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Approximately 3 ounces of lean beef provides 9% of daily calories in a 2,000 calorie diet and only 10% of fat but more than half the daily needs for protein, selenium, niacin, and vitamin B12, along with a quarter of the iron requirement and almost half the zinc needed. These numbers emphasize the nutrient density of red meat. Reproduced from Klurfeld, 2015.
