Tip The Best Steak for Lifters Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness Diet & Fat LossEating Tip The Best Steak for Lifters What' s the best cut for the health-conscious bodybuilder Check this out by TC Luoma December 14, 2017April 5, 2021 Tags Diet Strategy, Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Protein, Tips Red Meat Isn t What It Used to Be Cattle used to be entirely grass fed, but starting in the second half of the last century, they started feeding them corn to fatten them up. The resultant cut of marbled meat often had more fat in it than meat. Things have reversed themselves slightly since modern meat eaters prefer a leaner cut of meat, but today's meat is still a lot fattier than nature intended it to be. The fat is mostly saturated, but much of the rest of it, courtesy of the corn diet, is comprised of way too many omega-6 fatty acids. The ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 should be 3 or even 2 to 1, but thanks to all that corn the ratio is more likely 20 to 1. Corn Fed vs Grass Fed Steak Granted, fears of saturated fat in general are a little trumped up, but humans still aren't made to repeatedly eat huge boluses of fats in one sitting, unless they're regulars at the "all the blubber you can eat" Eskimo buffet at the Shungnak, Alaska, Denny's. Regularly eating high amounts of fat for extended periods of time has been associated with all sorts of modern maladies in repeated studies, and an undesirable ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 introduces a slightly different set of medical problems. Of course, it's relatively easy to dump a good deal of the fat from ground beef simply by browning it and then draining it. There are also plenty of other ways to make your meat safer. You can also, of course, choose leaner cuts of steaks. A rib eye is generally the fattiest steak, having about 270 calories per 100 grams of meat, while a T-bone, at 210 calories per 100 grams, is second. The flat iron steak is the leanest (and most bland), with about 140 calories and 7 grams of fat per 100 grams of meat. A good flavor compromise, though, is the filet, with 155 calories per 100 grams. Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Eating Tip Get Mom and Dad To Eat More of This This is potentially the greatest gift a son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter could ever give to their aging parents or grandparents. Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements, Protein, Tips TC Luoma May 6 Diet & Fat Loss John Berardi s Great Fasting Experiment Dr. John Berardi test-drove several different fasting protocols. The results are surprising. Diet Strategy, Feeding the Ideal Body, Intermittent Fasting, Nutrition & Supplements Bryan Krahn November 22 Eating Tip Eat Pie Build Muscle Stay Lean Need a high-protein breakfast? Need it fast? Want it to be chocolate pie? Try this no-bake recipe. Feeding the Ideal Body, Nutrition & Supplements Chris Shugart June 14 Eating Structured Peptides The Next Generation of BCAAs Whether for muscle growth, reduction of fatigue, or to preserve muscle while dieting, structured peptides reign supreme. Here's why. Nutrition & Supplements, Performance Proteins TC Luoma October 9