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Is Dark Chicken Meat or White Chicken Meat Better for Lowering Cholesterol?

Is Dark Chicken Meat or White Chicken Meat Better for Lowering Cholesterol? (0:18)

Dark meat chicken contains a special type of vitamin that interferes with your body's ability to make cholesterol. Find out which parts of the chicken contain dark meat by watching this video featuring disease prevention specialist Dr. William Li.

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So dark chicken meat is a better option than white chicken meat to lower cholesterol because dark chicken meat contains a special type of vitamin called vitamin K2 that interferes with the body's ability to make cholesterol. So where does dark meat come from? It's the legs and thighs, and that's compared to white meat which is usually the breast meat.