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An egg a day can help maintain vitamin D levels in winter
Medical Xpress / Deakin University / ^ | July 15, 2022 | Robin M Daly et al

Posted on 07/18/2022 7:34:17 AM PDT by ConservativeMind

Eating an egg every day in winter can help keep your vitamin D levels up, new research has found.

As many as one in three Australian adults may have vitamin D deficiency. It can lead to fatigue, aches, muscle weakness, mood changes and an increased risk of contracting respiratory infections.

"Vitamin D deficiency can have a negative impact on bone health as the key function of vitamin D is to promote calcium absorption," says research lead, Professor Robin Daly.

"Vitamin D deficiency may also increase the risk of other non-skeletal diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, depression and Alzheimer's disease," Prof. Daly says.

Vitamin D is difficult to source from foods. People with low vitamin D levels are often prescribed supplements. Eggs are one of the few foods that are a naturally rich source of vitamin D.

"Weekly consumption of seven eggs was an effective dietary approach to optimize vitamin D levels during the winter months when sunlight hours decline," says Prof. Daly of the IPAN study's findings.

The study is the first to investigate the dose-response relationship between eating commercially available free-range eggs and blood vitamin D levels in Australian adults.

Fifty-one adults aged 25–40 years were randomly assigned to three groups that were asked to consume either two, seven or 12 eggs per week for 12 weeks.

But won't eating an egg every day increase your blood cholesterol? As well as measuring blood vitamin D levels, the research team also looked at changes in blood lipids. Prof Daly said there were no significant adverse effects on cholesterol.

Participants found it relatively easy to eat the eggs as part of their daily diets.

"The simple strategy of eating an egg a day could help prevent health complications caused by vitamin D deficiencies."

(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: affectdisorder; eggs; sad; seasonalaffect; vitd; winter
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Note this benefit was from the whole egg, not egg whites.
1 posted on 07/18/2022 7:34:17 AM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 07/18/2022 7:34:48 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

2, over easy, with hash browns, rye roast and lashings of hot sauce...


3 posted on 07/18/2022 7:37:11 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: ConservativeMind

Pickled Eggs ?


4 posted on 07/18/2022 7:37:16 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ConservativeMind

Cereal and milk every day will do the trick. Or take a 10 minute walk...the sun doesn’t have to be shining.


5 posted on 07/18/2022 7:38:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: ConservativeMind

I hardboil eggs....egg and olive sandwiches, add to a salad...which I eat every day.


6 posted on 07/18/2022 7:39:44 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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sausage... bacon...


7 posted on 07/18/2022 7:41:41 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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To: ConservativeMind

That’s why farm boys have bones strong as I-beams... Lots of milk and eggs every day.


8 posted on 07/18/2022 7:45:27 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: ConservativeMind

wow.

another Government funded study.

I’m shocked.


9 posted on 07/18/2022 7:46:47 AM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: Hammerhead

Telling us something....again....that we already knew.


10 posted on 07/18/2022 7:47:53 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: ConservativeMind
Why stop at one egg, I normally eat three per day. Preferably from local farms. In my area of southern Connecticut, there are a lot of places to get farm fresh eggs. Many of them put them out roadside in coolers where you can pull over and pay on the honor system.

And the cholesterol thing is a bunch of nonsense. Eggs can actually be beneficial to your cholesterol profile by increasing the "good" and decreasing the "bad".

11 posted on 07/18/2022 7:49:51 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,557,412 users on Truth Social)
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To: Sacajaweau
I hard-boil eggs....egg and olive sandwiches, add to a salad...which I eat every day.

Me too.....add sauerkraut and pickles....with the pickle juice replaced by red wine vinegar.

12 posted on 07/18/2022 7:53:25 AM PDT by SpokeshaveReturns (Grandad Spokeshave)
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To: ConservativeMind

Eggs are good.
Eggs are bad.

Butter is good.
Butter is bad.

Coffee is good.
Coffee is bad.

Wine is good.
Wine is bad.


13 posted on 07/18/2022 7:53:30 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. It's "whatever".)
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To: Hammerhead

Deakin University in Australia. We get to enjoy their research results. It doesn’t say where the university got its research money.

I didn’t know that eggs were one of the few foods naturally rich in Vit D. Plus, no change in blood lipids from an egg a day. That is good info.

It’s far better that the government pay for this research instead of gazillions more on “equity,” trannies, homos, and other useless “studies.”


14 posted on 07/18/2022 7:53:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“...see whether we in our day and generation may not perform something worthy to be remembered.”)
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To: ConservativeMind

Oh, so this is the “eggs are good for you” part of the year. I always forget in which part of the year that narrative starts. In six months, I assume it will revert back to the “eggs are harmful to your health” setting.

I used to have a picture of two headlines, six months apart, from the same newspaper. One stated “Why Eggs Are Harmful to Your Health” and the other “Why Eggs Should Be a Part of Your Daily Diet”.


15 posted on 07/18/2022 7:54:11 AM PDT by CFW
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To: ClearCase_guy

Bacon is good
Bacon is good


16 posted on 07/18/2022 7:58:05 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: LibWhacker

I love eggs. One of my parents had some kind of sulphur allergy. My DNA indicates I have a higher chance of egg allergy due to SNP rs6498482.

But when I tested for it with a blood test it came back negative for egg allergy.

However, in trying to figure out what is wrong with me I have started relying on my DNA so I cut out eggs.

Sure enough, I felt better and some of the weird stuff went away.

I dont know what to make of that but use it as a suggestion for people who were tested and came back negative for egg allergy.

btw, I am trying the blueberry diet for psoriasis. That and a red light for 5 minutes a day is making a difference. Some people have had success trying those things. Psoriasis cures are hit and miss and you just have to try things

also if anyone wants something beyond 23andme Nebula.org is still doing their $100 off lifetime subscription for their whole exome test. The coupon code is PRIMEDEAL. It is expensive but still cheaper than a whole exome test done at places like Blueprint Genetics or Prevention Genetics which is the expensive testing Drs order.

The whole thing is almost $500. You dont need it unless you are in diagnosis hell with clueless Drs.


17 posted on 07/18/2022 7:59:09 AM PDT by RummyChick
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Thank you for referencing that article ConservativeMind.

I went over the article a few times to find what kind of vitamin D IU we can expect from an egg but didn't see anything. Did I miss something?

Here's a link to a page that actually goes into surprising detail about vitamin D IU in egg, depending on how it is cooked.

Amount of Vitamin D in An egg

18 posted on 07/18/2022 8:00:37 AM PDT by Amendment10 ( )
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Whole eggs have a lot of protein....good for weight lifters.


19 posted on 07/18/2022 8:06:19 AM PDT by SpokeshaveReturns (Grandad Spokeshave)
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To: Sacajaweau
"I hardboil eggs....egg and olive sandwiches, add to a salad...which I eat every day."

I eat two hardboiled eggs every day, with the yokes slightly soft. I heard the soft yokes were better nutritionally.

20 posted on 07/18/2022 8:08:07 AM PDT by caltaxed (ake)
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