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Eggs and Cardiovascular Health.

When considering a healthy diet, there is often concern over eggs and their impact on cholesterol. However, there is research that suggests that eggs can be an important part of a heart-healthy diet.

Preventing cardiovascular disease should focus on promoting healthy lifestyle habits such as quitting smoking, ensuring you are getting high-quality protein and vitamins (like those found in Friska®, our nutritional supplement), exercising, and maintaining a healthy weight, rather than restricting the consumption of foods like eggs.

Incorporating eggs into a balanced diet may reduce the risk of some health conditions, like heart disease. Research cited by Medical New Today suggests that eggs contain choline, which helps break down homocysteine, an amino acid that may contribute to heart disease.

If weight loss is on your mind, eggs may be able to help. Eggs are a protein-rich food. Research suggests that protein may help you feel fuller for longer. This means you are less likely to crave a snack soon after consuming eggs, helping to reduce your caloric intake for the day.

It is important to note that egg whites contain antinutrients known as avidin and ovomucoid. Avidin keeps the body from absorbing biotin, an essential vitamin that helps with growth. This isn’t much of an issue in small portions, but should be avoided in excess. Ovomucoid is a common allergen that can be harmful when consumed. However, research suggests that both ovomucoid and avidin are rendered inactive and less harmful with heat. Therefore, it is important to cook egg whites before consuming them.

As a high-protein, nutrient-dense food that contributes to a feeling of fullness, eggs can be included as part of a healthy, balanced, weight-loss diet. There is always more than one way to get those nutrients. If you have found that adding eggs alone to your diet isn’t getting you all of the added help you need, then you may want to consider ABINTRA®. As a nutritional supplement, ABINTRA® is full of protein and additional antioxidant vitamins that can help promote tissue synthesis.

If you have high triglycerides, egg yolk consumption should be restricted, while egg whites, which do not contain cholesterol or fat, can be consumed daily.

In addition to their nutritional benefits, eggs are easy to prepare, consume, and digest, making them an ideal food for children, pregnant and lactating women, older adults, and anyone else.

As with all things, it’s important to consider moderation. Eating three fried eggs every morning is not ideal for your health. But including boiled or poached eggs into your heart-healthy diet may help more than you thought.

Biotin source: https://www.britannica.com/science/biotin#ref121142
Ovomucoid sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3069662/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9275136/