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Pork’s plentiful palatable possibilities...
Apricot-Mustard
Grilled Pork Tenderloin
with couscous and cucumber salad.
Pork debunks diet
Contributed by the
National Pork Board
With a roll of the dice, the
Pork Checkoff separated
nutrition facts from fiction,
like “nutrient-rich lean pork is
relatively low in calories” (true)
and “the sodium nitrite in cured
pork causes cancer” (false) during the
world’s largest gathering of food and
nutrition experts at the American Dietetic
Association’s (ADA) annual conference.
“We have a good message to share about
pork’s role in a healthy diet, and it’s
important for us to counter the common
misconceptions that persist about pork,”
says Adria Sheil-Brown, manager of
nutrition communication and research for
the Pork Checkoff.
dietitians, nutrition science researchers,
policy makers, healthcare providers and
other industry
leaders at the
ADA meeting
in Boston
during the fall
of 2010, the
Pork Checkoff
“We have a
good message
to share about
pork’s role in a
healthy diet...”
distributed two new fact sheets, including
“Sodium Nitrite: Essential to Food Safety”
and “Pork: Part of a Nutrient-Rich Solution
to Obesity.”
Visitors to the Pork Checkoff’s spacious
trade show booth were also invited to
roll the dice and answer trivia questions
about pork nutrition and safety. Everyone
walked away a winner with digital meat
thermometers, pedometers and the new
fact sheets, which highlight that:
To reach out to the 10,000 registered
• A 3-ounce serving of lean pork
provides about the same amount of
protein as 1.5 cups of black beans, but
with 21 percent fewer calories.
• A 2009 British Journal of Nutrition
study found diets that include meat
are more effective at preserving lean
muscle among women, compared to
vegetarian diets with the same amount
of protein.
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• A 3-ounce serving of pork offers 8%
of the daily value of vitamin B-12, a
micronutrient not found in plantbased
foods.
• Sodium nitrite in cured meats
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Greg Meyer (812) 683-6625
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