Eating meat is important for a person to live a healthy life. Beef, pork, and chicken are rich in protein, which consists of 20 different amino acids. Of these, the nine amino acids that can't be produced by the human body are called "essential amino acids."
Foods with a good balance of these amino acids are "high-quality proteins," and animal proteins such as meat and fish are representative. Plant proteins, such as soybeans, are often said to be good for health, but animal proteins are superior in terms of the balance of essential amino acids (amino acid score).
Proteins are used to build muscles and organs. In other words, animal protein is superior in terms of "building the body itself."
- The contents of this column are academic findings regarding "meat" in general, not the efficacy of our products.
- This column was produced by Ebara Foods Corporation under the supervision of Professor Emeritus Toshiro Suzuki, Tokyo University of Agriculture.
- Supervisor
- Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Dr. Toshiro Suzuki
Profile
- Mar. 1980
- Completed Doctoral program in Agricultural Chemistry, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture (Doctor of Agriculture)
- Apr. 1981
- Studied at CSIRO (Australia) Division of Food Research Meat Research Laboratory for 2 years
- Apr. 1983
- Research assistant, Food Processing Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
- Apr. 2003
- Professor, Food Processing Center, Faculty of Applied Biosciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture
- Apr. 2007
- Transfer of department, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
- Apr. 2012
- Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture
- Mar. 2016
- Retired from Tokyo University of Agriculture
- Apr. 2016
- Present - Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture
Publications: ""Shokuhin kakou gijyutsu gairon (Introduction to Food Processing Technology)"" (co-author), ""Shokuniku, nikuseihin-no-kagaku (Science of Meat and Meat Products)"" (co-author), etc.
Dated: April 2019