In recent years, the focus has shifted from how much cholesterol a food contains to how much-saturated fat that food has. The more saturated fats you eat, the more LDL cholesterol your body makes.
The amount of saturated fat and cholesterol found in red meat is higher than the levels found in chicken. Therefore, the American Heart Association has advised consuming chicken (or fish) instead of red meat for a lowered risk of cholesterol. However, the AHA also says that chicken must be limited to normal levels, as excessive consumption can also lead to the development of heart disease.
I don’t tend to like chicken, but it is relatively inexpensive, however I don’t care for it much because of the hormones used to grow them rapidly. So one might look for how they are fed. Organic or range free may mean they are not in cages but in crowded pens. I am not vegetarian, but I constantly think about this and just conserve on what I get and how it’s grown. If one were vegan or vegetarian, how could they compensate?
I totally understand your concerns. Different foods have different issues in some countries, and none in others. Tuna is always my first example. Eating tuna in the US seems even dangerous due to mercury levels, while in Europe there is no concern about it. In Spain we´re concerned about hormoned catle and pigs, but not chicken. I mean, you can spot the difference between the store´s chickens and home-grown chickens. They look differently, taste differently, so they are fed differently.
In the other hand, ethics concerns on food are nothing but respectable. Vegans and vegetarians have plant options to replace this protein, legumes and nuts, for example :)
I didn’t know that about different countries having different issues on how their meat is raised. Thank you for the info and the recipes.
My pleasure 😊
Does your Evernote work already?
Ihaven’t tried again, I’ve had company, a cruise, Comic-Con and just not had time to upload it to my new phone. I had told you my old one was stolen? It was located clear across our county but the blip didn’t last long when they realized they couldn’t access my apple account, even though they tried and I blocked it so I’m guessing it was thrown away shortly after. So when I get better I will access it again. I think my desktop allows me access though.
Yes, you told me, but not all the story 😨 Hope your new phone stays with you much longer 👌☺️
Yummy Yummy…which one is your favorite? Creating my grocery list ;-)
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Glad you like it :)
With lime and mint is my fav. Or marinated chicken in lemon juice, it´s delicious!
Hugs :)
The marinated version sounds indeed delicious. Going to prepare it this week :-) XxX
Cool :D
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