By David Tepera, September 18, 2024

Do you know why there’s a difference between white and dark meat? How come dark meat is more tasty and juicy compared to dry white meat? And the answer is “blood”. Yep, dark meat is dark and juicy because it contains blood.

Let me explain. It’s really the domestic chicken we are referring to. What parts of the domestic chicken are dark and white? The only white portion of a domestic chicken is the breast. And, that’s because the wings are clipped, so they won’t fly. They breast has no purpose for domestic chickens, so the blood supply isn’t present.

Every other body part on a chicken is in full motion; neck, legs, thighs, including wings are flapping even though they aren’t flying. Muscles can only function when it’s full of blood.

Now, notice I kept referring to domestic chickens because of clipped wings. Not counting fish, but all wild animal’s muscles contain blood. There are no white meat body parts on wild animals. That’s also the reason there isn’t a lot of fat on wild animals. They are always on the run for survival. I hope this is starting to make sense.

So, for all of you our there that love dark meat on chickens, keep enjoying it – you vampires.

Just know, I prefer dark over white any day, plus most people don’t realize dark meat has more protein.

Since I’m writing about breasts, let’s think about chest training for humans. One of the most popular chest weight training exercises is the bench press. I’m sure most of you know, it’s when you lay on your back and press a barbell off your chest.

All the young gym bros want to be known for the heaviest bench press. In their heads, it makes them the king of the gym. There are those who train to break records in the bench press. I was actually friends with Anthony Clark, who held the Guiness World Record of a reverse bench press of 740 pounds. He was a gentle giant who left us way too early.

What most people don’t understand is the pectoralis chest muscles build better from fly exercises than press. Let’s think about birds again. Flying animals breasts are the biggest body part they have. Of course, this is from flying. You get it, it’s not from pressing, it’s from flying.

So, if you spend more time on fly machines than pressing, you’ll build a better chest without shoulder issues.  

Lastly, scientist have concluded that the chicken came before the egg. This is because the protein which makes their eggshells can only be produced by hens.