Eggs, The Most Complete Natural Food

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Eggs, The Most Complete Natural Food

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Eggs were design by nature to be complete nutrient reserve for the

developing chick. Eggs are important food for humans because of their high

nutrition

value and affordable cost. For many years eggs have become the visual icon of

high cholesterol, and many consumers have responded by limiting or

eliminating eggs from their diets. New research not only questions the validity

of old

concepts but present documented evidence that the old beliefs don't hold up

well to rigorous scrutiny. Over the years there have been numerous reports

that eggs consumption is not related to either plasma cholesterol levels or

coronary heart disease incidence.

The fact is that most industrialised countries have reviewed the

experimental and epidemiological evidence and their nutrition experts determined

that

dietary cholesterol restrictions are unnecessary for a heart healthy diet. In

addition, studies are showing that restricting eggs from the diet can have

negative nutrition effects.

Eggs are a source of biologically available lutein and zeaxanthin which help

protect against age related macular degeneration, a leading cause of

blindness in the elderly. The protein quality of eggs is the highest value in

the

supermarket. The egg contains all the essential amino acids in a proper

proportion to fulfil the needs for human growth and tissue maintenance. The

only

food that contains a more ideal mix of essential amino acids than an egg is

mother's milk.

Now all we have to do is give the public a new visual icon for heart disease

risk and we can correct an unsubstantiated, outdated, unwarranted

restriction on a valuable contributor to a nutritional diet. Slowly but surely,

and

with an ever expanding body of scientific evidence, eggs are coming back to

their rightful place in diet. And for all those people who have been avoiding a

food they enjoy, this will be a valuable shift in the conventional wisdom which

allow them to again welcome eggs back into their heart healthy diet.