Unfortunately, chicken has nearly as much fat as beef. As you’ll see in the table below, the leanest beef is 28 percent fat (as a percentage of calories).
The leanest chicken—skinless breast meat, prepared without added fat—is not much better, at about 23 percent. Fish vary, with some lower than chicken and some higher, but the truly low-fat foods are in a class by themselves: Beans, vegetables, fruits, and whole grains are virtually all very low in fat and, as we’ll see in later sections, high in vitamins, minerals, and healthy fiber.
If you or your loved ones are trying to eliminate fat from your diet, switching from
beef to chicken does not bring you very far. On the other hand, building your menu from whole grains, beans, vegetables, and fruits is a powerful way to trim the fat.
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