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When More Calories Is Better

9 times quality is far more important than calorie count

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Come to the dark side! For a measly 34 additional calories, 3 ounces of dark meat will give you more anemia-preventing iron and immunity-boosting zinc than 3 ounces of chicken breast. And don't worry about the saturated fat—there's only one more gram in dark meat than white, and that's a good thing, Albert says: A little sat fat can be more satisfying and prevent hunger later.

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