What meats and other proteins should I eat most often?

Most often you should eat:

• Fish: trout, halibut, salmon, cod, water-packed tuna or salmon, shellfish
• Poultry: skinless white meat
• Lean beef: round, flank, sirloin, extra-lean ground
• Lean pork: sirloin, tenderloin, loin chops
• Leg of lamb, well-trimmed
• Beans and lentils
• Egg whites

Occasionally you may eat:

• Dark meat poultry and lightly marbled beef or pork
• Peanut butter
• Eggs
• Unsalted nuts: walnuts, pecans, almonds, peanuts, Brazil nuts
• Unsalted seeds: pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds

Avoid or eat sparingly:

• Fried meats
• Pastrami
• Sausage and bacon
• Ham, cold cuts, and hot dogs
• Pickled meats