To begin we have been told by medical experts for years to refrain from eating too many eggs per week. Born from this edict we now separate the yolk from the whole egg and serve the egg white as a separate entity in a sandwich and even leave out the yolk portion in prepared breakfast mixes and adding a yellow dye to make the mix look like real egg yolks. It seems the yolk portion contains a prohibitive level of cholesterol.
What Are The Facts Regarding The yolk Of An Egg And For That Matter The White?
In my efforts to provide at least some research information on this subject please visit link below. I have provided a short excerpt to show just a small portion of the research performed.
http://speedendurance.com/2007/07/06/comparing-whey-soy-casein-protein-vs-real-fish-beef-milk-chicken-and-eggs/
Eggs
Which came first the chicken or the egg? The egg of course! Remember in your biology class that egg-producing animals (i.e., dinosaurs) existed long before chickens cock-a-doodled on this earth. And it wasn’t too long ago when eggs (and perhaps milk) was the favorite protein source of athletes? For a while there, eggs got a bad (an undeserved) rap for having too much fat. Well, eggs are a great source of protein and the yolk is chockfull of vitamins and minerals. Some consider the amino acid profile of eggs to be the best of all food sources. Think about it, you’re basically eating an entire animal; I know that’s not a pretty analogy, but you get the point!
Features and Benefits: Eggs are a rich source of thiamine, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, folic acids, vitamin B12, biotin, vitamin D, vitamin E, and phosphorus[13]. Seems like a complete food, right? And don’t be so quick to throw out the yolks. In one large of study of 27,000 individuals[14], they found “the daily nutrient intake of egg consumers was significantly greater than that of non-consumers.” For instance, vitamins B12, C, E, and A were consumed in greater quantities in the egg consumers. And get this; those who reported eating four or more eggs daily had lower blood cholesterol levels than those who ate one egg or less daily. Not only is egg protein great but it’s very affordable. According to Chris Mohr, R.D., a doctoral student at the University of Pittsburgh “Where else can you get 80+ grams of protein, like what is found in a dozen eggs, for under a dollar?
Also, I provided some more information on the health benefits of eating eggs from a short excerpt found in the link below:
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=92#healthbenefits
Eggs — An Easy Answer for Americans’ Unmet Need for Choline
More than 90% of Americans are choline-deficient. An assessment American’s dietary choline intake by Iowa State University researchers (Jensen H, Batres-Marquez S, et al., FASEB Journal) revealed that for older children, men, women and pregnant women, intake is dramatically below Adequate Intake (AI) levels, with only 10% or less of all these groups getting even close to recommended amounts of choline.
Article Source:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8341715/the_truth_about_the_nutritional_benefits.html