Chicken Thighs - Are they healthy?

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

this is true plus there is more protein in the breast

Nope.

Chicken is a whole food. You need to eat the whole thing including the skin. Do you peel the skin off your grapes? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif Enough with this "fat is bad" nonsense, please.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

some fat is good, but you should also look into ground turkey, ive been eating it and love it, easy to just substitute beef for turkey, but dont expect burgers to come out well.. turkey is like 93% lean normally, atleast what i get and its cheaper then beef.

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

There are much better options for getting your fat content. Chicken thighs with skin isnt the way to go.

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

some fat is good, but you should also look into ground turkey, ive been eating it and love it, easy to just substitute beef for turkey, but dont expect burgers to come out well.. turkey is like 93% lean normally, atleast what i get and its cheaper then beef.

By law, turkey sold in US supermarkets has to be irradiated to prevent food-borne illness outbreaks like camplyobacter and salmonella. You're typical Thanksgiving frozen turkey will last something like 7 years!

It's not healthier because you heard it was or because it's politically correct to believe so.

You want a high protein food? Eat spirulina, it's 4x more digestible than beef and higher protein per unit than almost all meat. Problem is you have to eat a TON of it to get a lot of protein out of it. Just a suggestion for variety. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

chicken fat which is 100% cholesterol being considered a form of 'good fat'

What? Cholesterol is fat? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

I could be wrong but I would imagine there is a reason all doctors and nutritionists suggest not eating it.

You are. Stop listening to people that don't know what they're talking about and pick up a book and educate yourself. "Doctors and nutritionists" are hardly the authorities for health. We keep doing what they say and we get worse as a result.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

some fat is good, but you should also look into ground turkey, ive been eating it and love it, easy to just substitute beef for turkey, but dont expect burgers to come out well.. turkey is like 93% lean normally, atleast what i get and its cheaper then beef.

i use that alot, unless its actual burgers on the grill then it gets ground turkey, and I like how you can brown it and there is almost no fat at all the drain.

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

By law, turkey sold in US supermarkets has to be irradiated to prevent food-borne illness outbreaks like camplyobacter and salmonella. You're typical Thanksgiving frozen turkey will last something like 7 years!
It's not healthier because you heard it was or because it's politically correct to believe so.

You want a high protein food? Eat spirulina, it's 4x more digestible than beef and higher protein per unit than almost all meat. Problem is you have to eat a TON of it to get a lot of protein out of it. Just a suggestion for variety. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Thats not the reason i believe its healthier, and regardless, the shiat is goood.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

God this kid is an idiot...

nG

 

[2002XLT 5,000+ posts]

i use that alot, unless its actual burgers on the grill then it gets ground turkey, and I like how you can brown it and there is almost no fat at all the drain.

x2 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

r

Fats such as mono, poly and omega-3 fats are considered 'good' fats

Saturated fat is just as "good" as any other form of fat. You can make a case for any form being "good" or "bad", depends on your agenda.

Polyunstaturated fat (PUFA) is linked to every chronic health condition we know of. You name it.

Human beings have survived thousands and thousands of years on raw meat with all kinds of different forms of fat in it (mostly saturated). If it wasn't for the fat, you would not be alive right now.

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

Ok now you are just making yourself look silly, it seems whenever a debatable topic comes out you always seem to be the loudest one on the frontlines acting like an expert.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

Go ahead, prove me wrong. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

Ok now you are just making yourself look silly, it seems whenever a debatable topic comes out you always seem to be the loudest one on the frontlines acting like an expert.

x2.

I trust my mirror over this guy.

 

[FoxPro5 5,000+ posts]

links are the same?

Corrected.

Thigh meat is 33% greater in protein per gram than breast.

 

[LazyRider 10+ year member]

I buy Boneless chicken Tenderloins. So many things you can make with them. I don't eat dark meat because I don't like the way it tastes.

 

[tapout 5,000+ posts]

Corrected.

gee, thanks for proving my point.

Again, there are much better ways for proper fat intake than chicken thighs. Not to mention the sodium intake.