What’s the health impact of removing pork belly fat?

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What’s the health impact of removing pork belly fat?

Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has become an unexpected topic of online conversation because of the way he eats pork belly. On June 5, Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, met with several Korean business leaders at a barbecue restaurant near Hongik University in Seoul. The dinner was attended by SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Naver board chairman Lee Hae-jin, among others. One of the biggest points of interest from the gathering was who would grill the meat? During the meal, Koo was seen using tongs and scissors to cut off all the fatty portions of the pork belly. Did he not know that the fat is what gives pork belly much of its flavor? Most of the aroma compounds found in pork are stored in fatty tissue. When heated, the fat breaks down and releases hundreds of volatile aromatic substances, producing the rich, savory and slightly sweet smell characteristic of grilled pork belly. Online observers have suggested that he intentionally removed it for health reasons. In fact, pork fat has nutritional value. It contains a signif

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