WHY EGG IS A MUST IN YOUR DIET..?

You eat 40 whole eggs per week. 5 to 6 eggs daily at breakfast. You eat them with veggies, really like them and feel full of energy at the gym each time your day starts with an omelet. Well i wish my harmony cafe had omelets.

But everyone tells you you're crazy eating so many eggs. They tell you eggs are unhealthy because they're full of cholesterol. You'll clog your arteries and die if you continue. Sounds familiar? Truth or myth? Let's see.

Once demonised as bad for the heart, eggs have been repositioned as a health food in recent years as researchers have found that not only are they good for hearts, but can even help you to lose weight.

an Egg-ceptional Super Food...!!

Nutrition

Renowned for their high levels of protein and calcium, eggs contain a number of important vitamins and minerals as well. A single large hard-boiled egg has only 78 calories, but offers 6.29 g of protein, 200 mg of cholestrol, 25 mg of calcium, 0.59 mg of iron and 112.7 mcg of choline. It contains 22 mcg of folate, 260 IU of vitamin A, 44 IU of vitamin D and 176 mcg of lutein and zeaxanthin, as well as small amounts of many of the B-complex vitamins.  Yeah i know all this boring stuffs right but what you really want to be concerned is the amount of calories and not to mention the amount of protein!

Realize that much of the cholesterol is located in the yolk of the egg. The yolk holds the calories, fat, cholesterol, but unfortunately, the taste as well.

" Eat the yolks, they contain pretty much all the nutrients! "

Why People Say Eating Lots of Eggs is Unhealthy

The logic is that since eggs are high in cholesterol, a high egg consumption will increase your blood cholesterol. So by cutting eggs from your diet, your blood cholesterol will decrease. This, however, isn't how your body works.

Eggs contain high amounts of cholesterol. 1 large egg has about 200mg cholesterol and 5g of fat. Almost half of that fat is saturated fat. A few years ago, Bruce Griffin, professor of nutritional metabolism at the University of Surrey, analysed 30 egg studies carried out over 30 years and found eggs ‘have no clinically significant impact’ on cholesterol levels.

Facts on Cholesterol. You can find studies showing that high cholesterol levels will make you live longer and more immune to infections & diseases than low cholesterol levels. More facts:

• Your Body Makes Cholesterol. Your liver makes 3-6x more cholesterol than you can get eating eggs and other animal products.
• Cholesterol is Vital To Your Body. You need it for the production of steroid hormones like Testosterone and to build & repair cells.
• Dietary Cholesterol Isn't Bound to Blood Cholesterol. There's no relation to cholesterol & saturated fat intake to higher cholesterol levels.

However, thanks to more recent research, we now know the cholesterol in food has little effect on our blood cholesterol levels. What really affects blood cholesterol is the amount of saturated fat we eat. This means if you need to lower your cholesterol, the most important thing you can do is cut down on the amount of foods you eat that contain saturates, such as fatty meats, full-fat milk, butter, lard, cream, pastry, cakes and biscuits. Eating more fruit, vegetables and foods such as oats and pulses, which contain a type of fibre called soluble fibre can also help to lower cholesterol.Thanks to this newfound knowledge, the Food Standards Agency doesn’t recommend limiting the number of eggs you eat, unless your GP or a dietitian has specifically advised you to do this.

Aren’t They FATTENING?

In the Department of Health analysis it was found that eggs contain around 20 per cent less fat, 13 per cent fewer calories and 10 per cent less cholesterol than 30 years ago. 

In one study, overweight women had eggs or a bagel for breakfast. The egg eaters consumed fewer calories in the following 24 hours.

Effects of Eating Raw Eggs

Recently i accidentally ate somewhat 2 raw eggs and trust me it ain't pretty. Raw or uncooked eggs pose a potential health risk, especially if you consume them on a regular basis over long periods of time.Eating raw eggs can significantly increase your risk of developing salmonella poisoning, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA. Salmonella is one of the leading causes of food-borne illnesses in the United States and can cause stomach pain, diarrhea, vomiting, fever and chills. In some cases, salmonella poisoning can be fatal. The USDA recommends fully cooking eggs to kill any salmonella bacteria that may be present.

According to the Linus Pauling Institute, eating raw eggs can interfere with the absorption of the vitamin, biotin. Raw egg whites contain avidin, a protein which binds to biotin in your stomach, preventing it from being absorbed by your gastrointestinal tract. Cooking eggs destroys avidin, reducing the risk of developing a biotin deficiency. Biotin deficiencies are rare but can result in problems such as hair loss and skin rashes.

Cooking raw eggs increases the bioavailability of the protein in them. 51 percent of the protein found in raw eggs is bioavailable, meaning only about half of the protein in a raw egg can be absorbed by your body. In contrast, by cooking the egg, the bioavailability of egg protein increases to 91 percent, making cooked eggs a much better source of available protein than raw eggs.

BOTTOM LINE : " JUST COOK THE EGG MAN...! "

hey eat ENOUGH protiens and you might just end up like this guy..!!

For further reading check out the links below

http://stronglifts.com/cholesterol-saturated-fat-how-many-eggs-daily/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2184650/Eggs-Are-bad-cholesterol-I-have.html

http://www.livestrong.com/article/530941-how-many-eggs-can-i-eat-a-day-without-adverse-effects/

http://blogs.discovery.com/dfh-sara-novak/2012/10/how-many-eggs-should-you-eat-per-day.html

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/healthy_eating/how_many_eggs.htm