An extra egg may best

An extra egg may best

Feel free to eat an egg at Easter. Eggs are bombs concentrated nutrients and probably not as bad for your cholesterol as you thought.


Eggs stick to an error image. The yolk should be full of cholesterol and therefore, would not many eggs may eat. In a 2009 published extensive British study that myth - according to researchers - pierced.

220 milligrams of cholesterol

The conclusion from the study was that while an average of 220 milligrams of cholesterol is in the yolk, but this hardly affects the blood cholesterol levels in your body. You can daily to 300 milligrams of cholesterol ingest from food. Professor Griffin from the University of Surrey showed in a study a group of people for 12 weeks eat two eggs a day. According to him, increased cholesterol levels by not them.

The study confirms findings from other studies that cholesterol in the blood could rise by saturated fat from meat and processed products such as sausage and biscuits.

Proteins, minerals, vitamins

In an egg are nutrients that are good for the cholesterol metabolism in your bodies, such as healthy unsaturated fatty acids and lecithin. It is also a supplier of essential proteins, minerals such as iron, phosphorus and selenium and vitamins A, B12, E and D. Eggs are also substances that are safe for the retina of your eyes, such as lutein.

How many eggs per week?

Egg also provides only 80 calories but gives you quickly feel full. So you can quietly eat eggs daily, at least, say British researchers. That is, according to the British Heart Foundation no problem. People with elevated cholesterol levels is advised to eat a weekly maximum of 3 eggs. They may be more susceptible to absorption of cholesterol from food. There are indications that this also applies to people with diabetes.




Nutrition Centre

The Dutch Nutrition Centre and the Health adhering to the advice to use less saturated fat and also to eat an egg up to 3 times a week as part of a healthy varied diet. An extra egg at Easter, according to the Nutrition Center no problem.

Which egg?

All eggs sold in the European Union is a stamp. The first number tells you to come to the egg from which farming method. For example, stamp 2 EN 45246 01 indicates that it is a free-range egg is derived from the Netherlands. The last group of numbers is the number of laying hens business.

0 = Organic egg

1 = free-range

2 = range egg

3 = Koozie


Free range and barn

Cage eggs come from battery cages known. Free-range eggs are laid by hens that have to stay inside, but in the barn have room to roam. Chickens freely allowed to walk out, lay free-range eggs and organic eggs come from hens that have organic feed and food free range.


How fresh egg?

A fresh egg has to sink a small air chamber and will be in cold water. The older the egg, the larger the air chamber. An egg that floats in cold water is at least 5 weeks old. If an egg is fresh, you can check by shaking. A fresh egg hear while shaking not slosh, an old egg sloshing it. An eggshell is porous (breathable). Clean eggs can last longer than good eggs where dirt is. Keep eggs no longer than 2 to 3 weeks. Although eggs in the refrigerator a little dry out, they've got quite a longer shelf life than outside the fridge. The best storage is still a cold cellar.

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