THE HEALTHY NUTRITIOUS
----  EGG ------

Remember from the 70's

'The Incredible Edible Egg'

And then there was that

fabulous TV commercial with

The Bacon Brothers!

I had the video here on my website.

I thought it was great! But then

they took it down and replaced it

with one I'm not as fond of.

 I at least found this picture.

So you may remember them singing

the 'Egg' song.

Have you ever watched somebody

cooking eggs and you see them

cracking the eggs open, then

separating the egg whites into

a bowl while throwing out the

egg yolks? Yikes!! What the heck

are they doing? If you ask them

they will probably say something

like,"Only the egg whites are

healthy and nutritious.

The egg yolks are bad for you.

That's where all the horrible fat and

cholesterol is."

NO! NO! NO!

That's where all the good nutrition

is! People have gotten so confused

by all the bad information out there

about health and nutrition, that

people think the egg yolk is bad

when the truth is, the yolk is the

healthiest part of the egg. The

whole 'Egg White' thing is so

popular, go into almost any

restaurant serving breakfast and

you'll see --------

'Egg White Omelet'

on the menu. So sad!

When you throw out the egg yolk,

you are basically throwing out all

the nutrients. The Antioxidants,

B-Vitamins, Vitamin A, Trace

Minerals, Folate, Choline, Lutein

and so many other powerful

nutrients, the list is HUGE.

Check out this comparison of

Egg White vs Egg Yolk.

NUTRIENT	WHITE	YOLK	% IN WHITE	% IN YOLK
Protein	3.6 g	2.7 g	57 %	43 %
Fat	0.05 g	4.5 g	1 %	99 %
Calcium	2.3 mg	21.9 mg	9.5 %	90.5 %
Magnesium	3.6 mg	0.85 mg	80.8 %	19.2 %
Iron	0.03 mg	0.4 mg	6.2 %	93.8 %
Phosphorus	5 mg	66.3 mg	7 %	93 %
Potassium	53.8 mg	18.5 mg	74.4 %	25.6 %
Sodium	54.8 mg	8.2 mg	87 %	13 %
Zinc	0.01 mg	0.4 mg	0.2 %	99.8 %
Copper	0.008 mg	0.013 mg	38 %	62 %
Manganese	0.004 mg	0.009 mg	30.8 %	69.2 %
Selenium	6.6 mcg	9.5 mcg	41 %	59 %
Thiamin	0.01 mg	0.03 mg	3.2 %	96.8 %
Riboflavin	0.145 mg	0.09 mg	61.7 %	48.3 %
Niacin	0.035 mg	0.004 mg	89.7 %	9.3 %
Pantothenic Acid	0.63 mg	0.51 mg	11 %	89 %
Vitamin B6	0.002 mg	0.059 mg	3.3 %	96.7 %
Folate	1.3 mcg	24.8 mcg	5 %	95 %
Vitamin B12	0.03 mcg	0.331 mcg	8.3 %	91.7 %
Vitamin A	0 IU	245 IU	0 %	100 %
Vitamin E	0 mg	684 mg	0 %	100 %
Vitamin D	0 IU	18.3 IU	0 %	100 %
Vitamin K	0 IU	0.119 IU	0 %	100 %
DHA & AA (Omega 3 & 6)	0 mg	94 mg	0 %	100 %
Carotenoids	0 mcg	21 mcg	0 %	100 %

I know, charts and graphs make me

go cross-eyed too. But take a

moment to just scan down

this chart quickly and there are a

couple of things that should jump

out at you.

First, look at all the low numbers,

even 0's, in the 'White' column.

Then look at the last column

which shows the % of the nutrient

in the 'Yolk' and you'll see, for the

most part, all high numbers, even

100%. Meaning there ain't squat in

the 'White'

And, even though you see more

Protein in the white than the yolk,

the protein in egg whites alone are

not powerful enough. They need

the protein in the yolk to balance

out the amino acid profile making it

more bio-available.

And don't freak out because you

see more Fat in the Yolk than in

the White.  Remember what I

talked about in the article

“Burn Belly Fat With Vege's”,

not all Fats are bad!

Another common objection you

hear from people is;

“But if I eat whole eggs my

cholesterol will go through the roof!”

No! No! No! No!

(Sounds like that Ringo Starr song)

Our bodies work so wonderfully!

You see, our bodies automatically

regulate it's internal production of

cholesterol. When we eat a food

that contains a high amount of

cholesterol, then our body will

receive a signal to produce less.

And conversely, if we don't eat

enough cholesterol, then our body

will simply produce more, because

cholesterol has dozens of important

and vital functions in your body.

It is present in EVERY cell in the

human body and it's needed for

those cells to function normally.

And just like there are

Good Fats vs Bad Fats;

there are Good Cholesterol (HDL)

vs Bad Cholesterol (LDL)

and there have been a bunch of

studies that show eating whole eggs

(not just the whites) actually raises

those good HDL's which improves

your overall cholesterol and your

blood chemistry. So just because

some pharmaceutical company

wants everyone in the world on a

Statin Drug (they love those profits)

they try to make us believe we all

need to lower our cholesterol

and that's just a bunch of hooey!

Oh, and just like you want your

milk from happy cows, you want

your eggs from happy chickens.

So, make sure they are

'Free-range'.

A teensy bit more expensive,

but you're worth it.

So, unless you're making a

lemon meringue pie,

stop separating those eggs!