How many calories in a lean chicken breast compared to, say, five or six chicken nuggets?
Direct comparisons are difficult, as this is usually done on the weight of the product. The chicken nuggets would have more calories, but most of these would come from fat, whereas in a chicken breast they will come from the protein. If he eats a lean source of chicken breast, you reduce the overall calorie intake and we also increase the biological source of protein, which will help with his recovery. Would you ever encourage an athlete to eat a chicken nugget? I wouldn’t go first for chicken nuggets. In an ideal world you would recommend a lean chicken breast, but you also have to consider the athletes’ individual tastes for the food choices which make up their ‘training diet’. If an athlete won’t eat it, you will look for other modes of chicken (or other lean meat) to meet daily requirements. We also have to consider, not only individual tastes but also the prevalence of food into that area. When athletes are travelling as well it might be that you go for reliable food sources. So i
