Eat This, Skip That at Parties

Eat Shrimp Cocktail, Not Crab Cakes

Enjoy the fresh shrimp and cocktail sauce; skip the crab cakes.

Any type of seafood may seem like a winner, with plenty of omega-3s and other heart-healthy fatty acids. But when it's covered with mayonnaise, rolled in breadcrumbs, and fried in artery-clogging fat, its health benefits are severely compromised. In fact, a single crab cake weighs in at 400 calories and 19 grams of fat -- whereas 10 medium-size shrimp please the taste buds and waistline at a more reasonable 80 calories and 1 gram of fat. Just remember to go easy on the cocktail sauce -- it's often loaded with sodium.