Are Eggs Nature's Best Diet Foods Friend?

By Rose Miccolis

If you want to be sure your getting superior lean protein include a lot of eggs in your diet foods list at least three times a week. Eggs are the crme de la crme when it comes to low cal nutrition. They are rich in every vitamin except C and contain all of the amino acids to build a perfect protein.

Whether you get white or brown eggs it doesn't matter. The nutritional quality of either color is the same. The brown eggs were laid by large hens and the white eggs were laid by the smaller hens. Also, if they have lighter yolks they were fed wheat, and if their yolks are darker they were fed corn. No matter what the color of the yolk, the nutritional value is the same superior quality.

The color of the yolk is dependent on what the hen ate too. The dark yolk eggs were laid by hens that ate wheat and the darker yolk eggs were laid by hens that were corn fed. Whatever the color of the yolk, the nutritional quality is great.

When buying eggs always check the sell by date to ensure their freshness. Check for cracks too by opening the crate and peeking inside. The sell by date is more important than the grade of the egg. All consumable eggs are graded A. The most important fact to consider when buying eggs is the expiration date.

How can you tell if an egg is fresh if it's not in the carton and it doesn't have a date printed on it? To check for freshness put one in a glass of water. If it floats it's a bad egg. If it sinks it's good to eat.

Eggs are the most versatile food I know of. You can hard boil them, bake them in a quiche or fry them hard or soft. The possibilities are endless for some of the best low calorie diet foods around. When you want lean nutritional protein-- reach for an egg. - 31843

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