While everyone generally agrees on roast chicken, there is one part of poultry that divides: the chicken skin. Should you eat it? Here is the point of view of Alexandra Murcier, dietician-nutritionist.
Chicken is a meat loved by almost everyone. His skin, on the other hand, is more the subject of debate. Should you eat it and enjoy its crunchiness? Or on the contrary should it be thrown away because it is rich in bad fats?
A chicken skin that can be consumed, according to scientists, under certain conditions
To resolve this difficult debate, scientists from Harvard University of Public Health looked into the question. By studying its composition, they realized that chicken skin contained unsaturated fatty acids, the fatty acids that our body needs, which must be consumed through foods such as avocado or olive oil. .
When questioned, Alexandra Murcier qualifies this positive point. “Chicken skin is the part that contains the most fat in poultry, so it is not the most nutritionally interesting. As far as unsaturated fatty acids are concerned, we cannot compare those present in the skin of the chicken. chicken with those of olive oil, because the proportion is not at all the same and the benefits are therefore not at all comparable“.
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Pay attention to the balance of your plate!
For the expert, it is possible to eat the chicken skin if you like it, but pay attention to the balance of your plate otherwise. “Depending on how the chicken is cooked, the caloric intake can further increase, especially if we add butter For example. So we can consume the skin, but occasionally” she recommends.
Finally, to accompany chicken, what should you choose? It is better to accompany your dish with a salad, for example, raw vegetables or vegetables, rather than fries to limit fat intake. “And we do not choose chips, which are very processed and very salty products, as an alternative to fries, nor breaded foods, which again contain fat and which do not provide us with anything very interesting nutritionally. recalls Alexandra Murcier. Once again, it's all about balance!
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