Are you frying eggs for breakfast? You are reducing antioxidants by half

Eggs offer multi fold benefits- they are rich in lipids, high in proteins, minerals & Vitamins. Besides they also contain antioxidants that helps in preventing cancer & cardiovascular diseases. Egg yolks laid by hens are regularly fed by corn & wheat. Yolks have 2 amino acids, tyrosine and tryptophan, that have high antioxidant properties. 2 egg yolks ( in raw state) have antioxidant properties that is double of that an apple offers & same as that offered by half of cranberries. But if eggs are fried, it lessens the antioxidant properties by half. It reduces more than half if eggs are cooked in the microwave. Although this is a large reduction of antioxidants, it still offers antioxidants equivalent to that of an apple.

Besides these 2 amino acids, egg yolks also offer other antioxidant properties. egg proteins had been converted by enzymes in the small intestines and stomach and made peptides that assists in reducing high blood pressure.This defeats the common assumption that eggs increase risk of high blood pressure due to their high cholesterol content. 

There is a common notion that eggs increase our LDL level. However, this is not true.Most of the cholesterol in our body is made by our liver-it doesn’t come from cholesterol we eat. The liver is stimulated to make cholesterol primarily by saturated fat and trans fat in our diet, not dietary cholesterol. But a large egg contains little saturated fat-about 1.5 grams. Eggs also contain many healthy nutrients: lutein and zeaxanthin, which are good for the eyes; choline, which is good for the brain and nerves; and various vitamins. To control your cholesterol level, consume butter, fatty meat, cakes & puddings in moderate amounts.

Egg yolks offer a medium level of fat (only 25% of this is saturated fat) & also aids in digestion since it contains digestive enzymes. 

Frying eggs in oil will increase the fat content by around 50% – and depending on what you’re frying them in, that can mean dramatically increasing the saturated fat profile. 

If you do love your fried eggs and you want to eat them regularly, think about serving them on wholemeal bread. The fibre lowers the cholesterol level & makes fat enter bloodstream at a slower rate giving you a more stable source of energy & reducing the risk of increase in size of fat cells. Poached, boiled, or scrambled cooked in skimmed milk & olive oil are best forms of egg to consume.