The Food and Drug Administration [FDA] has admitted that chicken meat is filled with arsenic, a highly poisonous chemical that is four times more toxic than mercury. The substance is given to chickens because it prompts quicker weight gain and less feeding, and it also enhances the pink coloring in raw meat.
Also, what happens if you kill a chicken and it is sick?
However, if you have killed a chicken because it is sick, or if you have reason to believe the chicken is infected in any way, do not eat that chicken. Bury or compost it, and clean your slaughter equipment. Once a chicken is dead, you have a second task—processing the chicken so it can be cooked.
People learn to kill chickens for many reasons. As interest in local and ethical food increases, many meat-eaters have challenged themselves to raise and slaughter their own meat. People who keep backyard chickens for eggs often kill older chickens when they have passed their prime laying age.
Why should I eat chicken?
When compared with all the vegetarian and non-vegetarian sources of protein, it can be easily stated that Chicken is the richest source of protein. Eating protein-rich foods enable your body to stabilize its sugar levels; since chicken is a rich source of protein its consumption directly affects the blood sugar levels of your body.
Is chicken bad for your health?
While organically and ethically raised animals are always a better option than not, there’s still plenty of reasons chicken is not a health food. Here are eight. A serving of chicken contains just as much cholesterol as red meat. And eggs contain three times that. Cholesterol is linked to clogged arteries and heart disease.
What happens if you eat undercooked chicken?
If you eat undercooked chicken, you can get a foodborne illness, also called food poisoning. You can also get sick if you eat other foods or beverages that are contaminated by raw chicken or its juices. CDC estimates that every year in the United States about 1 million people get sick from eating contaminated poultry.
Side effects of eating chicken include food poisoning, infection by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and breast and colorectal cancer. Eat more plant proteins.