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Heart-Healthy Recipes with Pork

✔️ Both pork tenderloin and pork sirloin roast are considered extra lean and meet the American Heart Association requirements for its Heart-Check Food Certification Program.

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Pork Tenderloin

Pork Sirloin Roast

Heart-Healthy Benefits of Extra Lean Pork

  • Preserves lean muscle to help maintain weight loss 1
  • Excellent source of 7 essential vitamins and minerals 2
  • Consuming lean red meat doesn’t negatively influence cardiovascular disease risk factors 3

Heart-Healthy Pork Recipes

The following recipes have been Heart-Check Certified by the American Heart Association. Including them in your meal rotation is a heart-healthy choice!

Thai Pork & Mango Salad with Mango Mint Dressing
pork tenderloin45 minutes

240 calories, 9 g fat, 1.5 g saturated fat, 0 g trans fat, 50 mg cholesterol, 850 potassium, 410 mg sodium 22 g carbohydrates, 4 g fiber, 12 g sugar, 19 g protein. Daily Values: 120% Vitamin A, 170% Vitamin C, 10% Calcium, 15% Iron. 

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Lemon-Garlic Tenderloin with Warm Sorghum Salad
pork tenderloin

Calories 436, Total Fat 15g (Saturated Fat 2g) Cholesterol 55mg, Sodium 369mg, Total Carb 55g (Dietary Fiber 8g, Sugars 16g) Protein 25g, Vitamin D 2%, Calcium 6%, Iron 20%, Potassium 20%, Phosphorus 377mg (30%)

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Aloha Pork Pineapple & Grilled Sweet Potato Toast
pork tenderloin10 ingredients40 minutes

Calories (kcal) 218.006, Fat (g) 12.089 Calories from Fat (kcal) 107.165, Saturated Fat (g) 1.797, Calories from SatFat (kcal) 16.169 Trans Faty Acid (g) 0.03, Poly Fat (g) 1.981 Mono Fat (g) 7.813, Cholesterol (mg) 31.788 Sodium (mg) 223.707 ,Carbohydrates (g) 15.86, Dietary Fiber (US 2016) (g) 0.971, Total Sugars (g) 11.434, Added Sugar (g) 1.301, Protein (g) 12.201, Vitamin A – IU (IU) 3311.574, Vitamin C (mg) 32.454, Vitamin D – IU (IU) 4.354, Vitamin E – IU (IU) 2.504, Vitamin K (mcg) 7.028, Vitamin B1 – Thiamin (mg) 0.48, Vitamin B2 – Ribofavin (mg) 0.212, Vitamin B3 – Niacin (mg) 3.752, Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.459, Vitamin B12 (mcg) 0.248, Folate (mcg) 16.767, Biotn (mcg) 0.476, Choline (mg) 42.601, Selenium (mcg) 16.792, Pantothenic Acid (mg) 0.711, Potassium (mg) 339.782, Calcium (mg) 18.79, Iron (mg) 1.11, Phosphorus (mg) 135.83 Magnesium (mg) 25.673 Zinc (mg) 1.204 Iodine (mcg) 19.237 Copper (mg) 0.183

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1 Leidy HJ, Carnell NS, Mattes RD, Campbell WW. Higher Protein Intake Preserves Lean Mass and Satiety with Weight Loss in Pre-obese and Obese Women. Obesity. 2007;15(2):421-429. doi:10.1038/oby.2007.531
2 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. fdc.nal.usda.gov.
3 O’Connor LE, Kim JE, Campbell WW. Total red meat intake of ≥0.5 servings/d does not negatively influence cardiovascular disease risk factors: a systemically searched meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017;105(1):57-69. doi:10.3945/ajcn.116.142521