Health Tip: Spare the Needless Calories

(HealthDay News) - Proteins are an important part of a healthy diet, and can help fill you up without consuming excess calories.

Here are some suggestions from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on how choose and prepare meats:

• Buy meats labeled "extra lean."
• Buy skinless chicken, or pull the skin off before you cook it.
• Choose low-fat lunch meats for sandwiches.
• Trim off fat from any meat before you cook it.
• Bake, broil or grill meats instead of frying them.
• Don''t add breading or any other fattening seasonings.

-- Diana Kohnle

Last Updated: Dec. 12, 2007

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