| When designing a healthy diet plan for your weight | | | | riboflavin, vitamins A, D, E, K and B12 among their |
| loss diet you may have been faced with a dilemma. | | | | arsenal of goodies they offer. |
| Namely, should you or should you not include eggs in | | | | When on a weight loss diet, to lose weight effectively, |
| your diet program. And if you do include them, how | | | | one must learn to eat a large breakfast of about 500 |
| many eggs could you use? | | | | calories. It should consist of 46% protein, 37% |
| For decades eggs got a bad rap. They were claimed | | | | carbohydrates and 17% fat. |
| to be bad for us because they are loaded with | | | | What better way to arrive at this ratio than to include |
| cholesterol. There is about 200mg of it in one large | | | | eggs in your diet. As mentioned above one whole egg |
| egg. That represents two thirds of our daily | | | | contains 6 grams of protein, most of it in the egg white. |
| recommended intake of dietary cholesterol. | | | | All of the fat and cholesterol is stored in the yolk. The |
| Fortunately, recent scientific evidence indicates that the | | | | proponents of clean or healthy eating diets |
| high level of this metabolite in eggs does not pose | | | | recommend that, in addition to other foods, a dieter |
| health issues. A healthy diet plan of an adult may | | | | includes 3 eggs in breakfast. The eggs have to be |
| include an egg every day without increasing the risk of | | | | used in a ratio of one whole egg to two egg whites |
| heart disease. | | | | (the number of egg whites may be increased if more |
| These findings are exciting and important. Eggs are | | | | protein from egg source is desired). The 3 eggs |
| inexpensive, tasty and versatile. More importantly, eggs | | | | prepared this way will provide the dieter with about 13 |
| are nutritional powerhouses. They are one of the top | | | | grams of protein and only 5 grams of fat. |
| nutrient dense foods. One large egg is a source of 6 | | | | Losing weight and keeping weight off permanently is a |
| grams of high quality protein, 5 grams of fat and 1 | | | | lifetime change. Not being able to include eggs in a |
| gram of carbohydrates. What is equally important is | | | | weight loss program on regular basis would be difficult, |
| that the same egg only equals to 70 calories. | | | | The research findings about the dietary cholesterol in |
| More over, eggs are full of essential vitamins and | | | | eggs, is a welcome step towards creating a healthy |
| minerals. They include zinc, iron, choline, lutein, folate, | | | | diet plan that is sustainable. |