Meat

Meat is something that you can eat that comes from animals like cows, pigs, and chickens. When you cook it, it becomes brown and yummy, and it helps your body grow big and strong!

Meat has different parts that are good for you in different ways. The long, skinny parts of meat, like chicken breasts or sirloin steak, have lots of protein, which helps your muscles grow bigger and stronger. The round, chunky parts of meat, like ground beef or pork chops, have lots of iron, which helps your blood stay healthy and carry oxygen all around your body.

But it’s important to cook meat really well before eating it, so that all the nasty germs and bacteria that can make you sick get killed. That’s why grown-ups use a thermometer to check that the middle of the meat is hot all the way through before they let you eat it.

And always remember to treat animals nicely, because they are our friends and we should be kind to them, even if we like to eat them sometimes.