Chicken

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  Health Contents in Chicken

  Chicken meat contains about two to three times as much polyunsaturated fat as most types of red meat when measured as weight percentage.
  Chicken generally includes low fat in the meat itself (castrated roosters excluded). The fat is highly-

  concentrated on the skin. A 100g serving of baked chicken breast contains 4 grams of fat and 31 grams of protein, compared to 10 grams of fat and 27 grams of protein for the same portion of broiled, lean skirt steak. However according to a 2006 Harvard School of Public Health study of 135,000 people, people who ate grilled skinless chicken 5 or more times a week had a 52 percent higher chance of developing bladder cancer compared to people who did not. However, such strong associations were not found in individual's regularly consuming chicken with skin intact.

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  Chicken Parts

  Breast: These are white meat and are relatively dry.
  Leg: Comprises two segments: The "drumstick"; this is dark meat and is the lower part of the leg,the "thigh"; also dark meat, this is the upper part of the leg.
  
  

  Wing: Often served as a light meal or bar food. Buffalo wings are a typical example. Comprises three segments: the "drumette", shaped like a small drumstick, the middle "flat" segment, containing two bones, and the tip, sometimes discarded.

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  Chicken Parts

  Chicken feet: These contain relatively little meat, and are eaten mainly for the skin and cartilage. Although considered exotic in Western cuisine, the feet are common fare in other cuisines, especially in the Caribbean and China.
  Giblets: organs such as the heart,

  gizzards, and liver may be included inside a butchered chicken or sold separately.
  Head: Considered a delicacy in India, the head is split down the middle, and the brains and other tissue is eaten.
  Kidneys: Normally left in when a broiler carcass is processed, they are found in deep pockets on each side of the vertebral column.
  Neck: This is served in various Asian dishes.
  Oysters: Located on the back, near the thigh, these small, round pieces of dark meat are often considered to be a delicacy