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Get healthy Tri-State: Keep the comfort, lose the calories
When winter has you reaching for lasagna, sloppy joes, chili and other hearty beef-based dishes, you don't have to consume all that aging saturated fat or just make do with grilled tilapia. Instead, slash major calories and saturated fat, and increase taste by using chopped mushrooms instead of meat.
People who chose this in one study ate about 420 fewer calories a day. WOW! And they said the mushroom makeovers tasted just as good and kept them feeling full just as long as the all-beef versions did (so they didn't make up for the calorie-cutting later). Just ask Rocco, the meat-loving cowboy whom we just featured on "The Dr. Oz Show." We had him cut out meat entirely for 28 days and walk every day. As a result, he lost his diabetes and hypertension as well as 6 inches of waist and 35 pounds. You can make changes like this, too.
A bonus if you replace meat with mushrooms: Shrooms are a big source of ergothioneine, a compound that may help prevent plaque from forming in arteries. Ergothioneine does its work by inhibiting adhesion molecules, which help the cells that form plaque stick to blood-vessel walls. That was key for Rocco, who had 97 percent occlusion of his coronary arteries.
Portobello mushrooms contain a motherlode of ergothioneine, but button mushrooms aren't too shabby, either. That's a huge health boost from a little fungus. And if you live where the weather's hot, add mushrooms in other ways: on your salad, your veggie burger and even nestled into sandwiches.
The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz and Mike Roizen, are authors of "YOU: Having a Baby." Want more? See "The Dr. Oz Show" on TV (check local listings). To submit questions, go to www.RealAge.com.
