Chicken nutriton value

[Thuganomics Dr.]

I have started to eat chicken every day to get more protien in my diet, and I have for the past couple of days been eating two chicken legs. Each chicken leg has 45gms of protien, but it also has 35gms of fat. Should I eat one, and maybe add an extra egg to my protien shake, or carry on with the two chicken legs.

 

[Ozz]

Well, chicken is a good source for protein but fried chicken is going to increase your body fat. Try baked chicken BREAST.

 

[Thuganomics Dr.]

It's not fried chicken, just cooked in the oven.

Somebody also told me that there is a lot of fat in the skin, but if I don't eat the skin, will I lose some protien?

 

[LAM]

99% of the fat in poultry is in the skin...lose it

 

[ecomcorp]

this should help you

You should buy the bonelesss skinless chiken breast cook it inor boil it, that will cut out alot of the bad fats. What i usally do is boil it in a deep pan ( i cut it in dices first, about 8 oc about 30-35 grams of protein) i let is boil a few minutes then i add some pasta and when the pasta is ready so is the chiken, save time and dishes. i usally add vegies in as well. Some tomato sauce and the trick is done.

Just one of my favorite ways to prepare chiken breast.

 

[Vale Tudo]

Thug, like LAM said, the skin is all fat, getting rid of it will definitely not hurt your protein intake, and will help clean up those meals

 

[aztecwolf]

you can cook it in the skin then ditch the skin when done cooking as it will keep the chicken moister

 

[Thuganomics Dr.]

Thank you for that, I am eating two a day, so that is 90gms of protien, but is that too much to consume in one meal?

 

[CowPimp]

Originally posted by Thuganomics Dr.
Thank you for that, I am eating two a day, so that is 90gms of protien, but is that too much to consume in one meal?

I have heard that conusming more than ~50 grams of protein at once is a waste of time because your body can't take advantage of it. You need to evenly spread out your protein intake throughout the day.

 

[Mavs]

I agree. 90gms in one sitting is quite a bit for the body to handle. You could have one at one meal then the other at another meal...skin-free of course! I've never thought of chicken legs as a protein source, sounds good!

 

[DannyT]

90gms for 2 chicken legs??? How can that be right?

3 chicken breasts, and breast contains FAR mor protein than the leg, only contains 32gms. I would check where your getting your information from.

 

[Vale Tudo]

Dude I thought one chicken breast was like 35-40 grms depending on its size.

 

[ecomcorp]

8 oc of chiken breast is roughly 40 grams of protein, atlesat around here in quebec

 

[Vale Tudo]

Yeah that sounds much more like the chicken I know....otherwise my protein intake has been cut in half!

 

[ah1]

Protein utilization is dependant on many factors. The nutritional status of the individual consuming the protein, the manner in which the protein is presented to the stomach (whole as opposed to peptides), the protein???s amino acid composition, rate of digestion and absorption are just some of the factors that influence protein utilization.
Take a moment to think about the protein situation. 25 to 30 grams is about one ounce of protein 50g approx 2oz. Aside from water, the next most abundant element that your body is made of is protein. Also, your body is continually regenerating every cell, muscle, bone, skin, etc. So your body consists of newly regenerated cells about every 4 months. This would not be remotely possible if you could only utilize 30 ??? 50 grams of protein at a time.
Another thing that must be taken into consideration is the amount of muscle you have. The bigger you are the more protein you will need. That's common sense.
Use this link to search the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference of food???s
E.G. enter chicken then use listing ???Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat and skin, cooked, roasted???
Pritein per 100g = 29.80g
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/index.html

You may also search by Nutrient Lists EG. Protein
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodco...nk/wt_rank.html

Also try http://ast-ss.com/research/food/food_search.asp this site also has the GI's next to the food.
Chicken Dark w/skin, roasted - 3.5 oz., 100 grams ??? calories 253 ??? protein 26g ??? carbs 0 ??? fat 16 ??? gi 0
Food for thought

 

[Thuganomics Dr.]

Originally posted by DannyT
90gms for 2 chicken legs??? How can that be right?

3 chicken breasts, and breast contains FAR mor protein than the leg, only contains 32gms. I would check where your getting your information from.

I have re-checked the chicken, and I am correct. Not to sound smug, but I thought I had better double check just in case.

BTW, how many gms of fat are lost from not eating the skin? With skin it is about 35gms.

 

[Vale Tudo]

I can honestly not say that I have a clue about the Chicken Legs, you could definitely be right, i have no idea, what i was refuting was DannyT's comment about how 3 chicken breats together only add up to 32 grms of Protein. Anyone know for sure?

 

[LAM]

according to http://www.nal.usda.gov

(2) Chicken, broilers or fryers, leg, meat only, raw: 52.34 grams of protein

 

[DannyT]

So sorry, I was completely wrong. I was looking at a 470g pack containing 3 Breast Fillets.

But the 32g content on the label was measured per 100g, so I need to multiply the 32g by 4.7 to find the true protein content of the pack.

That means that each chicken breast fillet is approx 50g. I still think that 2 chicken legs being 90g is a bit high though. Surely legs have far less meat on than the breast? Unless you have been chewing on
Foghorn Leghorn

 

[Vale Tudo]

Gotcha, that makes much more sense now!