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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Should I Eat Pork? [Watch (HLS stream): Should I Eat Pork?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pApjZewf.m3u8) (1:56)  _Published 2015-05-13. Should I Eat Pork?_ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:15 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Should I Eat Pretzels?](/video/IttJd2gb/) ### Should I Eat Pretzels? [Should I Eat Sushi?](/video/cmhCuNmR/) ### Should I Eat Sushi? [Should I Eat Tofu?](/video/f6ht1pjJ/) ### Should I Eat Tofu? --- ## Transcript This little piggy went fo market. But does that mean you should take it home? We asked five experts to answer the tough question and most of them gave you permission park pork on your plate but with a lot of caveats. A lean cut like pork tenderloin is actually as lean as a chicken breast, says Kate Patton. A typical three ounce serving of pork has more than 20 grams of protein. And it's rich in vitamins and minerals. It's one of the best sources of zinc. With 17 % of your daily recommended intake in every three ounce serving. It also has vitamin B12, a hard to get nutrient that maintains healthy red blood cells in the body, says Christy King. But there's more to our food than just nutri- Nutrition says David Catz. Pigs are smarter than the average dog. So, raising them in factory farms and putting them on our plate while treating Fido as family doesn't really make much sense, he says. You can eat pork says, Orvagie Rangdon, but a 2013 consumer reports investigation found concerning number of antibiotic resistance strains of bacteria on the pork it's studied. Overusing antibiotics lessens the effectiveness of these drugs for all of us she says. Make sure to cook pork properly to kill off pathogens. If you want to buy better produced pork, look for labels reading organic, global animal partnership or animal welfare approved, she says. And no fall for the no hormones added. And label. Legally, hormones aren't even allowed in pork production. So, what's the bottom line on swine? Barry Estabrook was so fascinated by pork and pigs that he wrote a new book called Pig Tales. He concluded that pork is either the worst meat you can eat from pretty much any perspective or the very best, he told us. It all depends on how it's raised, so make sure to find out before picking pork. [ MUSIC ] ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Eat Pork?","description":"Should I Eat Pork?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/pApjZewf/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-13T18:31:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/pApjZewf.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/pApjZewf/","duration":"PT1M56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/pApjZewf/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```