health and nutrition

Why should chicken be a major part of a balanced diet for your family? We conducted some new updated nutritional analysis on chicken to discover its key benefits.  Our qualified dietician Rosanna Brighton outlines what we discovered:

- Chicken has a low total fat content, and the greatest proportion of that fat is monounsaturated.

- Monounsaturated fats should replace saturated fats in the diet wherever possible because they lower ’bad‘ cholesterol without adversely affecting ‘good’ cholesterol. 'Good’ cholesterol is cardio-protective (protects the health of the heart).

- Chicken is an excellent source of protein. We need protein for growth and repair of body cells and should try and include two servings of foods containing protein each day.

Meet our nutritional expert - Rosanna Brighton

Rosanna started her career as clinical dietitian at the Sheffield Teaching Hospital. She then moved into the food industry advising on nutrition in education, and the promotion of a balanced healthier diet and lifestyle for children and adults. Rosanna went on to head up a team of dietitian’s and developed a comprehensive web based nutrient analysis tool to support schools in meeting food and nutrient standards.

More recently Rosanna studied with the Australian Institute of Sport to become accredited as a sports dietitian. This included time in Australia working alongside the Australian Olympic Sports Nutrition team prior to the Beijing Olympic Games.

In September 2009 Rosanna became Head of Dietetics and Development at food procurement company Allmanhall. In this role Rosanna is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the dietetic services, including working in a consultant capacity on several high profile dietetic and sports nutrition projects.