What is more healthy- chicken salad or pasta and tomaor sauce?
They both hold nutritional values however gram for gram, the chicken salad is richer in nutrients and therefore healthier, let me explain. Chicken has protein and the salad with contain a variety of vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates. However the pasta and tomato sauce will have mainly carbohydrates for energy i.e. lots of calories and also vitamins and minerals from the tomato. If the pasta is wholegrain then it will release the energy slowly so this is good, if not then it will release a spike of sugar followed by a slump, this will make you feel hungrier sooner. Unfortunately many tomato based sauces although loaded with vitamins, also have a lot of salt and sugar added to them. Therefore the chicken salad holds more nutritional value than the pasta in sauce. Regardless of whether or not the chicken salad has a dressing. If you are watching calories, you can go for the chicken salad without putting salt or a dressing on. I have known far too many overweight and malnourished vegeta
