In observance of Easter Sunday, I am giving you amazing egg facts and some good reasons why you should enjoy them today!
• What to know if an unassuming egg sitting inside your fridge is already rotten or not? Dip it in a glass of water. If it sinks, it is still good to eat, if it floats, it is already rotten.
• Eggs are good for your eye sight. They were proven to fight macular degeneration since they have lutein, a nutrient important for eye care. Here is an informative brochure about eggs and eye care: Egg: A Delicious Way to Protect Your Eyes.
• Contrary to popular notion, egg is not a big no-no for those seniors with cholesterol problem. It was found out that an egg a day won’t affect your cholesterol levels in any way.
• Egg is packed with essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals but it doesn’t have vitamin C. On the other hand, its yolk is one of the few foods that naturally have vitamin D.
• Egg’s protein is found in its albumen, or the white part, along with other nutrients like niacin, riboflavin, chlorine and magnesium.
• Eggs are very suitable for seniors since it can be prepared in several ways. It is soft and very easy to chew so seniors, even those without a full set of teeth can enjoy an egg with their meals.
• Egg is naturally low in calorie which makes it ideal for toddlers, seniors and weight watchers.
• Egg whites are fat-free and cholesterol-free while the yolk has unsaturated fat—not the type that would raise your cholesterol levels.
• Eggs are easily perishable especially when raw so make it a habit to always refrigerate eggs, raw or cooked.
• You could tell the age of the egg by its whites. A cloudy one is very fresh, a clear one is days old while a pinkish one is old or rotten.
• Keep a healthy hen and you’ll have an egg a day all year round! An average hen will yield around 260 eggs per year.
• It doesn’t matter what color your egg is—all of them are the same. It’s only a matter of which hen laid the egg.
• It takes a day for an egg to form inside the hen so if you own a healthy hen, you’ll be rewarded with an egg every single day.
• Eggs came first since dinosaurs were laying them way before a chicken existed on the face of the Earth.
