Eggs – Son to Chicken, Friend to You
January 1st, 2010 § 1 Comment
Eggs everywhere.
Lots of chicken lay lots of eggs. Lots of eggs have lots of health benefits for you. It’s a perfect circle. You eat the moms, the dads, and the babies. BARBARIAN!
While we should be more careful about what we write, you should be more careful about your health, both brain and body. Healthy choices start with breakfast, and if you boiling, the leftovers can be used for some healthy meals. Let’s crack one of these eggs open.
NUTRITION – 5 stars
- Good source of protein – almost 6 grams per egg.
- Source of choline – helps maintain your body’s level of folic acid. Also supports acetylcholine (neurotransmitter responsible for sending messages between nerves and muscles)
- Great source of Vitamin B – good for your heart’s health and supports the brain functions and the nervous system
- The proteins in the egg yolks can prevent blood clots. Eggs also are a source of lutein – prevents cataracts and provides many other benefits
AFFORDABILITY – 5 stars
- Get Some! 12 eggs for less than $2. That breaks down to less than 20 cents per egg, a phenomenal deal.
- We recommend free-range or organic, which can be a bit pricier, but is always the best route if you’ve got the change for that food.
- One of the greatest ingredients to cheap healthy meals.
SIMPLICITY – 4 stars
- While it’s not advisable to eat them out of the carton Rocky style, it takes 2 minutes to fry one, and 12 minutes to hard-boil all 12. (Recommended).
- They stay fresh for quite a while, which means, once their cooked – enjoy them at your leasure.
- Eggs are an easy food. Cook em’ fry em’ scramble em’ its your call!
For all the cholesterol-scared folks out there, worry not. No conclusive evidence has been found that eggs raise your bad cholesterol. If your paranoia does run deep though, lose the yolks! (very easy to do with hard-boiled eggs, and also quite doable when cracking the eggs to fry). Even with the yolk gone, you are still eating a high protein food. Remember, eggs make eating well easy!
Cave Cook
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