Is Chicken High in Cholesterol?

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Chicken Breasts are the best. I love them too...

Most folks would consider us dumb, because, as the saying goes, the nearer the bone the sweeter the meat. But I love my chicken breasts!

 

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Is Chicken High in Cholesterol?​

By Siddhi Camila Lama, MS, PhD, CNC, CPT Reviewed by Janet Renee, MS, RD

Chicken has less cholesterol than most other animal products.
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Fish, chicken and lean cuts of meat typically have less cholesterol than other animal products. However, the exact amount of cholesterol in chicken depends on the part of the bird you eat. Chicken wings have the most cholesterol, while chicken breasts have the least.

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The Cholesterol in Chicken​

The cholesterol in chicken varies depending on the part of the bird you're eating. This means that the same 100-gram (3.5-ounce) serving size has different amounts of cholesterol depending on whether you've chosen the wing, thigh, leg or breast. In every 100 grams:

• Chicken legs have 93 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Chicken thighs have 98 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Chicken wings have 111 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Chicken breasts have 73 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Chicken sausages have 36 milligrams of cholesterol.

Comparatively, in other meats per 100 grams:

• Rabbit meat has 57 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Duck meat and skin have 76 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Beef skirt steak has 99 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Beef sausage has 83 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Pork loin has 80 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Pork sausage has 76 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Ground turkey has 69 milligrams of cholesterol.
• Atlantic salmon has 55 milligrams of cholesterol.

This means there is less cholesterol in chicken breasts compared to most other meat products, with the exception of leaner meats, like turkey and rabbit meat, as well as fish like salmon. The cholesterol in chicken legs is still lower than the cholesterol in steak, but chicken thighs and wings are both fairly high in cholesterol compared to other meat products.

Notably, there is less cholesterol in sausage compared to other products. There's between a third and half the amount of cholesterol in a sausage made from chicken compared to other chicken products. This is less extreme for other meats, but is still the case. For example, there are 16 more milligrams of cholesterol in steak compared to the equivalent amount of beef sausage and an extra 4 milligrams of cholesterol in pork compared to the equivalent amount of pork sausage.

Cholesterol Consumption and Healthy Diets​

Despite its important role in the body, dietary cholesterol has typically been limited because of the association between cholesterol levels and disease. The previous edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans limited recommended cholesterol intake to a total of 300 milligrams per day. This amount of cholesterol is equivalent to about:

• 5 ounces (142 grams) of shrimp.
• Two small- to medium-sized eggs (about 80 grams).
• 10.5 ounces (about 300 grams) of chicken thighs.
• 19 ounces (over half a kilogram) of salmon.

However, the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans no longer limits your daily cholesterol intake. This is because dietary cholesterol is no longer thought to affect most people's blood cholesterol.

According to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the dietary cholesterol you eat isn't what usually raises the cholesterol levels in your blood. Instead, the biggest influence on your blood cholesterol levels comes from the types of fats and carbohydrates you consume in your diet. The American Heart Association recommends limiting foods that are rich in saturated and trans fats, because these are believed to directly influence your blood cholesterol levels.

Read more: 9 Foods That Do Not Raise Cholesterol

Limiting Dietary Cholesterol​

Even though the Dietary Guidelines for Americans no longer includes a cholesterol consumption limitation, you should be aware that not everyone processes cholesterol in the same way. Some people are considered to be hyper-responders, which means dietary cholesterol impacts them more than average. Other people, like those with familial hypercholesterolemia, also need to keep an eye on their cholesterol consumption because they're at an increased risk for high cholesterol.
Although the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has reported that dietary cholesterol doesn't affect most people's blood cholesterol levels or increase your risk of heart disease, not all research is in agreement. An April 2018 study in the journal Nutrients _and a March 2019 study in the _Journal of the American Medical Association have both reported the opposite.

According to these two studies, the consumption of cholesterol-rich foods, like eggs, can affect your blood cholesterol. The Journal of the American Medical Association study went one step further, reporting that the higher your dietary cholesterol consumption, the higher your risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

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is chicken thigh gin jin delicious?

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