Eat chicken, should you remove the skin?

Specialist doctor 2 Huynh Tan Vu, Lecturers Faculty of Traditional Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City replied:

Calories in chicken skin and chicken are not too big of a difference. There will be a little more calories in the chicken skin. However, goosebumps may harm health humans by their saturated fat content. When preparing chicken dishes, you are often advised to completely remove the skin.

However, according to many current studies, it has been confirmed that Chicken skin isn’t all bad food. In fact, in 30 grams of chicken skin will contain 8 grams of calciumunsaturated fat and 3 grams of saturated fat. Eating chicken skin can be good if you eat it right or bad if eaten the wrong way.

People with high blood pressure should limit eating the skins of cattle and poultry. Besides, chicken skin has many omega-6 More than other meats, if eaten in moderation, it is good for health, but in excess, it increases the risk of inflammation.

Chicken skin has health benefits if eaten in moderation illustration: shutterstock

Duck skin is similar to chicken skin. In addition, duck skin is also a source of Glycine which is an important amino acid and has many roles in the body, such as healing wounds, promoting a good night’s sleep… Per 100 grams of duck meat ( including skin) can provide about 1614 mg of this amino acid.