Pork is the most consumed meat by the Han people in my country. It has a high fat content and a large amount of cholesterol. In daily meat consumption, it is better to eat less and try to replace it with beef and chicken.

Nutritional analysis

Pork is rich in protein and fat. The average heat production per 100 grams of pork is 138-188 kilojoules (about 330-450 kilocalories), and its caloric content is the highest among meats. The average cholesterol content of pork is higher than that of beef, sheep, chicken, and duck.

Dietary health care

In addition to providing calories, the fat in pork also helps in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins. The mineral iron contained in lean pork is heme iron, which can Effectively improve iron deficiency anemia,

Eating pork has both advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantages are mainly reflected in large food intake. Pork has a high fat content. Even if it is lean meat, the content is more than 20%, which is higher than that of beef, chicken and fish. Therefore, eating too much will cause people to consume too many calories, and the excess calories will be converted into fat in the human body. Storage in the body causes obesity, and obesity is prone to various diseases. Pork has a high cholesterol content and is called a high-cholesterol food. It has been established that excessive intake of high-cholesterol foods can lead to arteriosclerosis and increase the probability of hypertension. Data show that people who eat more than 150 grams of pork a day are 23 times more likely to suffer from hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and obesity than people who eat less pork. People who often eat pork are more likely to develop tumors (especially colorectal cancer), stroke, and diabetes than people who don't eat pork.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pork is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of moistening the stomach and intestines, producing body fluids, nourishing kidney qi, and relieving heat and toxins. Traditional Chinese medicine's understanding of pork is basically the same as modern medicine, and it does not advocate eating more. It says that eating more "makes people weak and fat, and can cause wind and phlegm." "It can cause wind and phlegm," which refers to coronary heart disease and stroke.

Warm reminder

The Chinese Nutrition Society recommends that adults’ livestock and poultry meat intake is an average of 50-100 grams per day. Within this range, Chinese people have the conditions to change from the past Transformation from single pork consumption to diversification. Therefore, residents should try to reduce the proportion of pork in daily meat consumption and replace it with beef and chicken.

When eating delicacies made with pork alone, such as steamed pork, braised pork, braised pork with sauce, etc., you should pay special attention to eating in moderation and avoid overeating. Overeating can easily cause acute illnesses of the biliary tract, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract.

For people with arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, diabetes and obese people, the harm of eating pork is particularly obvious, so they should eat less or not at all. When obese people lose weight, pork should be the key food to be controlled.

Bacon, bacon, ham, and bacon processed from pork contain carcinogens such as nitrite, so despite their unique flavor, consumption is not recommended. In some places, the residue left over from refining lard and fat meat is eaten as a delicacy. However, everyone knows that it contains a large amount of carcinogen benzopyrene, so it must be discarded.