Nutrition Materials

Welcome to the resource center for health care professionals -- your source for nutrition education materials.

Health Professional Education Kits

• Lean Pork and Health
  An updated health professional white paper in CD format covering pork's role in a healthful diet. Includes a recipe brochure featuring healthful cuts of pork.
• Sabor Y Salud: Flavor and Health Kit
  A recipe brochure and handout for Spanish-speaking clients using the MyPyramid guidelines and the USDA's Anatomy of MyPyramid.  
• Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide to Nutrition
  Health professional reference kit on the treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes, including practical nutrition and physical activity recommendations. The reference kit also includes reproducible handouts to share with patients and clients. The materials have been favorably reviewed by the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
• A DASH of Prevention with Pork Kit
  Professional reference kit includes a comprehensive overview of the DASH research and five reproducible blackline masters.
• Weighing In On Fad Diets Kit
  Professional reference kit based on guidelines for healthful weight control from the National Institutes of Health. Contains reproducible handouts and healthful recipes.

Fact Sheets

• Slim Six
  Fresh pork has shaped up and slimmed down so much in recent years that pork tenderloin is just as lean as a skinless chicken breast. The facts are on this card.
• Making Most of Family Mealtime
  A fact sheet from the American Dietetic Association.

Recipe Brochures

• Recipe Brochure: The Skinny On Pork
  Six of your favorite pork cuts are now 16% lower in total fat and 27% lower in saturated fat -- but still just as delicious. This brochure provides cooking tips and nutrition information, plus 6 easy recipes.
• Recipe Brochure:Sabor Y Salud: Flavor and Health!
  A bilingual (English/Spanish) recipe brochure featuring seven healthful Hispanic pork recipes and information on the MyPyramid.gov recommendations.  Reviewed by the American Dietetic Association.
• Recipe Brochure: Pork Kitchen Companion
  Your guide to shopping for and preparing pork
• Recipe Brochure: Slimmed Down Soul Food
  Tips, advice and recipes to help home cooks learn how to incorporate the bold flavors of authentic soul food dishes into a healthy diet while also helping to trim fat and lower sodium.
• Recipe Brochure: Another Look At Ham
  This convenient, ready-to-eat meat is a versatile solution for today's busy families. Isn't it time you took another look at ham?
• Recipe Brochure:Where There's Pork, There's Fire
  If you have been routinely grilling the same old burgers, maybe it is time to change your grilling routine with pork.  Seven easy grilling recipes that are a snap to make.
• Recipe Brochure:New Holiday Traditions
  Holiday meals don't have to be routine.  Try any of these six year-round holiday recipes.
• Recipe Brochure:Quick & Easy Family Dinners
  Family tired of the same old dinners?  Add a little variety without a lot of extra time in the kitchen with these seven great recipes.
• Recipe Brochure:Healthy Helpings
  This collection of nutritious recipes features an array of good-for-you foods that are heart-healthy and delicious.
• Recipe Brochure:Lean Meals in Minutes
  Craving variety? Break from the routine with these seven lean meals you can make in minutes.

Food Safety Brochures

• Serving Up Safety
  A consumer food safety brochure with advice covering safe shopping, storing and cooking. 
• You Can Keep It Safe
  A smaller, "check stuffer" version of Serving Up Safety.