You have heard all your life that eggs are a source of fat and not very healthy. Don't eat the yolks. Just eat the egg whites. But over the last few years scientists have learned just how wrong that advice was. Eggs, it turns out, are a source of healthy dietary fat (and that makes sense because those mama hens are producing food for their baby chicks). Let's take a quick look at eggs again!
I am going to quote from articles published at Science Daily. This is a great website that finds and republishes all the latest research from universities and research institutes around the world.
In 2001 scientists learn that eggs have a lipid (fat) that reduces cholesterol absorption. So not only were doctors wrong to tell us to cut eggs out of our diet, they should have been telling us to eat more eggs. The researchers recommended 1-2 eggs per day for a healthy diet.
It is important to note that eggs provide a rich source of protein that is better than you will find in meat and other sources. But don't mistake eggs for a cholesterol-lowering food. The point is that eggs are far healthier than past science made them out to be.
Another benefit of eating eggs for breakfast is that protein-rich breakfasts help you cut back on evening snacks. Sure, you can fry up some bacon or ham for breakfast but the eggs are a better choice for you (and boiled eggs are probably healthier than fried eggs).
You'll also want to eat more eggs with your salads. Apparently scientists have learned that eating eggs with raw vegetables unlocks some of the rich nutrients that the vegetables provide. And what kind of eggs do we normally eat with our salads? Hard-boiled eggs.
Eating eggs on a regular basis also reduces your chances of developing Type 2 Diabetes. But even if you already have diabetes the scientists found that eating eggs helps to lower your blood sugar. That's a good thing.
When you need to manage your blood sugar carefully, eating a high-protein diet is better than eating a high-carbohydrate diet.
In short, eating eggs is good for you. You don't want to eat half a dozen eggs a day but you should eat a healthy 1-3 eggs per day. Hard-boiled eggs are probably the best.
