How much chicken youd have to eat a week to increase your risk of dying by 27% its a lot less than you think

Is poultry a pollutant?Chicken has long been lauded as a healthy alternative to red and processed meats, which have been linked to diabetes, heart disease, and several cancers. But a new study has found a clucking scary link between chicken consumption, overall mortality, and gastrointestinal cancer — and you don’t have to eat that much to experience negative effects.In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared that red meat — such as beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, horse, and goat — is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” while poultry was left off the table as a risk factor.The Dietary Guidelines for Americans defines chicken as a “noble food” because it is high in protein and lower in fat than other animal meats.The DGA suggests a standard poultry portion of 100 g and recommends eating it one to three times per week.However, Italian researchers recently found that people who eat more than 300 grams of chicken per week, or just under four servings, are 27% more likely to die from any cause than those who eat less than 100 grams (a little over one serving).Researchers from the National Institute of Gastroenterology in Italy collected data on the diets of 4,869 adults and tracked the health of participants for 19 years.Height, weight and blood pressure of participants were recorded, as well as information about their eating habits.

Through interviews, participants gave information about their demographic background, general health, lifestyle habits and medical history.They were asked to report the amount of poultry, red meat, and total meat they consumed.This data was then organized into four levels of protein intake.Of the 1,028 participants who died over the course of the study, white meat (rabbit and poultry) accounted for approximately 41% of their weekly meat intake, with poultry comprising 29% of that total.Those who consumed more than 300 grams of poultry per week were 2.27 tim...