Nutritional Information:What's in Chicken?

Based on a 100 gram serving of chicken breast, meat only, roasted.

Nutrient Value: University of Moncton Food Research Centre, 1996

% Recommended Daily Intake: Canadian Nutrient File, 1981

Fat. Where it's at.

Fat is not only a part of a healthy diet, it's essential to a healthy body. It supplies energy and helps the body absorb fat-soluble vitamins.

But Canadians eat too much fat. On average, they get about 38 per cent of their calories from fat. Health Canada's Nutrition Recommendations for Canadians say it should be closer to 30 per cent.

That's where chicken comes in. Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating recommends eating two to three servings a day from the Meat and Alternative group and suggests that Canadians choose leaner meats and poultry more often. Chicken is the perfect choice. It's lower in fat than most other meats (just 2.1 grams in a serving of roasted chicken breast, skin removed!).

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