How Raw Chicken Can Poison You

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When you think of poultry, the first thing that usually comes to mind is chicken. It is one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, reaching billions in population.

Its meat is low in fat and highly concentrated on the skin. A single serving of chicken has four grams of fat and 31 grams of protein, compared to 10 grams of fat and 27 grams of protein for the same portion of broiled skirt steak.

America thinks of itself as a nation of beef eaters, but for the first time in over a century, Americans are consuming more poultry than …read more