EGGS-
Considered nature's most perfect foods. Eggs are plentiful, inexpensive, easy to prepare, and loaded with vitamins. They're also one of the best sources of protein on the planet.
Eggs contain all nine amino acids, loaded with vitamins and nutrients that help your eyes, our brain, and your heart. They're one of the best sources of choline, which, though not a vitamin, is an essential nutrient that must be consumed in the diet to maintain good health. Choline is essential for cardiovascular and brain function and for the health of your cell membranes.
People avoid egg yolks because they're afraid of the cholesterol, but the choline in the egg yolks actually helps prevent the accumulation of cholesterol and fat in the liver. One large egg provides 300 mcg of choline (all in the yolk), and also contains 35 mg of phosphatidylcholine. Without adequate phosphatidylcholine, both fat and cholesterol accumulate in the liver.
Eggs are also "eye" food. Eggs contain lutein and zeaxanthin, two nutrients for eye health. Lutein, present in the macula of the eye's retina, appears to filter harmful, high-energy blue wavelengths of visible light from both natural sunlight and indoor light.
Carotenoids are also better absorbed with some fat, and lutein is a carotenoid. Even though there is a little less lutein in egg yolk than there is in spinach (another good source of lutein), it is more bioavailable. Think spinach omelet. Lutein and zeaxanthin are always found together in nature and are generally measured as a unit--one jumbo eggs has 215 mcg.
Considered nature's most perfect foods. Eggs are plentiful, inexpensive, easy to prepare, and loaded with vitamins. They're also one of the best sources of protein on the planet.
Eggs contain all nine amino acids, loaded with vitamins and nutrients that help your eyes, our brain, and your heart. They're one of the best sources of choline, which, though not a vitamin, is an essential nutrient that must be consumed in the diet to maintain good health. Choline is essential for cardiovascular and brain function and for the health of your cell membranes.
People avoid egg yolks because they're afraid of the cholesterol, but the choline in the egg yolks actually helps prevent the accumulation of cholesterol and fat in the liver. One large egg provides 300 mcg of choline (all in the yolk), and also contains 35 mg of phosphatidylcholine. Without adequate phosphatidylcholine, both fat and cholesterol accumulate in the liver.
Eggs are also "eye" food. Eggs contain lutein and zeaxanthin, two nutrients for eye health. Lutein, present in the macula of the eye's retina, appears to filter harmful, high-energy blue wavelengths of visible light from both natural sunlight and indoor light.
Carotenoids are also better absorbed with some fat, and lutein is a carotenoid. Even though there is a little less lutein in egg yolk than there is in spinach (another good source of lutein), it is more bioavailable. Think spinach omelet. Lutein and zeaxanthin are always found together in nature and are generally measured as a unit--one jumbo eggs has 215 mcg.
Wow so beautiful carving this easter egg has on it. Like the color combination it has used here.
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