Do you know how much fat is in meats, fish? Chicken, turkey, fish, red meat are all high in cholesterol, fat, and without any fiber.
Most diets substitute chicken, turkey and fish for red meat as healthy subsitutes. As a matter of fact these foods are all high in cholesterol, fat, and have no fiber. You should look at the percentage (%) of calories as fat in these food items.
Source:U.S.D.A. Handbook N0. 456
| % of calories as fat in meat, fish and Products | |||
| Tuna Chunk, oil-packed | 63% | Sirloin Steak, hipbone, lean with fat | 83% |
| Herring, Pacific | 59% | Pork Sausage | 83% |
| Anchovies | 54% | T-Bone Steak, lean with fat | 82% |
| Bass, Black Sea | 53% | Porterhouse Steak, lean with fat | 82% |
| Perch, Ocean | 53% | Bacon, Lean | 82% |
| Caviar, sturgeon | 52% | Rib Roast, lean with fat | 81% |
| Mackerel, Pacific | 50% | Bologna | 81% |
| Sardines, Atlantic, in oil, drained | 49% | Country-style sausage | 81% |
| Salmon, sockeye (red) | 49% | Spareribs | 80% |
| Hormel Spam Luncheon Meat | 77% | Lamb rib chops, lean with fat | 79% |
| Mrs. Paul's Battered Fish Fillets | 75% | Duck meat, with skin | 76% |
| Del Monte Bonito | 67% | Salami | 76% |
| Morton Beef Tenderloin | 64% | Liverwurst | 75% |
| Mrs. Paul's Fried Shrimp | 58% | Rump roast, lean with fat | 71% |
| Mrs. Paul's Clam Crepes | 55% | Ham, lean with fat | 69% |
| Hormel Dinty Moore Corned Beef | 53% | Stewing beef, lean with fat | 66% |
| Swanson Salisbury Steak | 52% | Goose meat, with skin | 65% |
| Nabisco Chicken in a Biskit | 51% | Ground beef, fairly lean | 64% |
| Morton House Beef Stew | 49% | Veal Breast, lean with fat | 64% |
| Mrs. Paul's Flounder | 48% | Leg of lamb, lean with fat | 61% |
| Swanson Veal Parmigiana | 48% | Chicken, dark meat with skin, roasted | 56% |
| Swanson Fried Chicken | 46% | Round steak, lean with fat | 53% |
| Hormel Dinty Moore Beef Stew | 45% | Chuck rib roast, lean only | 50% |
| Morton Beef Pot Pie | 45% | Chuck steak, lean only | 50% |
| Mrs. Paul's Fish Au Gratin | 43% | Chicken, light meat with skin, roasted | 44% |