Vegetarian Star

She’s already recommended skipping the chicken for environmental health.

Now vegan coach and author of The Lean Kathy Freston has written an article at the Huffington Post on how skipping chicken can also do wonders for human health, especially obesity.

Most chickens are bred with genes that make them grow bigger, faster.

And these genes contribute to a bird that contains more fat and calories, as a study carried out by Farm Forward and Kansas State University discovered.

“So now chicken has 10 times more fat and ten times more calories, so that could explain why chicken has been tied to human abdominal girth,” one researcher said.

“Ten times more fat and 10 times more calories can be related to a fat belly, that’s for sure,” writes Freston. “It makes sense that our crisis of obesity might very well be closely tied to the daily consumption of chicken by many millions of Americans.”

“We’ve all seen chicken portrayed as the low-fat, heart-healthy alternative to red meat for years, but it no longer adds up. You might want to lean away from eating birds and lean toward more plant-based options of protein like black beans, lentils, tofu, chickpeas and whole grains.”

Read Freston’s entire article at the Huffington Post.

Photo: Bridget Laudien/Creative Commons

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