If you’re shopping for steak, choose lean cuts like round, shoulder, strip, tenderloin, or T-bone (and order those cuts when you dine out, too). If you’re in the market for a roast, choose arm or chuck shoulder cuts. When you buy hamburger, spend a bit more and opt for 95 percent lean ground beef. You can go even leaner than that, though—and if you do, you can eat three servings of red meat a week. Extra-lean cuts include top and bottom round, top sirloin steak, and eye of round and bottom round roast. Per serving, all contain less than 5 grams of total fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, and 95 milligrams of cholesterol.
If you’re shopping for steak, choose lean cuts like round,
shoulder, strip, tenderloin, or T-bone (and order those cuts when
you dine out, too). If you’re in the market for a roast, choose arm
or chuck shoulder cuts. When you buy...
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