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NutritionNotes
Get Grilling
B
urgers are a mainstay of summer grilling.
While beef burgers might be the most common,
you can make burgers from turkey, chicken, pork,
lamb, venison, or vegetables.
Whatever type of ground meat you buy, check the label
for fat content. The amount of fat usually varies from 7
percent to 15 percent, and meat will be labeled 93-percent
lean or 85-percent lean. Even with 93-percent lean meat,
about half the calories are from fat and the remainder are
from protein because the percentage of fat is measured by
weight, and much of the meat’s total weight is water.
It’s important to thoroughly cook meat burgers to
Battlefield Training
prevent serious sicknesses from E. coli infections or
other diseases that can be contracted from eating under-
A
s student medics at the Taylor/Sandri Medi- cooked meat. Thinner burgers are more easily cooked to
cal Training Center, Fort Bragg, N.C., work on well done and lose more fat, so they are a little healthier.
“human patient simulators” (mannequins that If your grill is too hot, burgers will burn on the outside
breathe, bleed, and talk), they will be bombarded by the before they are cooked
sights, sounds, and — soon — smells of a real war environ- through. Try grilling burg-
ment. Many fi nd it disorienting, which is exactly the point. ers on a piece of aluminum
“We’re trying to simulate the worst environment in foil to cook them evenly
which they may have to treat a patient,” explains Staff Sgt. and help prevent fl aming.
Corey Owens, USA, senior instructor. Many types of prepared
Some simulators are connected to computers via Blue- vegetable burgers also are
tooth technology, allowing trainers to control them from as available. Some have a soy
far as 200 meters away and preventing trainees from rely-
ON THE WEB
protein base while others
ing on visual cues from their instructors, Owens says. have a base of mushrooms,
■ Rear Adm. Joyce Johnson,
The center is named after Army surgeon Lt. Col. Mark
USPHS-Ret., D.O., provides tips
beans, or other vegetables.
Taylor and Army medic Sgt. Matthew Sandri, who were and recipes for burgers at www You also can make a burger
killed in an RPG attack in Iraq in 2004.
.moaa.org/wellness. Click on
from fresh, grilled vegeta-
Nutrition Facts.
— Don Vaughan bles such as eggplant.
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