Lean meats are meats with relatively low-fat content. Skinless chicken and turkey and red meat, such as pork chops, with the fat trimmed off, are examples of lean meat. The fat on a pork chop accounts for about two-thirds of its fat content and the skin on the chicken can account for 80 percent of its fat content.

Pork is an excellent source of many vitamins and minerals, including thiamine, zinc, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, niacin, phosphorus, and iron.