Daily Chicken: Cancer Risk Linked to Cooking, Processed Food, Diet

• Daily chicken consumption, particularly with unhealthy cooking methods and processed forms, may increase gastric cancer risk.
• A BMJ Open study noted poultry samples in gastric cancer deaths, but emphasized overall daily dietary habits rather than direct causation.
• Nutrition experts suggest daily chicken intake often leads to reduced consumption of other nutrient-rich foods, weakening the digestive system.
• High-temperature cooking (grilled, deep-fried) creates harmful compounds like heterocyclic amines (HCAs), while steaming or light frying is safer.
• Processed chicken products contain nitrates that can irritate the gastric lining and elevate gastrointestinal cancer risk.

Why It Matters: Daily chicken consumption, especially processed/fried, may increase gastric cancer risk.