Joanna is a registered nutritionist and accredited practicing dietician with a PhD in nutritional science and is the resident nutritionist on Channel 9’s TODAY show. Here are some of Joanna’s healthy turkey tips;

• Turkey is lean, low in saturated fat and a quality protein-rich food, making it a perfect part of a healthy eating plan.
• Turkey is an excellent source of vitamin B6, providing at least 40% of the recommended daily intake per 100gram serve. This vitamin is essential for us to get the energy we need from food, and in particular for protein metabolism.
• Many of us are buying only poultry breasts having been told this is the healthiest part, being lowest in fat. However the dark meat of the turkey has 50% more iron and twice the zinc content of the light breast meat.
• Red meat is thought of as being the best source of iron and zinc, but in fact, the darker meat on the turkey from the leg has comparable iron and zinc levels to a lamb chop!
• Turkey provides premium quality protein with low levels of fat - just what you need in the two hour window post exercise to provide amino acids to muscles for repair, recovery and strengthening.