Why eat eggs?


Healthy egg


Egg is considered the best natural source of bioactive ingredients. Once notorious (thought to be the main culprit of high cholesterol in the blood), fortunately, has been rehabilitated.

Note! Egg will not hurt you, even if you eat every day one or even two or three.

Egg - why is it so good?


Primarily provide you complete protein, easily assimilable by the body. This reference protein that contains all the amino acids, including essential, that is, the body can not produce itself. In addition, they are in the appropriate amounts.

Note! In 1965, the World Health Organization (WHO) considers them to be a formula for measuring the proportion of amino acids in the products. Egg, which weighs approximately 50 grams provides 75 calories and up to 602 grams of protein (50 g pork is the same protein, but up to 300 kcal). More and more easily digestible protein is located in the yolk.


Egg - a rich source of vitamins


This is an excellent source of vitamins A, E, D ​​and K, and B2 and B12, pantothenic acid, and valuable minerals:

  • phosphorus;
  • potassium;
  • calcium;
  • iron and
  • magnesium.

Yolk is a source of lutein, which protects the eyes from harmful UVA and UVB rays, prevents macular degeneration and improve vision.

Note! Two eggs a day will cover the total demand for choline, which protects the liver and the amino acids that are needed for the reconstruction of all cells and tissues.

Egg contains fat, but only 0.1 g (5 g) are saturated fatty acids, the rest is necessary for our health fatty acids. Egg has a few calories at the same time.


How many eggs a day?


In 1998, a conference on the egg (in Atlanta), found (confirmed by scientific studies), with a healthy person can eat two eggs a day and not have to worry about excessively high cholesterol.

Every eight years in the town of Banff (Canada), held a meeting organized by Canadian universities - from Alberta and Manitoba. It involves biochemists, physicians, pharmacists, nutritionists with medical schools and talk about the use of eggs in treatment.

At a meeting in 2012, emphasized the role of choline include egg in the development of the brain and liver protection (its deficiency can lead to cirrhosis). Also mentioned about getting peptides that are useful in the treatment of cancer and blood pressure regulation.

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