{"id":4874,"date":"2009-01-27T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=4874"},"modified":"2009-01-27T10:47:26","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T15:47:26","slug":"make-healthy-choices-when-eating-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/make-healthy-choices-when-eating-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Healthy Choices When Eating Beef"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beef has gotten a bad rap in recent years. Even with the popularity of low-carb Atkins<\/a>-style diet plans, beef<\/a> still wears the Scarlet A in the animal protein world. But on average, Americans eat almost 63 pounds of beef per person each year. So, maybe that bad rap isn’t getting through to the public.\"cuts<\/a><\/p>\n

While most nutritionists will steer you away from the steer, in favor of chicken, turkey, and fish, they won’t tell you to avoid it altogether. You just need to be aware of which kind of beef to buy.<\/p>\n

Cooking Light’s Aliza Green was researching for her book, Field Guide to Meat<\/em>, when she realized that she should expand her palate to include different cuts of beef. In her article on CNN.com<\/a> she outlines which to choose for “maximum flavor and nutrition.”<\/p>\n

In reading Green’s article, I learned something new: the origins of domesticated cattle. While humans have been domesticating cattle for some 8,500 years, Columbus was the one to first bring beef to the New World.<\/p>\n

Here are some tips excerpted from Green’s article:<\/p>\n