Just in time for Veganuary, Netflix released “You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment,” a documentary that looks into the health benefits of a vegan diet versus one that includes animal products. In the film, food industry experts describe conditions related to meat and fish production in which people’s homes were sprayed with pig feces from nearby pig farms, farm-raised salmon showed up in stores with deformities and sores, and grocery store chicken meat was crawling with life-threatening bacteria like E.coli and salmonella.
While there’s a lot to unpack in this documentary, chicken seems like an important place to start — the average American eats more than 100 pounds of chicken per year, according to a Vox report. Chicken is also an excellent source of lean protein and is packed with essential B vitamins, zinc, and iron.
For those of us who don’t want to give up chicken (*raises hand*), what can we do to ensure that we’re buying the safest meat possible? We consulted food safety experts and a nutritionist — here’s what they had to say.
