Eggs – A Nutritional Powerhouse!

Eggs are one of the most nutritious foods on the planet!

A single large boiled egg contains:

Vitamin A: 6% of the RDA
Folate: 5% of the RDA
Vitamin B5: 7% of the RDA
Vitamin B12: 9% of the RDA
Vitamin B2: 15% of the RDA
Phosphorus: 9% of the RDA
Selenium: 22% of the RDA
Eggs also contain decent amounts of vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin B6, calcium and zinc
This comes with 77 calories, 6 grams of protein and 5 grams of healthy fats.

Eggs also contain various trace nutrients that are important for health.

In fact, eggs are pretty much the perfect food. They contain a little bit of almost every nutrient you need.

-Eggs may be high in cholesterol, but they do not adversely affect blood cholesterol! Studies have found that in 70% of people, eggs don’t raise cholesterol at all. In the other 30% (termed “hyper responders”), eggs can mildly raise total and LDL cholesterol

-They raise HDL, which is the ‘good’ cholesterol

-They are known to actually be linked to a REDUCED risk of heart disease