International Egg Commission: Why do we celebrate World Egg Day

China Network October 12 According to Russia's "Communist Youth League Truth" website October 10 reported that eggs are the daily life of the most common food, about the benefits of eggs there are many, the following let us understand these statements is right or wrong.

1996 Vienna Conference International Egg Commission (imagine, really exist!) Called the International Egg Commission) announced that the World Egg Day will be celebrated in the second Friday of October. After all, at least one dozen reasons to celebrate World Egg Day. Many countries responded with pleasure. Of course there are other reasons to be happy! In particular, egg, scrambled eggs, omelet ...

Recently, people accuse eggs of many crimes, but it is impossible not to eat eggs. Because they contain a large body of nutrients needed, including the human body essential vitamins and minerals, as well as to help prevent certain diseases of antioxidants. Eggs-valuable food, especially for young, growing bodies. Eggs are in addition to protein, there are a lot of fat, phospholipids, iron, digestible calcium, phosphorus, iodine, zinc, magnesium, vitamin A,d,e, vitamin B3, biotin and vitamin B12, folic acid and choline.

Contrary to popular belief, eggs do not raise cholesterol levels. So it is ok to eat an egg every day. In any case, there are too many mysteries surrounding eggs. Let's try to unlock the puzzle below.

In addition, the world's most egg-eating country is Japan. The average inhabitant of Japan eats an egg every day.

1. Eggs increase blood cholesterol levels.

Partially correct. An egg contains about 213 mg of cholesterol, which accounts for nearly 1/3 of the daily cholesterol required, and does not recommend eating more. But there are also phospholipids in the eggs, which can reduce cholesterol levels in the blood. As a result, cholesterol in eggs is offset by other nutrients that are good for the body.

2. Eggs are high in calories.

No. An egg contains only 75 calories, and that's not much. We need 1700-2500 calories a day. (depending on gender and lifestyle, etc.)

3. Egg yolk is more beneficial than protein.

Not exactly. There are 6.5g proteins in the middle of the egg. This is 14% of women's daily essential protein, 12% for men. and 6.4g of fat (of which 1.8g is saturated fat), which is 12% daily required. Almost all of the fat is in the yolk, and the fat in the protein does not exceed 0.05%. On the one hand, we need fat, on the other hand, the egg protein has a high biological value, because all the human body essential amino acids are included in the protein. Therefore, egg yolk is as good as protein.

4. There are few vitamins in eggs.

It's definitely not true. There are 13 kinds of vitamins (a,b1,b2,b6,b12,e,d), biotin, niacin and folic acid, methionine, and many minerals (calcium, iron, etc.).

5. Eating eggs may infect salmonella

In a way, yes. But only if the eggs are cooked incorrectly. To reduce the risk of infection to 0, eggs should be scrambled, boiled eggs not less than two minutes (even if the eggs were detected salmonella, as long as the egg yolk loss of fluidity, Salmonella will die), before breaking the fresh eggs washed.

In addition, do not eat raw eggs, because the egg white contains a substance, the substance can not fully absorb certain vitamins. After heat treatment, these substances disappear. The nutritional value of eggs is almost unchanged when cooked. Only certain vitamins are decomposed, rarely, less than 10%.

6. The yolk of the best egg is bright yellow or orange yellow

That's not true! This argument applies only to home chickens, which are bright because they are xueshan at home. On the farm, in order to make the egg yolk more colourful, the farm adds a horned yellow substance to the egg (also used for salmon and trout feeding to make it appear pink fish). The lutein is a carotenoid pigment, which is orange. Naturally exist in a variety of foods, can also be artificially synthesized. As animal feed additive, the color of yolk and poultry meat is more vivid. Used when food is added mainly as an orange coloring agent, but rarely used. Some studies have shown that a large intake of lutein may cause it to accumulate in the retina.

7. Everyone can eat eggs every day

Not exactly. A healthy person 1-2 eggs a day for good, not more. It is very useful to add 2 eggs in a diet every day when you are young, whether it is boiled, fried or fried. It is best to boil runny eggs in the water, thinking that the inner intestine is easy to digest. But if you have atherosclerosis, or an elderly person, it's best to have an egg every other day.

Scientists at the University of Florida believe that adding eggs in a diet does not harm the body, does not change blood lipids and cholesterol levels, and does not cause cardiovascular disease. Instead, epidemiologists explain that eating 1--6 eggs for a week lowers male mortality and lowers stroke risk in women.

Finally introduce a delicious recipe:

Tomato and Egg

Ingredients: 4 medium-sized tomatoes, 4 large eggs, 15 grams of butter, fresh or dried tarragon (or coriander), minced meat, salt, pepper seasoning

The oven heats up to 190 degrees. Cut off the top of the tomato and gently scoop out the pulp with a spoon.

Put the tomatoes on the baking pan. Beat an egg on top of each tomato and put a little butter on it. Spread the dragon. Season with salt and pepper. Bake 25--30 minutes (if the boiled egg takes 20--25 minutes). (Internship compilation: Zhiqingqing)