There are black chickens, whose black leather and internal organs

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Chickens with black feathers - quite a common phenomenon. However, there is an unusual breed of poultry with black bones and internal organs, even black.

The breed is called China has a very silky soft fluffy feathers, but inside is different from other chickens so that the skin has a bluish-black color, dark meat, and black bones and internal organs. In the West, Chinese silky chickens bred, usually for decorative purposes, but in China and other Eastern countries, their meat is considered a delicacy and is not available to all.





Breed known since the VII-th century, and it is believed that eating these chickens, known in China as in gu ji (in the lane. From the Chinese - "chicken with black bones"), it has a beneficial effect on human health. For example, the Chinese women traditionally eat meat Chinese silky chickens after childbirth to restore energy, in addition, the Chinese say that black chicken dishes have a positive effect on the blood, lungs and stomach.

As a rule, to meat from gu ji give full play to its unique properties, it is prepared from the broth with the addition of ginseng, dried Chinese wolfberry and dates, such as fried chicken infrequently.

In 2011, the geneticists have found that the unusual color of the meat and internal organs of these birds (a phenomenon called fibromelanozis) is associated with a mutation of the gene endothelin-3, which is responsible for the development of cells that produce pigments - an excessive amount of pigment and causes blackening not only skin and bones, and internal organs.





By the way, scientists have found proof of the unique healing properties of Chinese silky meat breed: in chickens there is an increased level of carnosine - a peptide that is sold as food supplements. People take carnosine for muscle growth, anti-aging, for diabetes and even autism, and studies have shown that black meat chickens - one of the richest natural sources of the compound, so if you go to China, will certainly try.

via factroom.ru

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