The Best & Worst Cuts of Steak—Ranked by Nutritional Benefits!

[Michie]

A good steak dinner is synonymous with celebration and achievement. From the world's most popular restaurants to your backyard grill, there are few foods as quintessentially American as steak. While plant-based products continue to flood the market, there will never quite be an equal substitute for old-fashioned quality beef.

Red meat has taken some heat of late, though, and we don't just mean in the broiler. Steak has borne some of the blame for global warming, and the industry's been accused of inhumane practices. It's been called a carcinogen and contributor to heart disease, despite the fact that most studies linking red meat and health risks have been observational ones, which do not provide causation. We asked two experts, Tristan Phillips, a strength and movement coach, and Patrick Montgomery, CEO and owner of KC Cattle Company, to weigh in on the healthiest cuts of steak.

"It has long since been proven that dietary cholesterol from lean red meats does not raise cholesterol and heart disease risk," says Tristan Phillips, who references a study from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and one from Harvard Health Publishing. Another study by the group reported that diets that included lean cuts of red meat actually helped reduce cholesterol. And as a whole, "Red meat is among the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet, with an impressive amount of bio-available nutrients," says Phillips.


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[Shane R]

I can't believe anyone who is encouraging steak consumption would put Bottom round on their list. From a strict analysis of the numbers it makes sense but from a culinary perspective the cut belongs in the burger meat. The article also got the USDA grading system backward: Prime is the fattiest meat.

 

[Michie]

I can't believe anyone who is encouraging steak consumption would put Bottom round on their list. From a strict analysis of the numbers it makes sense but from a culinary perspective the cut belongs in the burger meat. The article also got the USDA grading system backward: Prime is the fattiest meat.

I couldn't say. I’ve never been big on steak.

 

[public hermit]

I got away from eating sirloin, but now that I'm an older, and need to imagine I'm trying to be healthy, I should reconsider.

 

[Michie]

I got away from eating sirloin, but now that I'm an older, and need to imagine I'm trying to be healthy, I should reconsider.

I’ve never been a big steak eater. My husband likes it but I have never been one for a big slab of meat on the plate by itself. Just not my thing.

 

[dqhall]

A good steak dinner is synonymous with celebration and achievement. From the world's most popular restaurants to your backyard grill, there are few foods as quintessentially American as steak. While plant-based products continue to flood the market, there will never quite be an equal substitute for old-fashioned quality beef.

Red meat has taken some heat of late, though, and we don't just mean in the broiler. Steak has borne some of the blame for global warming, and the industry's been accused of inhumane practices. It's been called a carcinogen and contributor to heart disease, despite the fact that most studies linking red meat and health risks have been observational ones, which do not provide causation. We asked two experts, Tristan Phillips, a strength and movement coach, and Patrick Montgomery, CEO and owner of KC Cattle Company, to weigh in on the healthiest cuts of steak.

"It has long since been proven that dietary cholesterol from lean red meats does not raise cholesterol and heart disease risk," says Tristan Phillips, who references a study from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and one from Harvard Health Publishing. Another study by the group reported that diets that included lean cuts of red meat actually helped reduce cholesterol. And as a whole, "Red meat is among the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet, with an impressive amount of bio-available nutrients," says Phillips.


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Domi Good: The Best & Worst Cuts of Steak—Ranked by Nutritional Benefits!

Oxford University reported:
“Largest review of all large-scale studies to date finds red and processed meat increase the risk of heart disease.”

Red and processed meat linked to increased risk of heart disease, Oxford study shows | University of Oxford