The world’s best athletes have descended and everyone from Bermuda to Uzbekistan is glued to their TV to watch them compete in sports that we only hear about every four years. That’s right my fellow Porktasticans, the Winter Olympics are upon us. Since we’ve never been Olympians ourselves, we don’t know for sure, but we have a hunch that eating pork is an important part of the training program.
We’re sure that if you asked every gold medalist what they ate, they would say pork. Now we haven’t scientifically proven it, but we strongly hypothesize that it’s true. Pork is loaded with many essential nutrients like protein for muscle health, B-vitamins for energy and important minerals like phosphorus, potassium, zinc and iron.
Protein is a basic building block of all life that helps repair injuries and promotes healing and, honestly, have you seen some of the injuries these Olympians have come back from? B-Vitamins, like the ones found in pork, unleash the energy in the food you eat. If you get tired running from the fridge to the couch, you can only imagine the energy Olympic athletes need to do backflips on skis. Eating just one 3-ounce serving of pork (a portion about the size of a deck of cards) gives you almost 50% of the protein and 1/3 of the B-12 most adults need to consume each day.
So whether you’re training for the Olympics or just watching them, pork helps get you to the top of your game.
