Chicken is generally considered to be a good source of lean protein and has been recommended by medical professionals as a healthier, lower-fat alternative to beef. However, chicken is not the health food it used to be. Some estimates say that the chicken we eat today contains up to 266% more fat than the chicken we ate in the 1970s. Today's chicken also has one-third less protein content.
As a way to keep pace with the demand for chicken while keeping costs down, commercial chickens are generally bred in a manner that encourages them to grow more quickly through increased food consumption. This has led to chickens that contain more fat and less protein than their counterparts from just a few decades ago.
More about chicken consumption:
Chicken is the most commonly eaten form of protein in the US. Americans eat more chicken than consumers in any other country – an average of 83 pounds (37.65 kg) per person each year.
Twenty-seven times more chicken was produced in the US in 2014 than in 1950.
Nearly half of all chicken is processed into other products, rather than being sold whole or cut up into pieces. In 1962, less than 2% of chicken was processed.
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Are you talking about organic responsibly raised chicken or mass factory farm produced chicken?
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