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Chicken meat is one of the most popular products in the modern world. However, different myths and speculation are often common among consumers. For example, what chickens are grown using hormones and antibiotics, and in frozen chicken meat does not preserve beneficial substances. Is it really so?

1. Chicken meat contains antibiotics and hormones

The correct organization of production allows you to grow chickens without the use of antibiotics. Growth hormones are also not required, because on a balanced stern of the birds, they so gain good weight, which is a genetic feature of meat breeds.

2. Homemade chicken is better

In public perception, home chickens are often perceived as something special. Despite the fact that they are preparing longer, and the seller’s cleanliness can cause doubts. All this is compensated by the holy conviction that "home chicken means without antibiotics, growth hormones and in natural feed." In fact, buying meat in spontaneous markets, we have absolutely no way to check how they kept and raised chicken, whether she was sick of how she was treated and what they fed.

3. Chicken can be frozen and stored for a long time in the freezer, preserving all the beneficial qualities of meat

The cooled chicken retains its beneficial properties, including vitamins, micro- and macro elements, but at the same time it is stored in the refrigerator for no more than a week. But the frozen chicken carcass remains suitable for use for 12 or more months. But there are shortcomings.

When freezing meat in the intercellular space of muscle fibers, large ice crystals are formed that damage their structure. During defrosting from damaged areas, a lot of juice containing beneficial substances is released, which reduces the nutritional value of such a chicken. However, thanks to modern professional equipment in enterprises, fresh meat is quickly cooled to a temperature of -18 ° C in the thickness of the product. At home, such a trick cannot be repeated.

4. Chicken is often treated with chlorine, saline solutions, etc.

Various solutions can really be added to the frozen chicken to increase its mass. However, this is impossible with chilled chicken, since moisture will not remain inside, but will flow out onto the packaging substrate. Processing by chlorine of any bird, whether frozen or fresh, is a serious violation of laws.

5. Chicken skin and bones are considered harmful

The main claim to chicken skin is a high fat content. However, it is important to remember that fats are saturated and unsaturated. Saturated are considered “harmful”, as they are deposited in adipose tissue and can provoke various diseases. Unsaturated fats, on the contrary, are useful for the body: they strengthen immunity, reduce blood cholesterol and improve the skin condition. Studies show that about two -thirds of fatty acids in chicken skin are unsaturated.

There is also an opinion that heavy metals, hormones and antibiotics accumulate in chicken bones. It is important to consider in what conditions the chicken was grown. But bone broth is a really useful product rich in calcium, magnesium and other important elements.

6. Yellow color of fat and skin means that the chicken is old or spoiled

The yellow color of chicken fat and skin indicates that there were a lot of carotenoids in the nutrition of the bird - organic pigments of yellow and orange. For example, the chicken ate a lot of corn. Carotinoids are necessary for the production of vital vitamin A., on the other hand, the disadvantage of carotenoids will make the skin of the bird pale with an unpleasant bluish tint.