Turkey Talk: White Meat vs. Dark Meat

FitSugar — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:45:00 -0800

When it comes to eating turkey, I like to dabble on the dark side of things and eat a drumstick. It gives me that old English monarch feeling. Yet dark meat has a bad rap, so I wanted to know just how bad it really is.

First off, to satisfy your curiosity as to why there is dark meat in the first place, you need to know that since turkeys don't really fly much, their legs and thighs are the birds' primary mode of transportation. The muscles of the legs and thigh are full of myoglobin proteins, which ship oxygen to the muscle cells so the turkeys can run around all day and not get tired. Myoglobins make the flesh darker, and consequently, dark meat is considerably higher in iron.

So how do all the different types of meat compare nutritionally? To see just

the same turkey dinner without the same fat: Turkey

FitSugar — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:33:00 -0800

Thanksgiving brings us a wonderful time to give thanks, to reconnect with family and friends and to eat more calories than we ever normally would in any given day. Ahhhh...the gluttony.

But it doesn't have to be that way, for tips on how to make your Thanksgiving turkey have less of an impact on your waistline,

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Turkey Talk: White Meat vs. Dark Meat

the same turkey dinner without the same fat: Turkey