The Amazing Egg

Years ago when I was living on five acres in Idaho with my parents we raised most of the things we ate. This included a milk cow for milk, butter and cheese. We raised a steer each year for meat and chickens for eggs. Each morning we had two eggs for breakfast.

We started reading in the newspapers that the doctors were saying that eggs were contributing to heart disease. I stopped eating eggs. I did not eat eggs for forty years.

Now the LATEST RESEARACH says that eggs are very good for you. They improve your eyes, they help clean the cholesterol buildup out of your arteries. The protein in eggs is low cost and the best that you can buy.

Eggs contain generous amounts of calcium, iron phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6,panthothenic acid. They also include all the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K.

Maybe you have heard that eating eggs will skyrocket my cholesterol through the roof. When you eat a food that contains a high amount of dietary cholesterol such as eggs, your body down regulates it's production of cholesterol to balance things out.

On the other hand, if you don't eat enough cholesterol, your body simply produces more since cholesterol has dozens of important vital function in the body.

There have been plenty of studies lately that indicate that eating whole eggs actually raises your GOOD HDL cholesterol to a higher degree than bad LDL, thereby improving your overall cholesterol ratio and blood chemistry.

A University of Connecticut study showed that a group of men in the study that ate 3 eggs per day for 12 weeks while on a reduced carb, higher fat diet increased their HDL good cholesterol by 20 per cent, while their LDL bad cholesterol stayed the same.

Eggs contain the antioxidant lutein as well as other antioxidants which can help protect you for inflammation within your body.

Eggs contain vitamin K. Vitamin K among other things, takes the calcium in the blood and the soft tissues and puts it in the bones where it belongs. The result is that the arteries are free from calcium buildup and your bones are stronger!

Lastly. A recent study that compared groups of people that ate eggs breakfasts vs groups of people that ate cereal or bagel-based breakfasts. The results of the study showed that the eggs eaters lost or maintained a healthier bodyweight, while the cereal/bagel eaters gained weight.