Is It True That Chicken Ceker Can Increase Cholesterol? This Is An Explanation From Nutritionists

Illustration of chicken ceker high cholesterol. (Freepic)

JAKARTA - Chicken ceker is the remaining part after the chicken cutting process. This part is sold lower than the chicken meat part. Even though chicken ceker is the cheapest, this part is the most liked by young people.

Chicken ceker is increasingly popular because it is easy to process into various types of food. Many culinary brands also offer a menu made from ceker. In addition to being the main dish, chicken ceker can be processed into snacks such as ceker chips or crunchy fried pastries.

UM Surabaya nutritionist Tri Kurniawati explained that chicken ceker contains water around 65.08%, fat 3.90%, protein 20.10%, and ash 8.16%. In addition, chicken peker has 19 types of amino acids such as aspartic acid, glutamin, hydroxyprolin, serin, glysin, histidin, arginin, treonin, alanin, prolin, tirosin, valin, metionin, sicine, isoleucine, phenilalanin, triptofan, and linin.

"The main components in chicken ceker are collagen, whose levels range from 5.64%' 31.39% or 28.73' 36.83% of the total protein," Tri said, quoted from the UM-Surabaya.ac.id page.

Chicken caps have at least 29 different types of collagen, which are arranged in the form of polymerics. The most dominant type of collagen in the chicken leg is type 1, collagen with three polypeptide strands.

Therefore, the consumption of chicken cekers in reasonable quantities can provide several benefits. What is natural is that it is not consumed too often or in excess portions.

"It is often said that consumption is more than three times a week and in more than one portion and continuously," he added.

Each 100 gram chicken cap contains 5.5 grams of unsaturated fat or about 60% of the daily needs of adults, and 84 mg of cholesterol, equivalent to 20% of cholesterol per day.

"So if you consume large amounts of chicken cekers or often it will cause an increase in cholesterol, which if it happens continuously, will cause the body to get tired easily, even in the end it can cause heart failure or stroke." Tri concluded.