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Eat an egg every morning

Is it good for your health

By Heineman BarreraPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Now people pay more attention to health, in the diet also began to pay attention to healthy collocation, in order to bring more benefits to the body, many people will eat an egg at breakfast, said that the nutritional value of eggs is high, eat one every morning, can give the body to supplement the nutrition needed.

But some people say that eating eggs is not good, that eating egg yolk is easy to raise cholesterol in the body, which point do you agree with?

Eggs bad for your heart?

As the saying goes: "An egg a day, disease aside", but others say that eggs are a kind of high cholesterol food, only Chinese people also treasure, eating it is undoubtedly eating cholesterol, will lead to a substantial increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease. Which of these polarizing comments is right?

In fact, it is not scientific to say that eating eggs is eating cholesterol.

A Harvard study of 1.72 million people focused on the relationship between egg consumption and the development of cardiovascular disease. The results found that in the Asian population, eating one egg per day was associated with an 8 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease and an 18 percent lower risk of cardiovascular death.

A study by Peking University researchers found that eating an egg a day significantly reduces the risk of stroke and death, and even reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by 18 percent.

In fact, the increased risk of cardiovascular disease is directly related to the type of cholesterol you eat, because there is good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. If the good cholesterol is sent to the liver, only the bad cholesterol builds up in the blood vessel walls. Although eggs contain slightly more cholesterol, only a quarter of it can affect cholesterol levels.

Eggs are rich in nutrients and protein, which can provide energy for the human body. Eggs are digested slowly, which boosts feelings of fullness and boosts immunity. Therefore, eating an egg every day is good for human body.

In addition to the cardiovascular benefits, there are many benefits to eating eggs for breakfast

1, for the human body to supplement the need for protein

Eggs contain a variety of amino acids and proteins, the main structure and human structure similar to a higher degree.

Eating eggs regularly is good for human absorption and utilization. Basically every 100g of eggs contains 13g of protein, is a high quality protein food. Compared with fish and shrimp, milk, lean meat and other high quality protein food, egg cost performance is high, especially suitable for eating.

2. Protect your eyesight

Eggs contain lutein and zeaxanthin, which are powerful antioxidants. In addition to slowing the aging process, they also protect the eyes from UV damage. Eggs are rich in both, and they may also reduce the risk of cataracts in older people.

3. Good for brain development and memory

Egg yolks are rich in lecithin, sterols, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin B. Eggs are rich in choline, which is necessary for the synthesis of the brain neurotransmitter acetylcholine. It is also an important part of cell membranes and helps improve memory and concentration.

Therefore, for office workers and students who use their brains more, eating eggs for breakfast can protect their eyesight.

4. Beauty and skin care

Eggs are also rich in iron, which plays a role in producing and transporting oxygen and nutrients in blood.

A person's face is rosy and beautiful, inseparable from iron, if iron deficiency will lead to iron deficiency anemia, make people's face yellow, skin lost luster, visible eggs is one of the important food to maintain the beauty of the skin.

5. Help you lose weight

Eggs can provide protein for the body in time, continuously provide energy for the body, so that people are not easy to feel hungry. At the same time, after entering the microblog, it can delay the emptying speed of the stomach and increase the feeling of satiety. Because eggs can increase satiety and reduce the amount of calories consumed at lunch or even throughout the day, they can help achieve the effect of weight control.

How to eat eggs correctly?

There are different ways to eat eggs across the country, so how to eat them is more scientific. From the data just shown, boiled and steamed eggs are more nutritious. For children, steamed egg custard and egg drop soup are the best, as these two methods can loosen the protein and be easily digested by children.

For the elderly, eating eggs should be boiled, lying, steamed, thrown for good, easy to digest.

In addition, boiled eggs can master the following skills to prevent nutrient loss: water must not be over the egg, otherwise the water can not be immersed in the protein is not easy to solidify the area, affect digestion; s

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