| Egg is one of the foods that is very rich in protein | | | | chicken, your cholesterol level will not skyrocket. This |
| and other essential vitamins. However, in the recent | | | | is because when you eat any food that contains a |
| time, people form the opinion that the “Yolk” | | | | high amount of dietary cholesterol, your body |
| is not good for consumption, and that your | | | | regulates its internal production of cholesterol to |
| cholesterol level will increase if you eat this part of | | | | balance things up and if you fail to eat enough |
| the egg. Some people are confused of which part | | | | cholesterol, your body simply produces more because |
| they should eat and which part they should throw | | | | cholesterol has tons of important functions in the |
| away. They are of the opinion that eating whole egg | | | | body. High cholesterol is not a disease but a very |
| will increase your cholesterol which is far from being | | | | important substance in your body with vitally |
| true. | | | | important functions. |
| However, there are eggs from the grocery store | | | | In addition, by throwing out the yolk of an egg, you |
| and those from the local farm where chicken moves | | | | are throwing away the most essential nutrient dense, |
| about freely roaming and healthy. Those from the | | | | antioxidant-rich vitamin and mineral loaded portion of |
| grocery store have pale yellow yolks and thin weak | | | | it. Yolk contains so many B-vitamins, trace minerals, |
| shells and they feed on chemical mixed feeds while | | | | vitamin A, Folate, Choline and other powerful |
| those from the local farm are with thick shell and | | | | nutrients. |
| deep orange colored yolks indicating much higher | | | | In conclusion, eggs white are almost devoid of |
| nutrition levels as against those from the grocery | | | | nutrition compared to yolks. The protein in egg white |
| store. | | | | is not as powerful without the yolk to balance out |
| Also, those eggs from the cheap grocery store | | | | the amino acid profile and make the protein more |
| contains higher omega-6 level and lower omega-3 | | | | bio-available. Yolk contains more than 90% of the |
| level while the healthier local farm chickens that are | | | | calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate, B12 |
| allowed to feed on natural feeds are very rich in | | | | and panthothenic acid. In addition, the yolks contain all |
| vitamin and mineral levels with more balanced and | | | | the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K as well as all |
| healthier omega -3 to omega 6 fatty acid ratio. | | | | the essential fatty acids. |
| Furthermore, if you eat the yolk of the local farm | | | | |