Health Benefits of Eggs (EGG WHITE & YOLK) - Food and Health

Health Benefits of Eggs (EGG WHITE & YOLK)

The nutritional content of chicken eggs and specifically the minerals and vitamins so he was a quick rundown of how they are helping keep you healthy previously I showed a lecture on egg consumption and cholesterol let's draw I encourage you to check it out but I will summarize it for you here although eggs do contain cholesterol this is not translate to increased serum cholesterol more importantly a consumption does not increase the risk of atherosclerosis coronary heart disease heart attack or stroke the research is clear eating egg yolk is not unhealthy and it is filled with nutritious protein healthy fats vitamins and minerals it generally it's unnecessary to separate the egg yolk out as you are losing a significant portion of the nutritional content and here are the nutritional facts level-4 are one large egg which includes the white and the yolk so what you're looking at here seventy calories per egg five grams of fat which is mostly unsaturated but there is a little bit of saturated fat so that's good some cholesterol salt one gram of carbohydrates very incentive again and six grams of protein and I'm going to talk about the vitamins and minerals so vitamin A is most famous for its protective effects of vision vitamin D is an important item as well vitamin D deficiency has been linked to bone disease depression multiple sclerosis Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease poor sleep quality cancer heart health asthma diabetes and low testosterone vitamin E the benefits of vitamin E are not as clear some of its counterparts it may be helpful in preventing certain neurological diseases vitamin b12 also known as cobalamin eggs are rich in this particular vitamin about 50% of your daily requirement vitamin D deficiency has been linked to nerve disease depression fatigue memory loss and other psychiatric issues riboflavin also known as vitamin b2 riboflavin deficiency has been associated with different Durham and skin issues anemia and potentially poor growth in animal models folic acid also known as b9 is another very important B vitamin as well known as a supplement of pregnancy providing a variety of congenital diseases and everyone else it appears to be helpful with stroke depression vision and a deficiency can lead to anemia among things nice and notice b3 is well known for its lipid lowering effects it's actually prescribed by physicians to help treat and prevent atherosclerosis and elevated cholesterol among other things and you'll also find a couple of carotenoids called lutein and zeaxanthin and these play a role and collect your vision much like vitamin A and there's also a small but note where the amount of iron and calcium so conclusion one large ad contains 70 calories 5 grams of fat mostly unsaturated 1 gram of carbohydrates and 6 grams of protein as far as vitamins and minerals it has vitamins A D and E vitamin b12 riboflavin folic acid and nice and also contains small but notable mats of leucine xanthine as well as iron calcium...