What Are The Best Foods For Your Waistline?

Feta or goat cheese? Ground turkey or sirloin? Health Magazine reveals 10 surprising swaps to put the top stay-slim picks in your shopping cart. We'll talk about grapes, vanilla soy milk, vitamin-fortified water, couscous, ground turkey and goat cheese.

Rethink: Grapes
Reach for: Raspberries
While grapes are heart-healthy, they're very low in fiber and vitamins. Raspberries are a great source of soluble fiber, which helps reduce bad cholesterol and makes you feel fuller faster --great news for your waistline. Save money by buying frozen when raspberries are out of season.

VIDEO AND MORE FOOD ALTERNATIVES AFTER THE JUMP...

Rethink: Vanilla Soy Milk
Reach For: Skim Milk
Vanilla soy milk is more like a dessert than a substitute for milk or a good source of soy. If you're not lactose-intolerant choose skim milk, which has a lot of calcium but no fat or sugar. (Even plain soy milk has a little more calories and fat than skim milk.) If you just can't break the vanilla-soy-milk habit, use a little in your coffee rather than in a big bowl of cereal or a smoothie.

Rethink: Vitamin-Fortified Water
Reach For: Flavored Seltzer
One bottle of vitamin-fortified water can have more calories and sugar than a can of cola! And the vitamins are negligible, compared with the amount of sugar you're getting. Replace it with flavored seltzer (zero calories) or a no-cal flavored water (like Hint) that contains no artificial sweeteners or added sugar.

Rethink: Couscous
Reach For: Bulgur or Quinoa
Turns out couscous has the same nutritional value as white pastas like penne or rigatoni. The same amount of bulgur has fewer calories and three times the fill-you-up fiber. Quinoa is high in fiber, too, plus it's a great source of protein (on par with a piece of chicken). Play around with different grains like wild or black rice, farro, or amaranth. You'll find one you love that's a whole lot healthier than white pasta or rice.

Rethink: Ground Turkey
Reach For: Extra-Lean Ground Sirloin
Surprised, right? Unless the label reads "lean ground turkey" or "turkey breast," you're actually getting a mix of white meat, dark meat, and even some skin, which all add up to 325 calories and 20 grams of fat for a 5-ounce serving. Compare that to 95 percent lean ground beef, which has 240 calories and 10 grams of fat. Lean beef also supplies a good helping of iron-almost five times more than turkey.

Rethink: Goat Cheese
Reach For: Feta Cheese
Both of these cheeses have strong flavors, so the good news is you usually don't go overboard with serving size. The Greek-salad staple is a healthier bet, though: It has about 4 grams of saturated fat per serving, compared with 7 grams in goat cheese, and around 15 fewer calories per ounce. Sold!

For the complete list of waist-friendly food alternatives and more healthy living tips, visit www.health.com.