Nestle makes Stouffer's Lean Cuisine meals, which are reduced-calorie, low-fat frozen products. Lean Cuisine meals include breakfast paninis, pizzas and sandwiches and entrees such as butternut squash ravioli and sesame chicken. Lean Cuisine beef portabello is one of the Cafe Cuisine choices. It has roasted beef, mushroom and red skin whipped potatoes.
Calories and Points
The serving size for Lean Cuisine's beef portabello meal is one package, or 9 oz. It has 210 calories and is worth one-and-a-half servings of lean meat, one-and-a-half servings of starch and a half serving of fat using the dietary exchange list. People who are on a Weight Watchers diet count the number of points they eat each day. The point values for foods depend on the calories, fat and fiber in the food. According to Lean Cuisine, the beef portabello has four Weight Watchers points.
Fat and Cholesterol
Fat and cholesterol from food can both affect your blood cholesterol levels. Lean Cuisine beef portabello has 6 g total fat and 2 g heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. Saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol are lipids in foods that can raise blood levels of bad LDL cholesterol. The daily value for someone on a 2,000 calorie diet is 20 g saturated fat, less than 2 g trans fats and 300 mg cholesterol. The meal has 2 g saturated fat, no trans fat and 60 mg cholesterol.
Potassium
Potassium is an essential mineral and electrolyte that helps maintain proper voltage differences across your cell membranes to allow nerve impulse transmissions. According to the Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center, people with high-potassium diets may have a lower risk for hypertension and stroke. Many fruits and vegetables provide potassium, and potatoes are particularly rich sources. Lean Cuisine beef portabello with whipped potatoes has 1,000 mg potassium, or 29 percent of the daily value for someone on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Sodium
You need some dietary sodium to maintain your electrolyte balance, but too much of this mineral may lead to high blood pressure. People with elevated blood pressure have a higher risk for stroke, coronary heart disease and kidney disease. You get some sodium from table salt, or sodium chloride, and some foods naturally have sodium. Many processed foods provide sodium from ingredients such as salt and sodium phosphate. Lean Cuisine beef portabello has 580 mg sodium, or 24 percent of the daily value for sodium.
Other Nutrients
Lean Cuisine beef portabello has 24 g carbohydrate, 2 g dietary fiber and 6 g sugar. It has 15 g protein. According to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, beef provides heme iron, which is the form your body can absorb well. The beef portabello meal has 8 percent of the daily value for iron along with 4 percent of the daily value for vitamin C and 6 percent of the daily value for calcium.
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