24/12/2015
as red meat continues to get red flags due to its link with a number of health problems with the current confirmed ones being; colorectal cancer(bowel cancer), stiffening of blood vessels, kidney problems, just to mention....
the need to switch from red meat to white meat is now at its peak... and chicken happens to be our immediate option for providing us with WHITE meat....
HERE COMES THE 10 INTERESTING HEALTH BENEFITS OF EATING CHICKEN:
1. Boosts immunity: Chicken soup
has long been used as a home
remedy for relieving cold, flu and
other common respiratory infections.
The hot steam of chicken soup helps
clear nasal and throat congestion
while the thick fluid coats the throat to
prevent invasion of respiratory linings
by microbes to cause infection. A
study evaluating this effect suggested
that chicken soup inhibits migration of
neutrophils, a type of immune cells,
thereby preventing inflammation
during common infections and
boosting immunity.
2. Keeps your bones healthy: Apart
from protein, chicken is rich in several
minerals like phosphorus and
calcium, that helps keeps bones in
mint condition. Also, it has selenium
which has been known to cut risk of
arthritis.
3.. coming soon-------
