Fatty pork is healthy
We all try to eat healthily, but it’s not always easy. Or is it? Research shows that pork fat is actually one of the most nutritious things you can eat. Waiter, another sausage please!
Labeling certain types of food an sich as healthy or unhealthy is actually an impossible task. In the end, it’s all about balance—and even more about how delicious it is. Still, the BBC set out to find the most nutritious food. They researched and rated more than 1,000 types of food, and the result is surprising.
What is nutritious?
What exactly do they mean by nutritious? An ingredient that contains as many of our daily nutritional values as possible, without exceeding them. And a fatty piece of pork meets that requirement remarkably well.
Number 8
Pork fat ranks number 8 in the top 100. According to the BBC, it is a good source of vitamin B and minerals, and the fat is also less saturated than, for example, lamb or beef fat. We knew that all along, of course. We do have to give the fit girls and guys something, though: chia seeds rank number 5, while almonds take the top spot.
Sweet potato
Ingredients that scored surprisingly low on the nutrition scale? Sweet potato only just makes the list, ranking at number 100; superfood ginger comes in at 98, and broccoli at 94. Click here for the full top 100 most nutritious foods.
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