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"  Sometimes I think half the people I know are cutting back on red meat (for health reasons, budget reasons, or both). You too? Then chances are you&amp;#039;re eating more chicken than ever. And &amp;quot;more&amp;quot; means more than 91 pounds a year! That&amp;#039;s average for most Americans and it&amp;#039;s three times what we ate a few decades ago. So here&amp;#039;s the first surprising question: 1. Is chicken that much better for you than meat? You bet. Compare a broiled skinless chicken breast to a broiled sirloin steak, with the fat trimmed to nearly nothing (a mere 1/8 inch): Ounce for ounce, the steak has a little less protein, about a third more calories, and four times as much fat, half of it saturated. Go chicken! Not only is it waist- and heart-friendly but eating a low-fat diet \u2014 and eating healthful unsaturated fats when you do eat fat \u2014 can make your RealAge as much as 6 years younger. Next question? 2. Are free-range chickens more nutritious than regular birds? Nope. Both get a feed mix that&amp;#039;s designed to prep them for market, and there&amp;#039;s no evidence that free-range chickens are more nutritious. Ideally, free-range birds are more humanely raised, but the USDA only requires that certified free-range chickens have &amp;quot;access&amp;quot; to the outdoors. &amp;quot;That may mean the birds got to stroll on a cement slab for 5 minutes a day,&amp;quot; says Elizabeth Somer, RD, author of Nutrition for Women. 3. Is &amp;quot;pasturized&amp;quot; poultry tastier than free-range? Maybe. Pasturized birds \u2014 think green pastures, not milk processing (that&amp;#039;s Pasteur) \u2014 spend most of their lives roaming around a field. Some cooks believe that makes their meat more flavorful. It certainly makes the chickens&amp;#039; lives nicer. 4. Are organic birds hormone-free? Well, yes, but all chickens are hormone-free. It&amp;#039;s illegal to give hormones to poultry. Organic mainly means the chickens are raised on 100% organic feed and aren&amp;#039;t fed antibiotics. 5. At McDonald&amp;#039;s, are you better off ordering Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips or a cheeseburger? A cheeseburger. A five-strip order of Chicken Selects \u2014 thanks to how it&amp;#039;s prepared \u2014 equals more than two McD&amp;#039;s cheeseburgers. The tab: 660 calories, 40 grams of fat, and a stunning 1,680 mg of sodium. Ouch. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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