white meat is healthier(chicken and turkey)

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its an old age question that always comes into play when turkey or chicken is the main dish at dinner: dark meat or white? health authorities have long advocated choosing white meat, saying it contains less fat and fewer calories. but the nutritional differences between the two are not so great. in general, what makes one cut of turkey- or any other type of muscle it contains. meat is darker if it contains higher levels of myoglabin, a compound that enables muscles to transport oxygen, which is needed to fuel activity. since turkey & chickens are flightless & walk a lot, their leg meat is dark while their wing & b r e a s t contains about 46 calories and 1 gram of fat, compared with roughly 50 calories and 2 grams of fat for an ounce of boneles, skinless thigh. but dark meat has its benefit. compared w/ while meat, it contains more iron, zinc,riboflavin, thiamine, & vitamins b6 & b12. both have less fat than most cuts of red meat, so you can't go wrong either way. the bottom line is white meat contains less fat and fewer calories than dark meat, but the differences are small.