Health Benefit - Eating Eggs

Labels: Healthy Eating

Posted by Koepangs at 12:38 PM

Eggs represent one of my favorite foods. I am not joking. Boiled, scrambled, fried, pickled, in whatever way they are cooked they have always represented one tasty course for me to eat. If you let me, I could eat scrambled eggs every morning as funny as it may sound it is my number one food choice.

Eating eggs health benefits are nowadays well known to most people and we have started eating eggs not only for their tasty flavor but also for the benefits they bring to our health. It is one of the ways though which we could “mix business with pleasure” if I may say so.

But what are exactly eggs and where did they first came to use? Eggs are an oval shaped cell laid by different species of females. The eggs we eat are mostly chicken eggs, turkey eggs and duck eggs. They are made of a protective eggshell, albumen or otherwise known  egg white and vitellus or egg yolk. Men have eaten eggs since prehistoric times. All sorts of old paintings and cave cravings show men raising chicken and carrying large baskets of eggs. Therefore, eggs have had a long life as a nutrient and their tasty flavor and health benefits have managed to preserve eggs among people’s largely consumed food.

Let us take a look of the few eating eggs health benefits. They contain significant amounts of vitamins and minerals like vitamin B6, vitamin A, vitamin B12 as well as iron, potassium, calcium, folic acid and phosphorus. That is quite a composition, don’t you think? The best thing about eggs is that we can find them all year long in all sorts of supermarkets, top shell and at affordable prices.

Maybe the widest known benefit of eggs is that they protect against macular degeneration and they are a real eyesight protection because of the antioxidants found in the egg yolk: zeaxanthin and lutein. These two components protect the eyes from sun radiation and keep them healthy longer.

Eggs are very good in weight-loss diets as they can control your body’s rate of absorbing calories. They are also recommended if you want to maintain your weight. They are not fattening and they help your body control its’ weight.

It seems that eggs also provide us with choline, a substance that helps the brain development and gives us brainpower. Our body does not produce this substance in large amounts, but it is ok, we can take it from eggs. Eating eggs health benefits do no stop here. Eggs are recommended during pregnancy also because they contain choline that is very good for good fetal development. The protein found in eggs is a source of lasting energy and it stops us from consuming unhealthy snacks during the day. The egg yolk contains anti-clotting proteins that prevent blood clots and reduce the risk of heart attacks.

Overall, I think the health benefits of this little oval shaped food are quite numerous. So, do not forget, eat at least two eggs a day!