Health Benefits of Chicken
Chicken is a significant source of daily requirements of protein, niacin, B-6, B-12, vitamin D, iron and zinc and gram for gram, skinless chicken is one of the lowest-fat meats around.
A good portion of the fat that chicken does have is unsaturated. Prepared the right way, chicken is low in calories, cholesterol and has no carbohydrates.
| Meat type, raw | Energy value (kcal) |
Fat (g) |
Protein (g) |
| Chicken (skinless breast meat) |
106 | 1.1 | 24.0 |
| Chicken (meat and skin) |
201 | 13.8 | 19.1 |
www.britishchicken.co.uk/nutrition.htm
Essential protein:
Chicken, as one of the main sources of animal protein, contains
all nine essential amino acids that cannot be synthesized
in the body (histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine,
phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine). These proteins
are essential as part of a healthy and balanced diet.
