Eggs – Did you know that eggs are the real supper foods?
The poor little eggs got bad publicity in the past – all that scare about cholesterol, and many other myths. Eggs are one of the most nutritional dense foods you can get. In my time we used to be on all this different diets of 25 eggs a day – yes we lost the weight, but as well most of our friends, it is important not to overdo it either, not many people like the eggs perfume when you opened the lunch box.
Eggs are wonderful source of protein, vitamins and many minerals.
The egg yolk contains the richest known source of choline – which makes the body to use fats, including cholesterol.
Eggs and fish are one of the best foods to improve your concentration; it contains phospholipids that help improve memory.
Eggs can be great snacks, great main course or breakfast, try to use as much is possible free-range eggs or organic.
So – let’s scramble our brain and crack the eggs fears!!!
Marie
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Did you know that a hen
Did you know that a hen can lay up to 300 eggs every year?
Chicken was one of the first domestic animals and it happened 1400 BC in China and China still produce the most eggs on the world
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Thanks ladies. You've both
Thanks ladies. You've both told me before, but it's always worth the reminder. Many nutritious choices to be made today!
Michelle:)
Why Eggs Don't Contribute Much Cholesterol To Diet
Hands up how many people use 'cholesterol' as an excuse to avoid eating eggs? It's funny how we tell ourselves or our therapist/nutritionist that we worry about having too high cholesterol levels yet low iron/blood sugar/potassium/WBC etc. don't seem to phase us at all!
Well, Nutrition researchers have published the first evidence that the absorption of cholesterol is reduced by another compound in the egg, lecithin.
According to the Journal of Nutrition, "Egg phosphatidylcholine [lecithin] decreases the lymphatic absorption of cholesterol in rats,"
Many people believe that dietary cholesterol directly contributes to raising blood cholesterol. Because eggs provide about half the dietary cholesterol in a typical Western diet, the public has been advised to limit its egg consumption.
Under the experimental conditions using an animal model that closely mimics human physiology, they found that a particular egg phospholipid interferes with the absorption of egg cholesterol and markedly lowers its uptake by the intestine. When the phospholipid is saturated, its inhibitory effect is further enhanced.
The researchers controlled experimental conditions to specifically look at egg phospholipid and its effect on cholesterol absorption. Even though a good amount of cholesterol is consumed when an egg is eaten, much of the cholesterol becomes "unavailable for absorption" in the presence of the phospholipid.
"This may be a reason why so many studies found no association between egg intake and blood cholesterol," one researcher said. The phospholipid, or lecithin, found in egg markedly inhibits the cholesterol absorption. The inhibition is not 100 percent. Some cholesterol is absorbed but the amount is significantly reduced in the presence of this phospholipid.
"Less absorption means less cholesterol introduced into the blood. We were able to determine experimentally that a substantial amount of the egg cholesterol is not going into the blood stream."
Egg contains a higher quality protein than protein found in meat, milk or fish.
Furthermore, egg is a significant source of vitamins A and E, and B vitamins B-6, B-12 and folate, which are known to lower blood levels of homocysteine, an independent risk factor for heart disease.
So, get scrambling!
Clodagh