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Powerful Pairings | delicious + nutritious + ingenious | Fuel Family Meals with Powerful Pairings: Pork and Pulses help bolster strength and wellbeing
Family Meals are the Foundation for a Healthy Nation
Research shows that eating family meals improves cohesion, communication, and relationships, helping us celebrate the good times and better manage challenges.
Research also shows that increasing the frequency of family meals is linked to many benefits including higher grades, better self-esteem, stronger emotional health and more.1,2,3,4,5
Happy Family having a meal together
Moreover, people who frequently cook meals at home eat healthier and consume fewer calories.6 As an added bonus, cooking together as a family can create life-long memories and novel family recipes that pass through the generations.
Power Up Your Meals with Pork + Pulses
Powerful Pairings, like pork and pulses, are an ingenious, delicious combination that adds important nutrients to help us better manage health challenges.6
Pork: All nine essential amino acids |Pulses: An excellent source of fiber | Pork + Pulses: A powerful combination of fiber, B vitamins, zinc, iron, potassium, selenium, and folate that supports weight management, immune function, muscle development and more!
Pork is a complete protein that packs a powerful nutritional punch, providing all nine essential amino acids7 including leucine, which helps rebuild and repair muscles.8,9
Protein is important for maintaining muscle mass, supporting bone health, and giving you energy throughout the day.10,11 An excellent source of fiber and iron-rich, pulses come in a variety of forms including chickpeas, lentils, dry peas and beans and help with satiety and weight management.12
Powerful Pairings | Stay Strong with Family Meals
Family meals made with Powerful Pairings empower us to celebrate the joys of today and embrace the uncertainties of tomorrow. During National Family Meals Month and beyond, power up your plate and your palate with delicious Powerful Pairings including pork and pulses.
Visit http://go.powerfulpairings.com/powerfulpairings today for recipes and educational materials for you and your clients.
National Pork Board USA Pulses
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  2. Utter J, Denny S, Peiris-John R, Moselen E, Dyson B, Clark T. Family Meals and Adolescent Emotional Well- Being: Findings From a National Study. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2017;49(1):67-72 e61.
  3. Leeman J, Crandell JL, Lee A, Bai J, Sandelowski M, Knafl K. Family Functioning and the Well-Being of Children With Chronic Conditions: A Meta-Analysis. Res Nurs Health. 2016;39(4):229-243.
  4. Moens E, Braet C, Soetens B. Observation of family functioning at mealtime: a comparison between families of children with and without overweight. J Pediatr Psychol. 2007;32(1):52-63.
  5. Patton SR, Piazza-Waggoner C, Modi AC, Dolan LM, Powers SW. Family functioning at meals relates to adherence in young children with type 1 diabetes. J Paediatr Child Health. 2009;45(12):736-741.
  6. Julia A Wolfson, Sara N Bleich. Is cooking at home associated with better diet quality or weight-loss intention? Public Health Nutrition, 2014; 1 DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014001943
  7. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/80400535/Data/Meat/Pork09.pdf
  8. https://www.nal.usda.gov/sites/www.nal.usda.gov/files/leucine.pdf
  9. Rieu I, Balage M, Sornet C, et al. Leucine supplementation improves muscle protein synthesis in elderly men independently of hyperaminoacidaemia. J Physiol. 2006;575(Pt 1):305-315. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2006.110742
  10. Strasser, B., Volaklis, K., Fuchs, D., & Burtscher, M. (2018). Role of Dietary Protein and Muscular Fitness on Longevity and Aging. Aging and disease, 9(1), 119–132. https://doi.org/10.14336/AD.2017.0202
  11. https://www.choosemyplate.gov/eathealthy/protein-foods/protein-foods-nutrients-health
  12. https://www.choosemyplate.gov/eathealthy/vegetables/vegetables-beans-and-peas