Eggs… Nature’s Protein Pill

How many of you out there enjoy your eggs? Good, as a matter of fact that’s great, keep it up and continue to read on because you may very well be on the road to increasing your egg intake and thus increasing your muscle mass. But what about all you out there that are neglecting eggs because of the taste or simple because you’re lazy and couldn’t be bothered cooking, so you ultimately opt for a tasty whey shake instead. Well after reading this article, I’m confident that eggs will be the first thing on your mind when you wake up in the morning.

An egg is one of the most complete and versatile foods available. It has a valuable role in providing a healthy diet for all and especially those who need added muscle mass and muscle tone. We all know the importance of protein in the muscle building process, without protein, your muscles will simply not grow.

Excluding water, protein, it is the next most abundant element that makes up the majority of our bodies, so with all this protein in the body, wouldn’t you say that protein should be a very important part of anyone’s diet? Everyone needs to take this a little further by damaging those protein fibers with heavy weight training in order for the protein fibers to regrow stronger and bigger. An athlete’s diet must be much higher in protein than the average persons.

Eggs contain about 6 grams of high quality protein, so high that it is used as the standard by which other foods are measured. Eggs are also a rich source of vitamins, including A, E and K and a range of B vitamins such as B12 (energy), riboflavin and folic acid. Eggs also contain all eight essential amino acids needed for optimal muscle recovery and building valuable minerals like calcium, zinc and iron.

Now before you get scared and say what about the fat that eggs contain, let me break it down for you. The white part of the egg contains no fat what so ever, on the other hand, the yolk of an egg (yellow) contains about 5 grams of fat BUT only a small proportion of this is saturated fat (Bad Fat) – about 1.6 grams. Bodybuilders and athletes seeking to bulk up muscle are in particular need for fat in foods at a time when they have high-energy requirements for growth but limited appetites. Eggs contain cholesterol but it is generally accepted that dietary cholesterol does not raise blood cholesterol levels. Eggs come with their own cholesterol emulsifying ingredient built right in called Lecithin. Eggs are easily digested and absorbed and are extremely useful in ensuring a balanced diet for anyone looking to add quick and dirty protein to their diet for added anti-muscle wasting or for building up those muscles as much as possible.

Don’t drink raw eggs, rather find some way to get them down other than drinking them. Those Rocky movies may be motivating yet downright wrong when dispensing nutrition advise. Raw egg whites contain an enzyme called Avidin that will destroy all the Biotin, a B-Vitamin, in your system that keeps the whites of your eyes that way and your fingernails and hair from falling out. Homogenized and pasteurized egg whites are available in the grocery store and on the net and are totally safe for consumption.

So remember the old seventies commercials for the incredible, edible egg? Guess what? Nothing has changed and it’s still the BEST game in town.

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