5 Reasons To Include Eggs In Your Diets

Eggs are very good for body, though many consider it  bad for the body because of its cholesterol content.

But aside containing a relatively high amount of cholesterol (210mg per egg yolk) eggs still have numerous health benefits, some of which include:

1. Source Of Iron

Iron is very essential in our body. It is the carrier of oxygen in the blood and plays an important role in immunity, energy metabolism and many other functions in the body. Eggs are very good source of "absorbable" iron. The iron in egg yolk is in the form of heme iron, the most readily absorbable and usable form of iron in food and more absorbable than the form of iron in most supplements.

2. Promotes Brain Health

Eggs are also good sources of choline. Choline is a nutrient that facilitates brain development in the foetus and newborn as well as memory function even into old age. Eggs can provide 28% of a pregnant woman’s choline requirement.

Choline is of extreme importance during pregnancy and lactation. It is the critical period for foetal brain development and lifelong memory enhancement.

3. Promotes Healthy Eyes

Eggs are a good source of  lutein and zeaxanthine (which are antioxidants), which play an important role in keeping the eyes healthy.

Lutein and zeaxanthin are concentrated by the body in the macular region of the eyes. Here they provide protection against both UV and high energy blue light that can damage our eye’s retinas and are involved in fine detail perception. Hence getting enough lutein and zeaxanthine is therefore very important from childhood onwards throughout the life cycle.

4. Source Of Best Quality Proteins

Proteins are one the essential elements of our diet. Our bodies use protein to build new and repair old tissue. Eggs I will say are perfect at providing high quality protein.

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. Nine of these amino acids are essential  (i.e. cannot be manufactured by the body) and must be derived from the diet. A complete protein food contains enough of these nine essential amino acids to promote growth and maintain body tissue.

Egg, milk and meat (including poultry and fish) proteins are all complete proteins, but egg protein is of the highest quality, with a rating of 100. Compared to eggs, milk is rated at 93 and fish and beef at 75. One egg has approximately the same protein content as 30g cooked meat, fish or poultry. And apart from being the most versatile and best source of protein in our diet, it is also the least expensive.

5. Promotes Healthy and Strong Bones

Eggs are good sources of vitamin D ("the sunshine vitamin"). Vitamin D is essential for calcium absorption and for maintaining optimum bone health. Eggs therefore play a supporting role in the prevention of osteoporosis together with dairy products, our main source of calcium.

Reference:

Ten Health Benefits of Eggs @ Health24