The Beef About Meet

The Beef about Meat

To many people eating their way to better health, "beef" and "meat" have become a new breed of four-letter word. While no one argues that too much of this good-tasting stuff is bad for your health, you can have your steak and eat it, too--provided it's a cut relatively low in fat and cholesterol and you do not add fat in cooking and serving.

Among beef choices, select-grade eye of round is considered by some to be just that: A 3 and 1/2-ounce serving has approximately four grams of fat, less than half of the amount in a 1-ounce serving of Cheddar cheese. It also contains 69 milligrams of cholesterol, among the lowest for meats, and it's a good source of zinc, iron and other nutrients. Tip round, bottom round and top sirloin are also relatively lean and high in these nutrients.

Turkey breast and chicken breast are poultry prizes--as long as you remove the skin. Turkey has less than 1 gram of fat and 83 milligrams of cholesterol; chicken has 3.6 grams of fat and 85 milligrams of cholesterol. Pork tenderloin is the top choice for the "other white meat," while leg shank is the leanest choice among lamb cuts.

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