How can I make grilled beef healthier?

There are a lot of reasons to take red meat off the menu—saturated fat anyone? But if you plan to indulge, Michael Roizen, MD, has four strategies that can make your grilled beef healthier.

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Just three ounces of lean beef can have six grams of saturated fat. And that increases your risk of heart attack, stroke,

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impotence, wrinkling, all kinds of bad things. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Personally, I'm a big fan of salmon on the grill. I can almost taste it. But if you're a red meat lover, there

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are a few things you can do to make that grilled red meat as healthy as possible. One, go for grass-fed.

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It has one third less saturated fat than regular beef, and maybe even some healthy omega-3s.

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Two, choose lower fat cuts like top sirloin or the leanest hamburger.

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And make it a slider. Just three ounces of lean beef can have six grams of saturated fat. And that increases your risk of heart attack, stroke,

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impotence, wrinkling, all kinds of bad things. Three, marinade. Flame grilling creates carcinogens, cancer-causing

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things. But soaking your meat, bathing it, if you will, in a rosemary-spiked marinade

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for at least 15 minutes neutralizes about 85% of those bad things.

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Four, make kebabs. Skewer small chunks of marinated meat with lots of vegetables.