| As a fitness personal trainer, I have noticed that many | | | | chickens in factory chicken farms) are loaded with |
| fitness enthusiasts are discarding egg yolks and just | | | | chock full of omega-3 fatty acids. This may shock you |
| consume egg whites. They think that it is unhealthy to | | | | further. The humble egg yolk is made up of more than |
| consume egg yolks. Why is this so? | | | | 90% of the calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, |
| This is because most if not all health magazines and | | | | folate, B12 and panthothenic acid in an egg. |
| books claim that the humble egg yolk packs a nasty | | | | In addition, the yolk also contains all of the fat soluble |
| amount of fat and cholesterol. However but they | | | | vitamins such as vitamin A, D, E, and K as well as all of |
| rarely if ever, tell you that the yolk is the most | | | | the essential fatty acids. This means that you are |
| nutritional part of an egg. Now, before you howl | | | | discarding more than 90% of the nutritional goodness |
| protest at me for going against "conventional wisdom" | | | | an egg can provide you with. Isn't that such a pity? |
| of not eating egg yolks, let us explore some facts first. | | | | You say that consuming egg yolks will shoot your |
| Yes, I reiterate that the egg white far inferior to the | | | | cholesterol level sky high. You know what? That may |
| yolk in terms of providing you with essential nutrition. By | | | | not be true! |
| discarding the yolk and eating only egg white of an | | | | Let me explain. Firstly, when you consume food with |
| egg, you are in effect throwing away the most | | | | high cholesterol such as eggs, your body naturally |
| nutritionally dense, antioxidant-rich, vitamin and mineral | | | | produces less cholesterol to balance out the equation. |
| portion of the egg. | | | | However, if you don't consume enough cholesterol, |
| In contrast, egg whites are almost devoid of nutrition | | | | your body will produce more cholesterol because your |
| when compared to the yolk. I know that you are | | | | body needs cholesterol for some important functions. |
| consuming the egg white for its protein so as to | | | | Initial studies are showing evidence that eating whole |
| preserve and build your muscles. But do you know | | | | eggs actually raises your good cholesterol (HDL) and |
| that the protein in egg whites are not as formidable | | | | lowers bad cholesterol (LDL). |
| without the yolks to balance out the amino acid profile | | | | So next time your fitness personal trainers tell you that |
| and make the protein more bio-available and therefore | | | | egg whites are superior to egg yolks or that eating |
| more muscle friendly? | | | | egg yolks is unhealthy, you can smugly ask them why |
| Furthermore, not many people know that the egg | | | | and see if they can give you a convincing explanation. |
| yolks from free running chickens (instead of caged | | | | |