Contents:
- Medical Video: VEGANS vs MEAT EATERS - Who Will Live Longer? Food / Diet Comparison
- The benefits of eating chicken innards
- 1. Rich in protein
- 2. Contains iron and zinc minerals
- 3. Provides vitamin A and vitamin B 12
- The danger of eating chicken innards
- 1. High cholesterol levels
- 2. Contains toxins
- 3. Lots of dirt
Medical Video: VEGANS vs MEAT EATERS - Who Will Live Longer? Food / Diet Comparison
Chicken digestive organs or commonly called chicken innards, usually become everyday meals of people in Indonesia. Other countries also consume offal as one of the traditional ingredients, depending on the culture. Then, is the innards good for consumption? Are there any health effects that will arise if you eat innards? See the explanation below
The benefits of eating chicken innards
1. Rich in protein
One serving of chicken innards contains a large and strong dose of protein, which is a nutrient needed for energy production. Protein also functions to fill cells that make up the muscles and tissues in your body. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, a serving of 3.5 ounces of chicken innards contains 30.39 grams of protein.
2. Contains iron and zinc minerals
In addition to protein, at 3.5 ounces of chicken innards contain iron and zinc minerals that are needed by the body. Well, the organs in the chicken's stomach contain 3.19 milligrams of iron and 4.42 milligrams of zinc. When compared to one's nutritional and mineral needs, women need 18 mg of iron and 8 mg of zinc every day, while men need 8 mg of iron and 11 mg of zinc every day.
Both minerals and iron from chicken innards can support a healthy immune system and improve wound healing.
3. Provides vitamin A and vitamin B 12
Some vitamins needed by the body such as vitamin A and vitamin B12 are also found in chicken innards. In fact, at 3 ounces of chicken offal contains 1.04 micrograms of vitamin A and 2.4 micrograms of vitamin B12 that you need every day.
The content of vitamin A plays a high role in the health of the immune system, by triggering the growth of new white blood cells, and controlling the function of mature white blood cells. Then, vitamin B-12 is useful for the development of new red blood cells that support the health of the nervous system.
The danger of eating chicken innards
Even though eating chicken innards can increase your body's mineral and vitamin intake, you should continue to consume enough because in one chicken it contains high cholesterol and is quite high. For example, each ounce of offal content in chicken contains 8 grams of total fat, which includes 2.7 grams of saturated fatty acids. The following, is a bad impact on health due to eating innards:
1. High cholesterol levels
If the fat content above is compared to a 2,000-calorie diet, this will cause an excess of 12 percent of your daily saturated fat limit, or 17 percent higher if you suffer from high cholesterol or heart disease. Saturated fat has a harmful effect on your blood cholesterol, which negatively affects cholesterol levels and contributes to cardiovascular disease (heart).
2. Contains toxins
Many experts say that innards contain various nutrients. But in addition, innards also contain various poisons. The animal's liver or liver and kidneys are full of toxins filtered from the blood. Some of the toxins in the innards are mercury, tin, arsenic, chromium, cadmium, selenium and so on. Liver function in animals is similar to liver function in humans. In the liver will settle poisons and consuming the liver is tantamount to consuming poisons.
3. Lots of dirt
In chicken innards there are also various parasites that enter through food as long as the animal lives. No one knows how these animals eat. No one knows whether an animal is completely free of parasites. Eating innards will increase the risk of getting infections caused by parasites in them.
