This is why you must eat an egg a day
For long, doctors had warned patients against eating too many eggs, believing that despite containing high-quality protein and other positive nutritional components, they also have high amounts of cholesterol, which was thought might be harmful. But further research has now been carried out to determine the exact relationship between eating eggs and cardiovascular disease. During the study, researchers found that eating about an egg a day related to a lower risk of heart disease compared with not eating eggs. Participants who ate up to one egg daily had a 26 per cent lower risk of hemorrhagic stroke. Additionally, the egg eaters had a 28 per cent lower risk of dying from this type of stroke. Finally, egg eaters also enjoyed a 12 per cent reduced risk of ischemic heart disease.
Other health benefits of eggs.
With 6 gm protein in a single egg, it provides us with adequate protein required for building muscles and repairing tissues.
Egg yolks are rich sources of zinc, iron, vitamins A, B and D, riboflavin, calcium, iron, phosphorous, lutein for good eye health and choline for brain development.
A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that eating up to 12 eggs a week does not increase cardiovascular risk factors in people with pre-diabetes or Type-2 diabetes. People with Type-2 diabetes tend to have higher levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol or cholesterol which is a risk factor for heart diseases. The findings of the research showed that eggs have little effect on the levels of cholesterol in the blood of people eating them.
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