Chicken Fat in the Diet

Diet Article: Can chicken fat be part of a healthy diet?

We've all seen the television programs where a health guest brings out a tower of chicken fat and tells the audience, "This is what chicken fat looks like in we-humans," and of course, the audience holds their hands to their throat and a loud GASP rushes through the speakers. This is shock and awe at its best. I mean, who wants wads of chicken-like-fat inside their body?

At times, the visual is enough to cause member and view audience to run to Farmer Jone's vegetable patch where the squat and eat all-things-green, yellow and orange until their ears shoot up about a foot and their feet revert to square-like piano keys. Then it's back to the former naughty daily diet, all that chicken fat forgotten. Until the next time the individual decides to go on a diet.

So just how bad is chicken fat? It's 100% fat and that's pretty darn naughty. The amount of cholesterol contained therein has the potential to destroy the most healthy of arteries. They can do a major snow job. It's about the worst type of fat on the planet - and it's in a very tight race with lard.

Calorie Content: 115 per Tablespoon

Total Fat Grams: About 13 grams

Calories from Fat: 100%

Cholesterol: 11 mg

No dietary fiber, protein, carbohydrates, sugar, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, Vitamin C, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, B-Vitamins, folate, caffeine, sodium, Vitamins A or K is found in chicken fat. It does have plenty of dietary fat - almost four grams of the bad saturated variety, about 7 monounsaturated and upwards to three grams of polyunsaturated.  What else does it have lodged therein?  About 24 IU of Vitamin D, 0.35 mg of Vitamin E.

If the carb-restricted dieter desired, they could consume as much chicken fat as they desired on their diet plan. This is yet one of the many downsides of the carbohydrate restricted plans.

Tips for Keeping Chicken Fat Out of Your Diet Plan

Always remove any visible skin and underlying fat that you find on your bird before ingesting because that fat will fly straight to your hips and that will probably put you in a very ....foul mood. How's that for 'winging' it?

While fat is undesirable, it does add flavor to the foods. If it didn't, there would be a whole lot less people struggling with their weight these days. Therefore, some cooks prefer to leave the skin on amid the cooking process, then remove it before serving. This method of preparation will add a few calories to the meat but it will also add flavor. Just be sure to remove the skin before consuming - but in particular the visible fat.

How many calories in chicken skin? The yield from one chicken - which is about 160 grams contains about 550 calories and more than 50 total fat grams. Sort of makes Farmer Jone's garden look quite appetizing, doesn't it?

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