The Incredible Edible Egg

Eggs have so many vitamins. In particular the egg yolks not just the egg whites!

By: Zola
Chief Dieter
Plan Z Diet




Ads are coming out now for fast food breakfast sandwiches that are made with egg whites; like that’s something to celebrate. This is just another example of bad diet advice coupled with mass marketing that we try and uncover on the Plan Z Diet.

Eggs have lots of vitamins. They are rich in the B vitamin family, and also contribute vitamins A and D. In particular, egg yolks are one of the greatest sources of riboflavin, B12, and choline, which may well not only help developing brains in utero, but protect us from age-related memory loss. In the mineral department, eggs are especially rich in selenium. Eggs are also abundant in lutein and zeaxanthin, carotenoids which protect our eyes from macular degeneration, among other benefits. And the lutein in eggs seems to be better absorbed than when it comes from vegetable sources. Almost all these nutrients are in the yolk of the egg. So why would you take the egg yolk out of the breakfast sandwich and call it healthier?

The argument is that eating egg yolks will raise your cholesterol which in time would clog your arteries and give you a heart attack.

So what about the cholesterol? Eggs have a lot of cholesterol, so for a long time it was considered unhealthy to eat too many. However, advice is changing on this as more research comes out. Eggs aren’t harmful to our health. In fact, some studies show an improvement in blood lipids from eating eggs. It seems that this high-cholesterol food raises our “good” cholesterol rather than the “bad.” The research is showing it’s the inflammation from consuming too many carbohydrates that will set you up for clogged arteries. Eat the eggs especially on the Plan Z Diet. Skip the ‘sandwich’ in the breakfast sandwich.

Cheers,

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