Kale vs Pork

It's here! The smack-down we've all been waiting for! 

In the green shorts, weighing in at 50 calories per 100 grams, it's the reigning vegetable-champion-of-the-world, the green wonder, the cruciferous kid - Kale!

In the pink shorts, weighing in at 458 calories per 100 grams, it's the current vogue meat, the dead animal everyone loves to see on their plate, the fantastically fatty - Bacon!

Round One: It's common knowledge that cruciferous vegetables can give you gas, POW, take that Kale - Bacon comes out swinging. Wait, Kale bounces off the ropes, Bacon raises cholesterol (only found in meat!) SMACK! Elevated risk of cancer with 17 carcinogens being released with cooking temperatures over 212 F BAM! And what's this, a combo move - Bacon can cause poor calcium retention whereas Kale is calcium rich, KERPOW!

Ding-Ding: Looks like Kale is the clear winner this round.

Round Two: With no carbs and 12 grams of protein per 100 grams Bacon is the clear choice for anyone on the Atkins diet, how will Kale possibly recover from a blow like that? Kale just seems to roll off the attack and throw one right back, with only 1 gram of fat to Bacon's 45 grams, it'll be hard for Bacon to carry on. Bacon throws out that it contains no fiber... the move has completely backfired with Bacon finding its self down face first and is struggling to get up.

Not long left in the round. Bacon has chosen to continue and is taking volley after volley from Kale, let's go over to the nutritiondata.self.com box for a moment and listen to their commentary:

Kale: This food is low in Saturated Fat, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Dietary Fiber, Protein, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folate, Iron, Magnesium and Phosphorus, and a very good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Potassium, Copper and Manganese.

Bacon: This food is high in Saturated Fat.

Ding-Ding: Another decisive victory for Kale.

Round Three: Bacon staggers into the ring to meet Kale, but the ref calls in the ringside doctor for an opinion. The doctor swings his hands high in the air, yet that's right, he always recommends eating more cruciferous veggies, but can't recall the last time he advised someone to increase their bacon intake. What a dramatic end to such a one-sided fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the winner of this fight, STILL the UNDEFEATED CHAMPION-OF-THE-KITCHEN, the cruciferous kid - Kale!

Seriously though, the pork industry messes up the environment, our health and causes the suffering of millions of pigs worldwide, don't eat pork.

P.S. Eat more kale.

With a big thanks to our commentators:

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2461/2

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/pork-products/2208/2

http://www.livestrong.com/article/256224-the-dangers-of-high-meat-diets/