Are whole eggs or egg whites better?

I was on a weekend trip with some friends
recently and one of my friends was cooking
breakfast for the whole group. I went over
to see what he was cooking and saw he was
getting ready to make a big batch of eggs.

Well, to my shock and horror, I noticed that
he was cracking the eggs open and screening
the egg whites into a bowl and throwing out
the egg yolks. I asked him why the heck he was
throwing out the egg yolks, and he replied...

"because I thought the egg yolks were terrible
for you...that's where all the nasty fat and
cholesterol is".

And I replied, "you mean that's where all the
nutrition is!"

This is a perfect example of how confused most
people are about nutrition. In a world full of
misinformation, somehow most people now
mistakenly think that the egg yolk is the
worst part of the egg, when in fact, the YOLK
IS THE HEALTHIEST PART OF THE EGG!

By throwing out the yolk and only eating egg
whites, you're essentially throwing out the
most nutrient dense, antioxidant-rich,
vitamin and mineral loaded portion of the egg.
The yolks contain so many B-vitamins, trace
minerals, vitamin A, folate, choline, lutein,
and other powerful nutrients... it's not even
worth trying to list them all.

In fact, the egg whites are almost devoid of
nutrition compared to the yolk.

Even the protein in egg whites isn't as
powerful without the yolks to balance out
the amino acid profile and make the protein
more bio-available. Not to even mention that
the egg yolks from free range chickens are
loaded with omega-3 fatty acids.

Yolks contain more than 90% of the calcium,
iron, phosphorus, zinc, thiamin, B6, folate,
and B12, and panthothenic acid of the egg.
In addition, the yolks contain all of the
fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K in the
egg, as well as all of the essential fatty
acids.

And now the common objection I get all the
time when I say that the yolks are the most
nutritious part of the egg...

"But I heard that whole eggs will skyrocket
my cholesterol through the roof"

No, this is FALSE!

First of all, when you eat a food that
contains a high amount of dietary cholesterol
such as eggs, your body down-regulates it's
internal production of cholesterol to balance
things out.

On the other hand, if you don't eat enough
cholesterol, your body simply produces more
since cholesterol has tons of important
functions in the body.

And here's where it gets even more
interesting...

There are indications that eating whole eggs
actually raises your good HDL cholesterol
to a higher degree than LDL cholesterol,
thereby improving your overall cholesterol
ratio and blood chemistry.

And 3rd... high cholesterol is NOT a disease! 
Heart disease is a disease...but high
cholesterol is NOT.

So I hope we've established that whole eggs
are not some evil food that will wreck your
body... instead whole eggs are FAR superior
to egg whites.

Also, your normal supermarket eggs coming
from mass factory farming just don't compare
nutritionally with organic free range eggs
from healthy chickens that are allowed to
roam freely and eat a more natural diet.

I recently compared eggs I bought at the
grocery store with a batch of eggs I got
at a farm stand where the chickens were
free roaming and healthy.

Most people don't realize that there's a
major difference because they've never
bought real eggs from healthy chickens...
The eggs from the grocery store had pale
yellow yolks. On the other hand, the
healthier free range eggs had deep orange
colored yolks indicating much higher
nutrition levels and carotenoids. 

So next time a health or fitness professional
tells you that egg whites are superior, you
can quietly ignore their advice knowing that
you understand the REAL deal about egg yolks.

One more thing about eggs...

I read a study recently that compared groups
of people that ate egg breakfasts vs groups
of people that ate cereal or bagel based
breakfasts.  The results of the study showed
that the egg eaters lost or maintained a
healthier bodyweight, while the cereal/bagel
eaters gained weight. 

It was hypothesized that the egg eaters
actually ate less calories during the
remainder of the day because their appetite
was more satisfied compared to the cereal/bagel
eaters who would have been more prone to wild
blood sugar swings and food cravings.


Keep eating your eggs,
Jorma Persson

P.S. Click Here to learn how you can eat you
    favorite food and still lose body fat.