The Skinny on Beef Steaks

There’s just 6 grams of fat in one ½ cup serving of lean beef steak.

That’s like one tablespoon of ranch salad dressing.

Beef’s got healthy fat.

Almost HALF the fat in beef is the same healthy fat found in olive oil.

A beef steak offers more satisfaction, less calories.

Higher-protein meals like those with lean beef are filling.¹ Think appetite management.

Think "steak for dinner" not "steak per person”.

Sharing a steak is such a civilized way to portion control. Grill one Flank steak, slice it thinly and pass on a platter. You take what you like.

If beef looks lean, it is lean.

Unlike many other foods (think muffin for example), there are no hidden fats with beef! Trim off the fat either before or after cooking. All trimmed up, Canadian beef is lean!

¹Wegle DS, Breen PA. A high-protein diet induces sustained reductions in appetite, ad libitum caloric intake, and body weight despite compensatory changes in diurnal plasma leptin and ghrelin concentrations. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;82:41-48.

Per 100 gram raw beef, trimmed of external fat (composite of 26 cuts): 145 calories, 5.5 g fat (2.3 g saturated fat, 0.2 g trans fat, 2.8 g monounsaturated fat, 0.2 g polyunsaturated fat), 22 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate, 327 mg potassium, 0.121 19 μg vitamin D, 0.12 mg thiamine, 0.25 mg riboflavin, 6.62 mg niacin, 0.3 mg vitamin B6, 2.18 mg iron, 2.59 19 μg vitamin B12, 5.8 mg zinc, 0.9 mg pantothenate, 184 mg phosphorus, 24 mg magnesium, 19 μg selenium.