the new eggs.

From a protein standpoint, beef’s nutritional statistics are pretty hard to beat: Nutritionists generally suggest we eat about 30 grams of protein per meal, and “a three-ounce serving of beef has about 22 to 25 grams of protein,” says Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN, the founder of Brooklyn-based Maya Feller Nutrition. ( A quick and dirty tip on how to judge if you’re hitting that goal? Use the palm of your hand as a guide.) “So it’s hard to find a food that’s comparable ounce-for-ounce. It’s also not comparable to look at plant-based versus animal-based because they may have di

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