I had a lot of time on hands this weekend pondering the meaning of life while I was dressed as Richard Simmons. I got to thinking about eggs and all that they have done for us.
-They united a country after Humpty Dumpty's unfortunate fall.
-They have provided children with the sheer joy of a good old fashioned egging.
-People have been walking cautiously on their shells for decades.
-Their shells have given us a template for paint
There is just so much the mighty egg has done.
So why have we turned on the egg? We villify the egg one year, only to come back the next year and say eggs are ok again.
I am here to tel you once and for all that the egg is good, nay great. How do you think it got the name the Incredible Edible Egg? Now the only thing we need to figure out is, whole egg or just the egg whites?
For me, this one is easy as well. Whole egg baby!
But you say that the yolk has all the fat, calories, and cholesterol. It also has all the good nutrients too (13 good ones to be exact, while the egg white just has protein). Eggs are also a great source of choline (helps with brain function and memory). A recent study found that 90% of Americans do not get enough choline.
Shouldn't you be concerned with eating the cholesterol? That is the old way of thinking, these days we know that dietary cholesterol does not do much to increase your blood cholesterol levels.
One more fact for the whole egg argument. A recent study had some participants eat 2 whole eggs while the other participants ate a bagel (which meant they were taking in the same amount of calories). In 8 weeks they found that the egg group had 65% great weight loss and a 34% decrease in the waistline.
Note-Whole eggs do not count in chocolate or Cadbury form.
