many people do fine with ground turkey if it's ground turkey breast only. if it's regular ground turkey it can have more fat than regular hamburger, because it has ground-up skin in it. yuk...
strictly speaking, it's not on protocol- but you could try it and see how you do.
Has to be the EXTRA lean because if you read on the package -- that is turkey breast ONLY. The LEAN has dark meat ground in there -- too much fat for P2.
I have been using ground turkey everyday and so has my mom, sister in law, and brother with no trouble, but I see some places that they suggest you don't use it. I am wondering why, one place says use 97% ground beef instead which I thought no beef was aloud on this diet. I would prefer beef but the ground turkey is okay. I get so frustrated when I see so many thing contradicting each other because then I don't know what to believe or if I am doing things right or not. I just want to make sure I do everything right so I can try and lose the maximum amount of weight I am suppose to (34 lbs) on this round.
At WalMart Super Center in KC, you can get lean ground turkey breast, seems like it's 97%. They also have something similar at Sam's now, too. I think as long as it's the breast ground, you're OK. But, like everything, what works for one does not for another! Ritzie, I think that is what you're seeing. Some people go "rogue" and they continue to lose; someone else tries it and they gain or stall. It's all just figuring out what works for you. If you read Dr. Simeon's "Pounds and Inches" - to the left here, bottom item in the column, he does allow beef. I eat grass-fed beef, even ground, which is 96% fat free, and do fine with it in P2.