Egg whites or whole eggs for a healthy you?
Posted on: 20/Aug/2014 5:36:23 PM
Do you always toss out the yolks when you make an omelette? Avoiding egg yolks could mean you are missing out on good nutrition.
Whole eggs don`t raise your risk of heart disease, it may be worse for your health to not eat them, reports said.
On the subject if high cholesterol in egg yolks, while mortality rates for heart disease were higher in the countries that consumed the most animal fat, deaths from nearly ever other cause were lower -- and overall life expectancy was higher.
In 2010, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a meta-analysis which stated that "saturated fat was not associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease, stroke or coronary vascular disease".
Earlier this year, Time magazine reversed the argument it made in a 1984 cover story claiming eggs and other high-fat foods were dangerous.
Egg yolks are a great source of vitamin A, which is good for skin, B vitamins for energy and choline, which supports brain health, muscles and is necessary for a healthy pregnancy..
The saturated fat in yolks is also necessary for hormone production and the body`s absorption of vitamins and minerals.
If you control your overall calories, whole egg consumption won`t cause weight gain, despite its fat content.
