Meat That is Low in Cholesterol | Tips For Cooking to Lower Cholesterol

Don’t think that just because we are discussing cholesterol lowering regimens that you must cut beef completely out of your diet. 

However, with bee, too much of this “good thing” won’t do you any favors. 

When eating to lower cholesterol, you can have your steak and eat it too, provided it’s a cut that is relatively low in fat and cholesterol and you do not add fat in the cooking and serving process.

When shopping for beef, select grade eye of the round is considered by some to be just that.  A 3 ½ ounce serving has approximately four grams of fat, less than half of the amount in a 1 ounce serving of cheddar cheese.  It also contains 69 milligrams of cholesterol, among 5th lowest for meats, and it is a good soruce of zinc, iron and other nutrients.  Tip round, bottom round and top sirloin are also relatively lean and high in these nutrients.

Turkey breast and chicken breast are prizes as soon as you remove the skin.  Turkey has less than 1 gram of fat and 83 milligrams of cholesterol.  Chicken has 3.6 grams of fat and 85 milligrams of cholesterol.

Pork tenderloin is the top choice for the “other white meat,” while leg shank is the leanest choice among lamb cuts.