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3 Tips to Eating Beef and Staying Healthy

Learn how to enjoy lean beef with these tips from The Doctors.

from Reader's Digest Magazine | July/August 2012
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1. Go lean! Here's what to look for.

Choose round, sirloin, or tenderloin (including New York strip and filet mignon); these cuts have about the same amount of fat as a piece of skinless chicken breast. Avoid prime and T-bone.

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2. Spring for grass-fed if you can find it.

It’s more expensive, but it has higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids than grain-fed beef.

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3. It sounds obvious, but—eat less.

The perfect meat portion is three ounces (about the size of a deck of cards), which is a lot smaller than many restaurant portions. 

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Your Comments

  • http://www.facebook.com/AldoVipp Aldo Vipp

    beef or any kind of meat is not healthy at all  it has much more bad offers then 1 good   it makes you older and full of cancer plus fat and cholesterol    you want to have the best for you body go raw or vegan..

    • Latt3365

      Meat, chicken, fish, fruit and veggies are fine just eat in moderation. Staying away from man made food…processed food is the trick to eating well.