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Nutritional Profile

Energy value (calories per serving): Moderate

Protein: High

Fat: Moderate

Saturated fat: High

Cholesterol: Moderate

Carbohydrates: None

Fiber: None

Sodium: Moderate

Major vitamin contribution: B vitamins

Major mineral contribution: Iron

About the Nutrients in This Food

Like beef, fish, poultry, eggs, and milk products, pork provides high-qual-

ity proteins with sufficient amounts of all the essential amino acids. Pork

fat is slightly less saturated than beef fat, but it has about the same amount

of cholesterol per serving. Pork is a good source of B vitamins and heme

iron, the form of iron most easily absorbed by your body.

One broiled boneless five-ounce top loin pork chop has 4.7 g total fat

(1.6 g saturated fat), 70 mg cholesterol, and 0.7 mg iron (4 percent of the

RDA for a woman, 9 percent of the RDA for a man).

The Most Nutritious Way to Serve This Food

Lean pork, thoroughly cooked.

Diets That May Restrict or Exclude This Food

Controlled-fat, low-cholesterol diet

Low-protein diet

* Values are for lean broiled meat.