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Don’t let them vilify your eggs!
Among the many health myths that perpetrate popular consciousness is that eggs are bad for your heart. The real dish, however, is that this food doesn’t only decrease heart disease risks, but also hold a number of health benefits.
Eggs Are Not Bad For Your Heart or Cholesterol
An Int’l Journal of Cardiology March 2005 study reveals that in healthy adults, eating eggs every day DID NOT produce (1) a negative effect on endothelial function, an aggregate measure of cardiac risk, and (2) an increase in cholesterol levels.
The researchers studied 49 adults, assigning them to eat two eggs or oats every day for six weeks. Through this, they assessed the effect of egg and oat ingestion on endothelial function.
The specific findings say that six weeks of:
- Egg consumption had no effect on LDL or total cholesterol
- Oat ingestion significantly lowered levels of both LDL and total cholesterol
Thinking Healthy? Eggs Are the Way to Go
Top natural health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola agrees that eggs improve bad cholesterol.
Dr. Mercola also refutes the popular believe that eggs are not good for you. He specifically points to raw eggs as the healthy way to go.
“I am a fond proponent of using raw eggs as a major food in your diet. Raw whole eggs are a phenomenally inexpensive and an incredible source of high-quality nutrients – protein and fat, for instance – that many of us are deficient in,” Dr. Mercola says.
Selecting your eggs, however, is a different story and requires the following insights:
- Choose free-range organic eggs. Check the box or labels to know that you’re getting only the healthy eggs.
- Omega-3 on your eggs is a plus! Though unnecessary in your eggs, Omega-3 may hold additional benefits.
- If possible, contact the company producing your healthy eggs. As eggs are only organic when the chicken is fed organic food, you can double-check and ask your supplier. You wouldn’t want the chicken source to be fed with grains that have high, bioaccumulated levels of pesticides. If flaxseed is used to increase the Omega-3 fats, it won’t be as beneficial as when the chicken is fed seaweed or kelp with beneficial DHA and EPA.
- Purchase eggs directly from farmers. Dr. Mercola recommends this for ensured quality. If this isn’t possible, then organic eggs from the store would be the next best option.
- It is wise NOT to refrigerate your eggs. “If you have ever been to Europe or South America and gone into the grocery stores you will know that this is commonly done in those countries,” says Dr. Mercola.
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