eggs and you

Eggs

Eggs are available throughout the year. Composition :- composed of a yellow yolk and translucent white that in turn is surrounded by a protective shell.

Health Benefits

Eggs are a good source of low-cost high-quality protein, eggs provide about 11% of the daily value for protein. Eggs are the source of choline .choline deficiency can cause deficiency of vitamin B that is very important for the human dody (folic acid).For example Choline is a key component of many fat-containing structures in cell membranes, whose integrity and function depend on adequate supplies of choline. Two fat-like molecules in the brain, phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin, account for an unusually high percentage of the brain's total mass, so choline is particularly important for brain function and health.

Choline is an important component of acetylcholine. A neurotrasmitter that carries messages from and to nerves, acetylcholine is the body's primary chemical means of sending messages between nerves and muscles (an imbalance between Ach and dopamine in the brain can lead to brain disorders like parkinsonism).

choline is very important for cellular process called methylation(process involves in the transferring of methyl group ). As choline contains three methyl groups, is highly active in this process and thus find its role in switching the gene on/off.

Eggs' Choline Reduces Inflammation

People with highest intake of choline (found in egg yolk and soybeans), and its metabolite betaine (found naturally in vegetables such as beets and spinach), have levels of inflammatory markers at least 25% lower than subjects with the lowest average intakes.

These markers of chronic inflammation has been linked to a wide range of conditions including heart disease, osteoporosis, cognitive decline and Alzheimer's, and type-2 diabetes.

Egg yolks (yellow portion of the egg) are the richest source of choline, followed by soybeans. Spinach, beets and whole wheat products are primary sources of betaine.

An Egg Breakfast Helps Promote Weight Loss

Eggs and Heart Health

cardiovascular health Eggs are also a good source of vitamin B12, another B vitamin that is of major importance in the process of converting homocysteine into safe molecules.

Eggs are high in cholesterol, and health experts in the past counseled people to therefore avoid this food. (only egg yolk contains cholesterol.)

Improve Cholesterol Profile

Eating whole eggs result in significant improvement in one's blood lipids (cholesterol) profile-even in persons whose cholesterol levels rise when eating cholesterol-rich foods.

Helping to Prevent Blood Clots

Eating eggs may help lower risk of a heart attack or stroke by helping to prevent blood clots

Eggs Protect Eyesight without Increasing Cholesterol

Egg yolk is a rich source of vision-protective carotenoids, including not only lutein but also zeaxanthin-may reduce the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Hey but Don’t consume raw eggs because they contains glycoprotein called avidin, which binds to eggs' supply of the B vitamin biotin very tightly, preventing its absorption so Cooking the egg whites changes avidin, making it easy to digestion and unable to interfere with the intestinal absorption of biotin.

Nutrition wise:-

Eggs are also found to be very good source of selenium, iodine, and vitamin B2 ,protein, molybdenum, phosphorus, vitamin B5, vitamin B12 and vitamin D.