posted on March 17, 2001 10:46:25 AM
I recently was told by my doctor that my cholesterol is very high and practially forbid me from eating all the foods that I like until at least July.
She mentioned cold cuts and said to have turkey breast. My sister just told me that Boar's Head make a terrific chicken breast.
I've searched the web for Boar's Head and can't find anything. I also tried to find nutrition information for cold cuts, especially chicken and can't seem to find anything.
Does anyone know if there is a lot of saturated fat and/or cholesterol in chicken at the cold cuts counter?
posted on March 17, 2001 10:55:29 AM
Hi Kerryann --
I believe as long as the skin is removed, and you stick with breast meat, chicken is very low in saturated fat and cholesterol.
Boars Head has a variety of chicken and turkey...with different flavors, ranging from honey smoked to cajun seasoned to low salt, etc. There's really something for everyone, depending on your taste.
Forgot to add...the deli I shop at usually has Boars Head brochures on hand, with all the nutritional info listed for every kind of deli food they make, so you can know for sure what you're getting before you buy.
posted on March 17, 2001 07:01:36 PM
I couldn't find a website for Boar's Head. I can tell you that their turkey and chicken breast meats are very good. I did find a website using Ask Jeeves that has some nutrional information about Boar's Head meats. E-mail me privately and I will send the link to you.
posted on March 18, 2001 06:48:46 AM
Boar's Head coldcuts are the BEST!!!! Try to find some if you can. I'm not familiar with their chicken but their roast beef is wonderful!! My father was a butcher and he told me that BH was the only company that actually took a real roast and cooked it. That's it - just like my father's store did when I was growing up. He said that other companies injected their roast beef with flavorings and some even steamed it instead of roasting it. I've tried many roast beefs from other companies and I think he was right.
I'll have to try the chicken and/or turkey. I've sort of avoided chickens most of my life - my father said they used way too many hormones, etc. I'm glad I did. My sister likes chicken and eats it a lot. Her two children (girl 11, boy 10) are way more physically developed than my two (boys, 10 & 12). My two are still 'boys', her's seem to be starting puberty already. I'm glad that mine are developing slowing in that respect. (Yes, I realize that it's probably genetic but I'm still glad. No need for them to start thinking about girls at age 11, they'll have plenty of time in their life for that.)
posted on March 18, 2001 12:29:26 PM
I just found the Boar's Head home page. They have a downloadable .pdf file that you can view with Acrobat Reader that lists nutrition info for all of their deli meats.
posted on March 19, 2001 08:28:05 AM
Hi - Just a note again. I work with the poultry industry. Hormones have been illegal to use in turkeys or chickens since the Nixon Administration. It is an urban myth that chicken or poultry products in the US have added hormones of any kind.
It's like worrying that your cabbage was sprayed with DDT.
posted on March 19, 2001 09:20:58 AM
barbarake, girls develop at a younger age than boys. Eleven or twelve is somewhat young but definitely within the bounds of normal for girls to begin developing.
The beginning of puberty in girls is related pretty strongly to nutrition and percentage of body fat; heavier girls develop at a younger age because the body says to itself, "Okay, now we have enough energy stored up to make babies."
This is why girls who remain very thin, whether by natural body type, malnutrition, or strenuous diet and exercise, often experience amenorrhea (lack of normal munstrual periods) even i nto their early twenties.
Boys develop at least a couple of years later; 13 to 15 is about right for boys.
posted on March 19, 2001 08:58:49 PM
OK, nutspec - but what do they spray on green seedless grapes that made my lip go numb last year after eating them? (It went back to normal in about a half hour)
posted on March 19, 2001 10:17:29 PM
mrssantaclauss , hi! it may not have been a spray, it MAY have been an allergy! I love cantalope but must eat it by using a fork and getting it past my lips, if it contacts my lips they swell and feel hot for 1/2 hr or so. Very similar response to curry but I avoid that alltogether because I had my throat swell once from eating just a serving of curried chicken. A couple times my lips have swollen from bananas - - but most of the time I'm ok w/them. Mom
