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Meat: The Smartest Picks
Here are the leanest, and therefore healthiest, cuts of meat to look for. All figures are for 3.5 ounces of uncooked meat:
Total
fat (grams)
Saturated
fat (grams)
Calories (grams)
Chicken
Breast,
without skin
1.2
0.3
110
Drumstick, without skin
3.4
0.8
119
Thigh, without skin
3.9
1.0
119
Turkey
Light meat, without skin
1.6
0.5
114
Dark meat, without skin
4.1
1.4
123
Pork
Tenderloin
3.4
1.1
120
Chop, top loin
5.3
1.8
141
Ham
5.4
1.9
136
Beef
Top round
2.5
0.8
120
Tip round
3.2
1.0
119
Eye of round
3.6
1.2
125
Sirloin
3.7
1.3
124

Anchovies
These little fish are a big source of omega-3 fatty acids. Anchovies are also rich in the nucleic acids

 
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