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Beef is not evil. I love beef. I couldn't live a week without beef. Beef can add variety to a low-fat diet. Did you know that a 3 ounce serving of cooked, trimmed beef eye round has just 4 grams of fat?

Look for cuts with "loin" or "round" in the name: top round, eye round, round tip, sirloin, and top loin.

Choose USDA Choice and Select grades. Both Choice and Select grade cuts can be lean, but Select has the least amount of fat.

Trim the Fat before cooking. Your grocer has already done a lot of this work for you. Trimming the remaining external fat can reduce the totla fat content by an average of 50%.

Grilling, broiling, panbroiling and stir-frying are quick cooking methods and work well with loin cuts. Round cuts are best prepraed by moist heat cooking like braising or stewing.

Rinse away about half the fat! After browning ground beef, place crumbles on a plate lined wiht paper towels, then put in a colander and rinse with 4 cups of hot (not boiling) water.