Love eating eggs most every day.
Pictured: eggs with garlic, Thai peppers, and onions, morning glory with peppers and garlic (called "pak boong fai daeng"), roasted pork shoulder, and jasmine rice. Very typical breakfast over here.
Oh, eggs are good now.
Nothing like settled science by the experts, right?
Eggs have some of the best proteins and fats in them.
I was told years back eggs would kill me. Think it was the same years as another ice age and ozone depletion and all the other predictions that didn’t come true. I have lost faith in science.
I was told years back eggs would kill me. Think it was the same years as another ice age and ozone depletion and all the other predictions that didn’t come true. I have lost faith in science.
IOW, we were wrong and now have to eat crow and don’t want to admit it.
One thing I’ve learned is that if you live long enough, you’ll see every possible food declared deadly and then eventually healthy.
I don’t put much stock in any of it. My Dad ate two fried eggs every morning until they finally killed him at age 89.
Can someone explain to me why people only eat the egg whites? The yolk is the healthiest part of the egg.
A few months ago in one of these egg threads, I learned that when making hard boiled, if you drop eggs into boiling water they will peel effortlessly. That revolutionized my egg experience. :)
Thanks to who ever posted that.
I’ve always ignored the cholesterol kooks. Most of what they have said is just wrong.
I’ve read that the three most nutrient dense foods are—in no particular order
canned fish: sardines anchovies herring
bivalves: mussels clams oysters
eggs: pasture raised—orange as possible
What would you say are the three most nutrient dense foods?
Thanks! (Just when the price on eggs goes up!)
Love eating eggs most every day.
Pictured: eggs with garlic, Thai peppers, and onions, morning glory with peppers and garlic (called "pak boong fai daeng"), roasted pork shoulder, and jasmine rice. Very typical breakfast over here.
Anyone else here old enough to remember when the the “experts” said that eggs and butter would kill you?
I’ve eaten an egg almost every day since I was a kid and my HDL has threw the roof for decades. Docs are always surprised at my level.
I just thought it was genetics. My Dad had a high HDL but he also ate tons of eggs. (But he also fried corn tortilla in lard. They were fantastic! When I hit 80 I’m frying everything in lard.)
Eggs have long been recognized as a source of high-quality protein. The World Health Organization (WHO) and other public health authorities actually use eggs as their reference standard for evaluating the protein quality in all other foods. Egg protein is usually referred to as “HBV” protein, meaning protein with High Biological Value. Since eggs are used as the reference standard for food protein, they score 100% on the HBV chart. The high quality of egg protein is based on the mixture of amino acids it contains. (Amino acids are the building blocks for making proteins.) Eggs provide a complete range of amino acids, including branched chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, valine), sulfur-containing amino acids (methionine, cysteine), lysine, tryptophan, and all other essential amino acids. Their protein is sometimes referred to as a “complete protein” for this reason.
All B vitamins are found in eggs, including vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, choline, biotin, and folic acid. Choline is a standout among these B vitamins. In fact, eggs rank higher in choline than any of our other WHFoods. In the U.S., an average diet provides about 300 milligrams of choline per day - less than the recommended amount for an adult woman (425 milligrams) or an adult man (550 milligrams). Since one egg provides over 100 milligrams of choline and only 75-80 calories, it provides far more choline for far less calories than most other choline-rich foods.
The mineral content of eggs also deserves special mention here—not because eggs are a rich source of most minerals but because they are a rich source of certain minerals that can sometimes be difficult to obtain from other foods. Eggs are a very good source of both selenium and iodine. While many fish, shellfish, and mushrooms can be rich sources of selenium, persons who avoid these foods may sometimes have difficulty getting an adequate amount of this important antioxidant mineral from food. For persons who do not use iodized salt in recipes or at the table and who do not consume either yogurt or cow’s milk, this mineral can also sometimes be challenging to obtain from food.
The nutrients found in an egg are distributed fairly evenly between the yolk and the white. This distribution of nutrients is a common characteristic of whole, natural foods and it is one of the reasons that we recommend consumption of whole eggs (except, of course, when only the yolk or the white is called for in a recipe). The chart below explains what approximate percent of the total nutrient amount is found in the yolk and the white of an egg. You will notice that the first four nutrient groupings are those that are found predominately in the egg white, while those that follow are found predominately in the egg yolk (all except for the last nutrient, selenium, which is divided fairly evenly between the egg white and yolk).
http://www.worldshealthiestfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=92
My standard omelette is with three whites and one yolk.
Having said that, eggs are just about the perfect food.
Who eats one egg at a time?
I wish theyd make up their minds... not too long ago I could swear I thought they said too many eggs cause diabetes...