Do you have any trouble eating chicken, in terms of

[quinnox]

digestion and your system? I don't know why, but chicken seems to be really hard on my system, if you get my meaning. Meat (beef) is to a lesser extent too, but chicken especially.

[Silent3]

1. As soon as it stops moving, it goes down much easier. n/t

[Renew Deal]

24. lol

[Mnemosyne]

31. DUzy! nt

[demosincebirth]

39. LOL! That should be a clasic.

[Warren DeMontague]

45. Heh

First post in the thread, too. Well done.

[FarCenter]

51. Just remember to remove the feathers and the innards

My kids were about 4 or 5 when we visited my sister on the farm. They thought that a plucked headless chicken with the feet still on it was the funniest thing they'd ever seen.

[Warpy]

64. One of my mother's favorite stories was

about how I strode up to a butcher and demanded to know if his chickens were eviscerated.

I was two. I knew what the world meant but he didn't.

[Beacool]

55. Wise guy!!!!

[gateley]

2. My first thought is always what's IN the food --

Pretty much every chicken in the US is fed GMO tweaked feed, and I'm not sure about growth hormones and antibiotics.

Whatever the animal (or plant) is ingesting, you are, too.

You might try free-range, organically-fed chicken if you just LOVE chicken and don't want to do without.

This is just a guess -- I only know that when I went totally organic and ate NO processed foods, I felt better and happier than I felt when I was eighteen. Seriously.

But to answer your question (and I've fallen off the only organic wagon), I can eat anything with no adverse reactions, so I haven't experienced your problems.

I hope you find a solution.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. I know what you mean...turkey is even worse!

[MNBrewer]

6. Those tomatoes look amazingly tasty, btw.

[KoKo]

29. I haven't had good turkey meat in probably 15 or more years.

No wonder they started to "brine them" or deep fry. They have no taste and are a waste of time to cook at TG. I've cooked farm raised organic, free range and they all come out the same. In desperation I went back to Butterball...and while it didn't great it was a little better than the others. But all the taste seems to have been bred out of them these days.

And, BTW, I'm a good cook and never had a problem. I always got compliments on being able to cook a great tasting Turkey plus my gravy...so it ain't me.

[MNBrewer]

4. nope. never.

sounds bad though.

[superpatriotman]

5. Yes

I get very bloated.
Doesn't happen with turkey, so I tend towards that these days. Red meat once a week, maybe.

[PCIntern]

7. No...it tastes just like frog! nt

[dembotoz]

56. not sure i want to know how it is you know what frog tastes like

[csziggy]

57. Just like chicken, of course!

[MineralMan]

8. Nope. It causes me no problems.

[tblue]

9. I don't eat meat but my son does

and he hasn't complained at all. You might try buying a different brand of chicken. They're not all alike. Go to a quality market and get the butcher to recommend something.

[quinnox]

10. It is all chicken, I tried many different types

and brands and it makes no difference. Its weird, but chicken in general seems hard on my system.

[RebelOne]

28. I don't eat meat but my now deceased Rottweiler did.

And she would get some awful-smelling gas from chicken.

[Herlong]

11. Yup

As I get older, I find myself eating more grains and fruit just for that reason. I even stay away from rice! By the same token, I remember the foods I did eat when I was younger. Processed crap like McDonanlds and Taco Bell! I was a doofus for eating that food for so long!

[flamingdem]

59. Yep. Certain things become harder to digest

with age.

Maybe it's worth it to try to marinate it

[Herlong]

69. Mc Donalds burger can marinate for 14 years and still look the same

With properties like that, I'm amazed the body can digest it to begin with.

[treestar]

12. No, it's one of my staples

it can be cooked in a variety of ways, so maybe, if you like it, try something different. I love tandoori chicken in Indian restaurants. Hadn't had that before recently.

[librechik]

13. I must go vegan.

soonest. My diabetes diagnosis is finally getting to me. Tough to give up things like chicken and red meat, which, I admit, must help to make me sick. But they don't actually treat your system well, so it's best, I think. sigh

[quinnox]

15. I think I will have to cut way down on meat in general too

It seems to be harder on my system as I get older.

[librechik]

17. Read Dr. Neal Barnard

"Beyond the Food Addiction" or any of his books /videos on you tube are great. He is very convincing. My SIL went on the diet and she lost 40 pounds. It solved their gluten allergy problems too.

[flamingdem]

60. Just curious how does chicken or meat impact diabetes?

I thought the issue there is more about sugars

[librechik]

67. It's a constellation of issues revolving around obesity and it's multiple complications

white refined sugar is the worst, but high cholesterol from a dairy/meat diet is also implicated.

As I said above, Dr. Neal Barnard writes and lives this topic, google and visit his websites or read "Beyond the Food Addiction,' the book that convinced me.

It's all deeply involved with corporate subsidies, as well. very interesting stuff, American healthcare.

[flamingdem]

68. I'll check out the book

thanks!

[nolabear]

14. Interesting. Chicken is benign as meats go. Skin on?

If you eat the skin it might be the fat.

As to the GMO hormone thing, depending on where you live you can avoid chicken fed those things and see. How are you with eggs?

[quinnox]

16. yea, I eat the skin and like it

maybe that is it. I eat eggs and have no problems with those though.

[nolabear]

19. Could be it. I like the skin too but it does bug me.

How's the old gall bladder?

[quinnox]

20. I don't know

I'm not sure what the gall bladder is, but I did get a scan of my system a few years ago and everything looked good they said.

[nolabear]

25. Produces gall, which is a digestive enzyme.

They go south sometimes and have to be removed, which makes fats harder to digest. If you develop pain after eating fats or just pain in the stomach otherwise it would be smart to have it checked out. But believe me, should you have an "attack" you'll know. Mine was removed many years back. Except that I have to eat smarter I don't know the difference.

[nolabear]

46. Rats! I missed my own troll!

Hope it was a good one.

[bluestate10]

48. Try eating early and watch the amount of salt used. Try alternative seasonings to salt. nt

[Warpy]

18. I don't eat all that much of it

so when I do, I go for the organic chickens without all the hormones and junk. It seems to be easier to digest even though the meat seems tough if you're used to supermarket poultry you can cut with the side of a fork.

The older I get, the harder my digestive system has to work to handle meat of any kind. It does have an easier time with fish. I just keep meat to a minimum, using it more for flavoring than the main event.

Today's one meat meal will be homemade pollo asado in tacos, heavy on the veggies. I marinated the chicken for about a day and a half and it smelled glorious when I grilled it, so I have high hopes for these tacos. The rest of it will be cubed and frozen.

[quinnox]

22. yea, I am a big meat eater, but maybe it is time to cut down on it

I have noticed it has been harder and harder on my system recently.

[flamingdem]

62. Marinating is one of the tricks to help digestion

What type do you use for chicken?

[Warpy]

63. Ha! Pollo asado is pretty far away from a prescription bland diet

I do things by guess and by gosh, throwing it in until it smells right, but I can tell you what's in it:

Lime juice (lots of it)
Olive oil (same volume as the lime juice)
Onion, garlic
Red chile powder, quarter to half cup, depending on how hot
Cumin
Freshly cracked black pepper

I buzz everything in a blender, dump it into a gallon freezer bag and add skinless chicken. Mush it around so all chicken pieces are coated and forget it in the fridge for 8 hours on up. My last batch sat there for 18 hours.

You can then bake it or grill it, I use a stovetop grill and the whole house gets perfumed. It can be eaten as is, sliced over greens for a warm chicken salad, or chopped and used in chicken tacos or burritos. It plays nicely with cheese and other taco toppings.

Note that I didn't add salt. I've been on a low salt diet since I was ten and just never got used to it. A few grains at the table work better than a few teaspoons before things are cooked.

[flamingdem]

65. oh yum! Just copy pasted your info and I'm going to try this

I just use lemon now and need to get more creative.

[tularetom]

21. Not really and we eat a lot of it around here

[KoKo]

23. Yes.

The chickens today are bred for "big white meat breasts" and so there's less dark meat and somehow they don't taste the same as the chickens used to. Also if you don't eat organic chickens...there are antibiotics that the mass produced ones are fed which might cause some of us problems.

I try to buy organic chicken but often I just pick up one of the rotisserie ones from grocery store and some of them do cause problems more than the organic I cook myself.

Also, store bought soups started causing problems and I noticed that all of them now have "wheat gluten" and some soy product that just doesn't agree with me.

Anyway...long story short...I have IBS and yes....I've had more problems with both chicken and turkey in the past few years. Beef not so much but I don't eat much beef. I buy it grass fed when I can find it. And, I can't eat the sliced Deli Chicken or Turkey on sandwiches anymore....because I have instant reaction. That also didn't happen to me until the past few years or so.

[quinnox]

26. hmm, interesting. I wonder if maybe our food has gotten worse or something

maybe they are making it cheaper than before and using inferior ingredients. I thought it was because I'm getting older, but you also bring up an interesting theory.

[grasswire]

32. bread, for example, is full of "dough processors" these days.

It's something they add to shorten the rising time. It's the reason why commercial bread is now "gooey". The process has been tampered with. I won't buy any of it.

[AngryOldDem]

37. Free-range chicken is the best.

I've heard people say they can't tell the difference between that and farm-raised (a la Tyson). But I sure as hell can. Definitely worth the extra cost.

The stuff that's added to feed these days to speed growth is just toxic. To both the animal and the human.

[Shrek]

27. Are chicken threads allowed in GD?

I thought that topic is off-limits.

[brewens]

30. Nope but tuna gets me a little. Ever try apple instead of pickles with tuna? Pretty good.

I still eat tuna, I just don't overdo it. Banana's too. A banana can give me a little trouble but not enough to swear off them.

[grasswire]

33. is it the tuna, or is it the mayo that bothers you? nt

[closeupready]

58. That's likely the fiber - apples and bananas both predictably

help me 'detoxify' my system, after only a couple hours. But I love them anyway, healthy or no.

[cynatnite]

34. Does it depend on how it's cooked? n/t

[KT2000]

35. not until recently

I also noticed it tasted like chemicals. I felt terrible doing it but I had to discard it.
They are now adding a new process where the chickens are put into a cabinet and sprayed with an acid to reduce salmonella problems. The workers are getting lung disease from exposure to the acid.

Try an organic chicken and see if that makes a difference. If not, you could have developed an allergy to chicken.

[AngryOldDem]

36. No.

That said, I usually eat baked chicken, not fried. Sometimes I've encountered some issues with fried chicken, which I chalk up to the frying oil, but I don't eat fried food all that often anyway.

My system, surprisingly, has settled down as I've gotten older. It used to be eating anything was a crapshoot (no pun intended) from dairy, to take-out, to restaurant. Now only very rarely do things revolt.

[closeupready]

38. Nope, never. I buy all my chicken from Costco, and

have never had an issue with it.

[rrneck]

40. Nope, sorry. I can digest anything I can catch and chew up. nt

[pipi_k]

41. No intestinal problems but

chicken does make my pee smell kind of weird.

[uppityperson]

50. I want to ask what you are doing with the chicken but don't want to sound rude. Hmmm, can't figure

out how to word it to make sure it is a joke so I'll just not bother.

[HiPointDem]

42. no, but it doesn't taste like it used to

[Laelth]

44. Yes, but only when it isn't cooked thoroughly.

Salmonella is a serious problem with nearly all chicken. It must be cooked very well, or it causes me digestive problems.

For what that's worth.

-Laelth

[Arcanetrance]

47. Yep I decided about week ago to give up meat cause it was making me sick

[Texasgal]

49. I stopped eating chicken and Red meat years ago

because of digestion issues.

At the time I noticed that no matter how I cooked or prepared the chicken it always had the same taste. It was like a salty sponge whether I fried, grilled baked or seasoned to death.

I finally gave it all up and I feel much better now. I rarely eat fish even. I feel much more healthy with veggies and grains.

[demwing]

52. Pssst!

[KurtNYC]

53. You might try a different brand or a free range just to see if

they are any easier on you.

[DesertFlower]

54. i have had trouble. i seem to be okay with

rotisserie chickens as long as there moist. i can digest a medium rare filet mignon, but have trouble with prime rib. hamburgers and meatballs are okay.

[flvegan]

61. Are you eating "enhanced" or "non enhanced" poultry?

Read your labels. "Enhanced with up to 15% chicken broth, salt, and carrageenan." means it's had crap injected into it to bulk up what you're buying. Could be the basis of your difficulties.

That's simply my initial nutritional question. That said, you could just stop eating it.*




* Trademarked flvegan response. Has to be done.

[laundry_queen]

66. I don't have many problems with chicken

but I don't eat it a whole lot. I think different people may have sensitivities to different types of meat. For instance, my mom cannot eat beef. Makes her ill, but pork and chicken are fine with her. I love beef - eating it makes me feel better. But I can't eat much pork - more than a few bites results in instant stomach pain, gas, and I pay for it for days. My dad can eat everything. My brother is allergic to fish. Yes, family dinners were interesting, LOL.

I do wonder if it has to do with what is put IN the meat - for instance, my mom was raised on grass fed beef (she was raised on a farm where her dad raised and butchered his own cattle) and never had an issue until she was much older and bought mostly packaged beef from the store. I've started buying grass fed organic beef for myself about half the time - since I do love beef and can't afford organic ALL the time (I only eat it occasionally anyway), at least half the time should help a bit. The first roast I bought was melt-in-your-mouth tender, so different from the friggen leather I've been buying at the store. I'm certain the crap they feed the cattle is ruining the quality of the meat - and god knows what it does to your system. I'm sure it's the same for chicken.