Lean Pork
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The other white meat.Pork is a perfectly fine addition to your weight loss plan but only if you pick the lean, low sodium cuts. This means no bacon or ham. Sorry about that. |
What are the benefits of eating pork?
Depending on the cut, pork is a naturally low-sodium meat. It is also loaded with many essential vitamins and minerals, including B Vitamins, Phosphorous, Iron, Zinc, and Selenium. Pork also contains Omega-3 Fatty Acids, so if you don’t like fish, you can compensate for some of the Omega-3’s with pork! When properly trimmed, pork is also very lean!
There are tons of ways to prepare pork, but we suggest that you use one of the many leaner cooking methods, like grilling or broiling. It is also suggested to watch what cut of pork you choose to consume. While eating a trimmed and grilled pork steak can be a great choice, you have to be careful to limit how much of the saltier cuts you eat, like ham and bacon.
So go ahead, add pork to your shopping list!