Contents:
- Medical Video: BULE COBA MAKAN CEKER UNTUK PERTAMA KALI NYA // EAT CHICKEN FEET CHALLENGE
- Is eating chicken claws healthy?
- Benefits of consuming bone parts from chicken claws
- Watch Out! Chicken plugs contain high saturated fat
Medical Video: BULE COBA MAKAN CEKER UNTUK PERTAMA KALI NYA // EAT CHICKEN FEET CHALLENGE
Are you one of the people who likes to eat chicken claws? Chicken claws are usually included in soups, soy sauce chicken, spicy dishes made, and so on. Some of you may like it a lot, but some others also don't like it. Some myths say that chicken claws are consumed by small children to run fast. Not surprisingly, many parents feed their children with chicken claws. But, is eating chicken claws healthy or not?
Is eating chicken claws healthy?
Chicken claws contain bones, skin, tendons, and no muscles. So, you don't find meat when eating chicken claws and can only eat skin and tendons, as well as marrow in chicken bones. However, most people only eat the skin and tendons, while chicken bones that are rich in nutrients are actually thrown away.
In fact, in chicken bones there are many nutrients that the body needs. It may be difficult to get this bone marrow, so you throw it away and not eat it. But, actually you can cook it by making it into a broth. So, the nutrients in chicken claw bones are easier for you to get.
Bone broth can be made by boiling chicken bones a few hours until the nutrients in the bone are released in broth. You can add this bone broth in chicken soup, which is usually preferred by children.
Benefits of consuming bone parts from chicken claws
Some of the things you can get from the content of chicken claw bones are:
- Mineral, such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, and phosphorus. These minerals are important in supporting healthy blood circulation, bone density and health, nerve health, heart health, and digestive health.
- Glucosamine. This content can support joint strength. So that you avoid arthritis or joint pain.
- Hyaluronic acid. These compounds can support tissue health, such as cell rejuvenation and skin cell strength.
- Chondroitin sulfate. This content has the same benefits as glucosamine, which is to support joint health. In addition, chondroitin can also support the inflammatory response, heart health, and skin health.
- Collagen. Chicken claw bones also contain high levels of collagen, where collagen plays an important role in bodily functions. Like, to help maintain healthy skin, strengthen blood vessel structure, strengthen bone structure, and protect the gastrointestinal tract.
But, to get all these benefits, you should choose good quality chicken. Not chickens that have been injected with hormones or antibiotics, because this is not a good choice.
Watch Out! Chicken plugs contain high saturated fat
On the other hand, eating chicken claws can have a negative impact on your health. The chicken claw part is fully covered with chicken skin, and this chicken skin contains high saturated fat. Not surprisingly, chicken claws have a delicious taste because of this fat content. Foods that contain high fat generally have a delicious taste.
But the bad, high saturated fat content can increase levels of bad cholesterol in the body. Over time, this high cholesterol level can clog the arteries that drain blood to the heart muscle. As a result, you can get heart disease.
You need to know that per 100 grams of chicken claw contains saturated fat of 3.9 grams, equivalent to 20% of the needs of saturated fat per day of adults in general. In addition, 100 grams of chicken claw also contain as much as 84 mg of cholesterol or 28% of the cholesterol requirement per day in general adults.
So, if you like to eat chicken claws, you should not eat chicken claws (especially the skin) too often or too much. Also, you should eat chicken claw bone marrow, because that's where there are actually many nutrients that the body needs.
