Eggs are one of the foods which exclusively contain naturally occurring vitamin D.
Studies show that consuming eggs regularly can help to avert clotting of blood, heart attack and stroke. Eggs augment the health and growth of hair and nails since they are endowed with a wide variety of minerals and vitamins as well as high sulphur content. Most people will realize that their hair is growing rapidly on including eggs in their diet particularly if they had a B12 or sulphur deficiency.
For a long time, people shied away from eggs due to a widespread mistaken belief that eggs posed a health risk. Eggs were mainly associated with heart diseases. However, there has been a broad research on this issue to ascertain a few years back this was proved wrong. In the July, 2006 Harvard Heart Letter publication, a number of nutritional myths and facts related to eggs were revealed.
The following are facts and corresponding myths about eggs:
Fact:
Eggs are rich sources of healthy unsaturated fats as well as proteins, with a protein content of 6 grams per egg. In addition, choline which is associated with protection of memory, and zeaxanthin and lutein that are good at safeguarding vision exist in eggs in large quantities.
Myth:
Consumption of eggs is not healthy for the heart. A comprehensive study on the effects of egg intake on heart conditions did not reveal and relation between the two. However, the research did not include cholesterol quantities or any other agents. It was found that the probability of diabetes patients who consume one egg per day developing heart ailments was higher as compared to their counterparts who hardly ate eggs.
Fact:
Eggs contain large amounts of cholesterol, with 212 milligram cholesterol content in the average-size egg. This is quite high compared to other foods and only comparable to one serving of duck meat, liver and shrimp.
Myth:
All the cholesterol in the eggs is absorbed into the bloodstream and settles in the arteries. This is another misconception; it is only a little quantity of cholesterol in foods which goes into the blood. On the contrary, it is actually saturated fats and trans-fats that can raise cholesterol levels in the blood.
If you are a lover of eggs, do not shy away from eating one daily. This will not pose any danger to your overall health if you can reduce your saturated and trans-fat intake. And just in case you are concerned about cholesterol, you can opt not to eat the yolk since all the cholesterol is concentrated there. Instead, use egg whites only.