User:Jkoll24/Chicken fat

Nutrition
Chicken is seen as one of the essential proteins in ones diet and it contributes to the overall balance of an individuals diet. However, when it comes to fats it has been perceived that any and all fat is terrible for you health, so it has led to people avoiding as many fats as possible. Chicken skin is usually taken off and thrown away but, this fat is actually an unsaturated fat that can benefit you. Saturated fat however, has a correlation to atherosclerosis and heart disease which are some of the most harmful and prevalent health conditions in the United States. An article done by "Lipids in Health and Disease" completed research that looked at the levels of cholesterol, protein and saturated fats within chicken. Generally, in order to maintain a well balanced diet, it needs to include unsaturated fats, protein and low cholesterol amounts. Cholesterol has been correlated with atherosclerosis and heart disease. Chicken with and without skin was evaluated and it was found that the chicken with skin was high in cholesterol and unsaturated fats. The chicken that contained no skin and had the breast meat with the natural amount of fat was high in protein and low in cholesterol. It can be determined than that chicken fat is essentially healthy in moderation and it does not needed to be avoided at all costs because it contains protein, unsaturated fats and is also low in cholesterol which can cause major health issues.