What’s so bad about chicken skin?
Chicken skin contains tons of fat and bad cholesterol. There are also no nutritious substances in it, so it’s essentially the most useless part of the chicken. Even worse? To make a bird look more attractive when sold in the grocery store, it’s treated with different agents that stay on the skin. Although your chicken might look pretty, these chemicals can be dangerous for you to consume.
Beyond that, it can cause weight gain and the accumulation of unhealthy fat in your body, as well as possibly increasing blood pressure and the risk of disease.
According to the USDA, a cup of cooked chicken with the skin removed contains 231 calories, while the same cup with the skin on has 276 calories. The skin also has 3 grams of saturated fat in every ounce, aka in every cup.
