SOME HEALTH BEFITS OF CHICKEN:
1. HIGH IN PROTEIN
If you’re looking for a great source of lean, low-fat protein, this bird is the word. The protein in chicken lends itself to muscle growth and development and helps support healthy body weight and aid weight loss.
2. NATURAL ANTI-DEPRESSANT
Chicken, like its brother fowl the turkey, is high in an amino acid called tryptophan, which gives you that comforting feeling after consuming a big bowl of mom’s chicken soup. In fact, if you’re feeling depressed, eating some poultry will increase the serotonin levels in your brain, enhance your mood, blast stress, and lull you to sleep.
3. PREVENTS BONE LOSS
If you’re entering your senior years and you’re concerned about osteoporosis or arthritis, eating chicken will aid in your fight against bone loss thanks to the protein punch it packs!
4. POULTRY FOR HEART HEALTH
Homo cysteine is an amino acid that can cause cardiovascular disease if levels are high in the body. Fortunately for us, eating chicken breast suppresses and controls homocysteine levels.
5. PLENTY OF PHOSPHORUS
Chicken is also rich in phosphorus, an essential mineral that supports your teeth and bones, as well as kidney, liver, and central nervous system function.
6. SEEKING SELENIUM?
Chicken is also abundant in selenium, an essential mineral involved in the metabolic performance—in other words, thyroid, hormone, metabolism, and immune function.
7. METABOLISM BOOSTER
Vitamin B6 (or B-complex vitamins) encourages enzymes and metabolic cellular reactions (or a process known as Methylation), which means eating this bird will keep blood vessels healthy, energy levels high, and metabolism burning calories so you can manage a healthy weight and activity level.
8. RICH IN NIACIN
Chicken also happens to be rich in niacin, one particular B-vitamin that guards against cancer and other forms of genetic (DNA) damage.
9. PROMOTES EYE HEALTH
Chicken is high in retinol, alpha, beta-carotene, and lycopene, all derived from vitamin A, and all vital for healthy eyesight.
10. ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTHY TISSUE GROWTH
Many of us are plagued with chapped lips, cracked mouths, tongue sores, or dry skin in winter. However, a boost in riboflavin (or Vitamin B2), found in chicken livers, will drastically reduce your skin problems and repair dry or damaged skin.
