I grew up at a time when eggs for breakfast everyday was not unusual. Sometimes, we even had eggs for our mid-afternoon snack. It was a shock to read decades later about the not too healthy effect of eating eggs everyday. What was even more shocking was finding out after that that the “bad image” given to eggs was not even that accurate. According to the latest studies, it is okay to eat an egg once a day. It did cross my mind that, perhaps, the period when eggs received so much bad press was the time when makers of “instant healthy breakfasts” were pushing their products hard to the public.
The bottomline is that eggs aren’t bad for you even if you’re on a low-fat diet.
According to a study by the Harvard School of Public Health, there is no significant link between egg consumption and heart disease. In fact, according to one study, regular consumption of eggs may help prevent blood clots, stroke, and heart attacks. [Health Diaries]
If you want to know about the health benefits derived from eating eggs, check out the following articles:
- WHFoods: Eggs
- Eggs — packed full of nutrients
- The Role of Eggs in the Diet: Update August 2002
- Eggs: Dietary Friend or Foe?
- Nutrient content of a large egg
If you’re no longer scared of eating eggs, here’s a recipe for a wonderful omelet that we enjoyed this morning.
Serves 4.
4 eggs, beaten
1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 tbsp. of butter, room tempertaure
1/2 ts. of grated garlic
8 to 10 button mushrooms, roughly chopped
100 g. of mild cheddar cheese, cut into very small cubes
salt
pepper
Mix the butter and grated garlic. Melt in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion, bell pepper and mushrooms. Cook for about two minutes, stirring often. Pour in the beaten eggs. Season with salt and pepper. Mix lightly. Scatter the cheese on top. Cover and cook over medium-low heat until the eggs are set and the bottom lightly browned.
You can serve the omelet with bread or, if you want a different twist, try stuffing some omelet into flour tortillas like we did this morning.
I would like to order that same vegetable omelet for breakfast. That’s how I would like to start my day…yum yum yum.
I don’t believe those craps about eggs being not healthy to eat everyday. A nutrition consultant the other day told us about a new study regarding the health benefits of egg yolks. Then there’s always the business interest in all these studies – almost all of them are funded by moneyed and powerful industries such as pharmaceutical, medical and insurance companies. Them and the oil, banking, utilities and other big companies are actually running the government.
I believe maintaining good health is a combination of good diet(including moderation in what we eat), exercise, lifestyle…and no/less stress from work, wife or husband.
Re “Then there’s always the business interest in all these studies – almost all of them are funded by moneyed and powerful industries such as pharmaceutical, medical and insurance companies. Them and the oil, banking, utilities and other big companies are actually running the government.”
Oh, exactly. Exactly!
What’s egg without the yolk, right? I’d rather not eat any than eat them without the yolks.