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Does Your Healthy Holidays Include Pork?
Twyla McGann • November 29, 2016
Does Your Healthy Holidays Include Pork?
Swap out those sugar cookies for savoury pork meatball appetizers and you immediately improve the healthfulness of your holidays and amaze your guests.
Spicy Pork Meatballs with Cranberry Relish:
Top 5 Health Benefits of Pork
- The vitamin B1 in pork is in high quantity. Vitamin B1 is vital for growth and repair of muscles and nerve tissues, useful for carbohydrates metabolism as well.
- The presence of vitamin Riboflavin helps in maintaining skin and health problems. It repairs damaged tissues and extracts energy from food.
- Vitamin B6 present in pork meat helps in metabolism of fats, proteins and carbohydrates and keeps proper functioning of the nervous system.
- Pork meat helps in producing red blood cells in the body.
- Iron in pork enhances production of energy and iron from meat is easily absorbed by the body.
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