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The Truth About Egg Yolks
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The Benefits of Eating Eggs
Now that we’ve cleared the air about eggs, let’s break down all the incredible benefits this food has to offer.
- Packed with vitamins. Eggs are a great sources of vitamins A, D, E, and K. Egg yolks in particular are very rich in vitamin B12. Egg yolks are one of the richest sources of this essential B vitamin, with a single yolk containing a whopping 215 mg. Choline is a precursor to acetylcholine, aneurotransmitter which controls memory and muscle control. Eggs are literally brain food! You’ve probably already experience the effects of choline deficiency; is linked to “brain fog” and low energy. It is estimated that 90 percent of Americans are deficient in choline, and similar number likely found across the industrialized world.
- Eggs help your vision. Eggs contain two organic pigments (caretnoids) called zeaxanthin and lutein. These two compounds play a role in eye pigmentation, protecting your central vision. They also have antioxidant properties and protect your eyes from free radical damage.
- Eggs make you strong. This is common knowledge, but it bears repeating: Eggs are a fantastic source of protein. In fact, eggs are among the most bioavailable sources of protein you can eat! It’s no wonder that eggs have been a staple of athletes’ diets for decades (in spite of all the anti-egg propaganda). A typical egg usually has around six grams of protein.
How to Pick the Best Eggs
Not all eggs are created equal. Always chose pastured or organic eggs whenever possible. Mass-produced eggs from factory farms are laid by hens in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. These hens are usually caged and fed cheap grain packed with antibiotics to prevent them from getting sick. Studies have shown that these eggs have lower nutritional value in all departments than eggs from pastured hens.
Pastured means the hens were allowed to forage outside at least part of the time for their natural omnivorous diet of grasses and insects. These hens produce eggs which are of much higher nutritional value. Local farms or health food stores are usually the best place to look for these high quality eggs.
There is one more guideline you can use to determine if you have good eggs or low quality ones: the color of the yolk. Factory-farmed eggs from caged hens have yolks with a pale, yellow color. Many people think this is the normal color of egg yolks, but this is not the case.
However, if the yolks are more deep orange color, it means that the hen which laid that egg had access to a healthier diet, and that the resulting egg will be much healthier for you.
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The bottom line here is that eggs are good for you, and they are an excellent source of vitamins, protein, and good fats. Combined with a healthy overall diet and lifestyle, you’d be foolish not to include eggs in your superfood arsenal.
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Anto
Sep 29, 2016 at 7:27 am
On the other hand, eggs are an unnatural food in that hens have been genetically modified, through selected breeding for decades, to produce birds which lay way more eggs, something like 20 times more, than any wild birds. Their ovulation cycle has been unnaturally accelerated so that the hens’ oestrogen levels, and hence the levels in the eggs, are unnaturally high.
This explains why egg consumption correlates with incidence of hormone-sensitive cancers in humans. Men with elevated blood-PSA levels should exclude eggs, and for similar reasons dairy, from their diet, as studies have shown a positive correlation between their consumption and incidence of aggressive strains of prostate cancer.