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Are Eggs Causing Disease and Weight Gain, High Cholesterol?
I just read this newsletter from my colleague and friend Mike Geary and thought it was great information that everyone should
know about. There has been some confusion about this lately and he explains it very well.
I was on a weekend trip with some friends recently and one of my friends was cooking breakfast for the whole group. I went
over to see what he was cooking and saw he was getting ready to make a big batch of eggs.
Well, to my shock and horror, I noticed that he was cracking the eggs open and screening the egg whites into a bowl and
throwing out the egg yolks. I asked him why the heck he was throwing out the egg yolks, and he replied... "because I
thought the egg yolks were terrible for you...that's where all the nasty fat and cholesterol is".
And I replied, "you mean that's where all the nutrition is!"
This is a perfect example of how confused most people are about nutrition.
In a world full of misinformation, somehow most people now mistakenly think that the egg yolk is the worst part of the egg,
when in fact, the YOLK IS THE HEALTHIEST PART OF THE EGG!
By throwing out the yolk and only eating egg whites, you're essentially throwing out the most nutrient dense,
antioxidant-rich, vitamin and mineral loaded portion of the egg. The yolks contain so many B-vitamins, trace minerals, vitamin
A, folate, choline, lutein, and other powerful nutrients... it's not even worth trying to list them all.
In fact, the egg whites are almost devoid of nutrition compared to the yolk. Even the protein in egg whites isn't as powerful
without the yolks to balance out the amino acid profile and make the protein more bio-available.
Not to even mention that the egg yolks from free range chickens are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids.
Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, and B12, and panthothenic acid of
the egg. In addition, the yolks contain all of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the egg, as well as all of the essential
fatty acids.
And now the common objection I get all the time when I say that the yolks are the most nutritious part of the egg...
"But I heard that whole eggs will skyrocket my cholesterol through the roof"
No, this is FALSE!
First of all, when you eat a food that contains a high amount of dietary cholesterol such as eggs, your body down-regulates
it's internal production of cholesterol to balance things out.
On the other hand, if you don't eat enough cholesterol, your body simply produces more since cholesterol has tons of
important functions in the body.
And here's where it gets even more interesting...
There are indications that eating whole eggs actually raises your good HDL cholesterol to a higher degree than LDL
cholesterol, thereby improving your overall cholesterol ratio and blood chemistry.
And 3rd... high cholesterol is NOT a disease! Heart disease is a disease...but high cholesterol is NOT.
So I hope we've established that whole eggs are not some evil food that will wreck your body... instead whole eggs are FAR
superior to egg whites.
Also, your normal supermarket eggs coming from mass factory farming just don't compare nutritionally with organic free range
eggs from healthy chickens that are allowed to roam freely and eat a more natural diet.
I recently compared eggs I bought at the grocery store with a batch of eggs I got at a farm stand where the chickens were
free roaming and healthy.
Most people don't realize that there's a major difference because they've never bought real eggs from healthy chickens... The
eggs from the grocery store had pale yellow yolks. On the other hand, the healthier free range eggs had deep orange colored
yolks indicating much higher nutrition levels and carotenoids.
So next time a health or fitness professional tells you that egg whites are superior, you can quietly ignore their advice knowing
that you understand the REAL deal about egg yolks.
One more thing about eggs...
I read a study recently that compared groups of people that ate egg breakfasts vs groups of people that ate cereal or bagel
based breakfasts. The results of the study showed that the egg eaters lost or maintained a healthier bodyweight, while the
cereal/bagel eaters gained weight.
It was hypothesized that the egg eaters actually ate less calories during the remainder of the day because their appetite was
more satisfied compared to the cereal/bagel eaters who would have been more prone to wild blood sugar swings and food
cravings.
To learn more great information from Mike Geary go to truthaboutabsecrets.com.
Click here to schedule an appointment in Queens or/and send alternative medicine and healing without
medications acupuncture specialist your health question or call "Feel Good Acupuncture" at
646-327-7267.
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