Eat eggs for your next snack

Eggs are extremely beneficial for brain health and cognition. Eggs contain Choline and Lutein, which both play an important role in brain development and much more. Choline is great for brain development, especially during pregnancy and infancy. It also plays an important role in learning and memory, especially, as an infant or child while your brain is still developing. Taking high levels of Choline during pregnancy helps promotes cognitive development during the first year of life of the child. Whereas Lutein supports eye health but again it has been shown to also be important for cognition. So the two main nutrients for brain development is in an egg but we don't eat them as often as we should. There is something very wrong with that statement. Eggs are also great for vision.

Eggs are also filled with the antioxidants called Lutein and Zeaxanthin, which help maintain healthy cells in the eye. This is very important for elderly men and women to intake because as the cells degenerate over time, these two antioxidants help reduce that degeneration. I’m sure these antioxidants have other health benefits but these particular benefits the retina. One large egg contains about 252 mcg of lutein and zeaxanthin. Which doesn’t sound a lot but if you ate 2-3 eggs per day as your healthy snack of the day, you are at about 1 % of the daily recommended amount. That's just in a snack. The daily recommended amount is 10% of your daily value but these two antioxidants are also found in foods like dark leafy greens like spinach, kale, and in foods like Alaskan salmon, carrots and peppers. A lot of these foods you eat daily or at least weekly.

Eggs are extremely easy to cook and eat. The healthiest way to eat an egg is, to have it either poached or boiled. As stated in Healthline.com, “Cooking eggs makes the protein in them more digestible. It also helps make the vitamin biotin more available for your body to use.” The reason why frying an egg isn’t as healthy is, because cooking over a high heat damages some of the vitamins and nutrients in the eggs. So when in doubt boil or poach the egg. I personally much rather a boiled egg, you can make a bunch at once and they are easy to peel and pop in your mouth when you want a quick snack. When purchasing eggs, try to buy them from a local farm or “free range” for the benefits of the vitamins and nutrients. It has been proven that range free or local farm fresh eggs have more nutrients and vitamins in them. If you can’t afford it, then just eat normal store bought eggs for your healthy snack.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/eating-healthy-eggs#section3

https://www.eggnutritioncenter.org/blog/beyond-eye-health-luteins-impact-on-cognition/

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Eggs for your next snack