The food guide recommends 2 to 3 servings of meat and alternatives a day. The size of a meat serving ranges from 50 to 100 grams depending on your age, body size, activity level, whether you are male or female and if you are pregnant or breast-feeding. Focus on Fats Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating also encourages Canadians to enjoy a variety of foods and to reduce the amount of fat we eat. Fat is present in many foods and can be visible or invisible.
Visible fat includes trimmable fat on meat and under the skin of chicken.
The benefit of eating pork and other meats, is that you get many other key nutrients which help maintain a healthy body. Pork is a very high source of protein. It contains each of the eight essential amino acids needed to build, repair and maintain body tissues. Pork is the best dietary source of thiamin and a good source of other B vitamins including niacin, riboflavin, vitamins B6 and B12. Pork is a good source of minerals particularly iron and zinc.