Compared to lots of other foods, chicken wings aren’t especially unhealthy, I think? They aren’t normally deep fried, chicken is a healthier meat than beef or pork, not sure there are good health reasons not to eat them every day? Of course it gets boring after a while.
Im sorry to say, chicken wings could quite possibly be the worst thing for you. Its the absolute fattest part of the chicken. Its really all fat. Then they are covered in sugary sauce or fatty sauce. They aren’t chicken breast, they’re the dark meat covered in skin. The dipped in delicious butter/oil rich buffalo sauce. The best things ever…
That’s often the recipe. However, there is a way to make it healthier. Remove the skin, skip all the sauces, boil the wings in plain water, chop the meat into pieces, and sprinkle them on a salad. Use fat-free yoghurt as a salad dressing to make it taste better. The good thing is, you can fill your stomach with this without gaining weight.
Fat and sugar are tasty. That gives us an evolutionary advantage to prioritise foods that are good for survival in a hunter-gatherer society. Nowadays, though, these taste receptors are not really helping me stay healthy.
“Healthy” in regards to foods is problematic at best. It all depends on the rest of your diet, your needs, and especially your dosage (portions and portion size).
Could a small amount of chicken wings be a great supplement? Sure, it has all sorts of useful micro and macro nutrients, if that’s what you need. Could you have a bunch without any impact to your health? Possibly, if you’re doing keto. Would your health improve if you cut them out? Also a maybe, if it doesn’t work with the rest of your lifestyle and genetics.
Example: Chicken is high in omega-6. This is bad for some people, but only some. And I bet you hadn’t considered it as a factor in whether it’s healthy.
Compared to lots of other foods, chicken wings aren’t especially unhealthy, I think? They aren’t normally deep fried, chicken is a healthier meat than beef or pork, not sure there are good health reasons not to eat them every day? Of course it gets boring after a while.
Im sorry to say, chicken wings could quite possibly be the worst thing for you. Its the absolute fattest part of the chicken. Its really all fat. Then they are covered in sugary sauce or fatty sauce. They aren’t chicken breast, they’re the dark meat covered in skin. The dipped in delicious butter/oil rich buffalo sauce. The best things ever…
That’s often the recipe. However, there is a way to make it healthier. Remove the skin, skip all the sauces, boil the wings in plain water, chop the meat into pieces, and sprinkle them on a salad. Use fat-free yoghurt as a salad dressing to make it taste better. The good thing is, you can fill your stomach with this without gaining weight.
Yup. Most unhealthy things can be made healthy by making them horrible.
Fat and sugar are tasty. That gives us an evolutionary advantage to prioritise foods that are good for survival in a hunter-gatherer society. Nowadays, though, these taste receptors are not really helping me stay healthy.
I’m only slightly ashamed to admit I had buffalo wings for breakfast with oil rich buffalo sauce this morning.
OK, I wasn’t thinking of the sauce, that part could be unhealthy.
Have you ever made buffalo sauce? It’s literally 50% butter and 25% honey (and its delicious)
No, I may or may not have had it at a restaurant or something, but if so, don’t remember it. It’s not a usual food where I live.
Wings are white meat though.
“Healthy” in regards to foods is problematic at best. It all depends on the rest of your diet, your needs, and especially your dosage (portions and portion size).
Could a small amount of chicken wings be a great supplement? Sure, it has all sorts of useful micro and macro nutrients, if that’s what you need. Could you have a bunch without any impact to your health? Possibly, if you’re doing keto. Would your health improve if you cut them out? Also a maybe, if it doesn’t work with the rest of your lifestyle and genetics.
Example: Chicken is high in omega-6. This is bad for some people, but only some. And I bet you hadn’t considered it as a factor in whether it’s healthy.