Nutrition Frenzy

Researchers from Surrey University in England have found that eating two eggs a day could help you lose weight and lower your cholesterol levels, London’s Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

Medical experts have long thought that by eating large amounts of cholesterol-rich foods such as eggs, a person could easily increase their cholesterol levels.

However, an upcoming article in the European Journal of Nutrition will suggest otherwise.

Dr. Bruce Griffin, who led the study, fed 50 overweight volunteers two eggs a day for four months.

Besides eating the eggs, the volunteers followed a reduced calorie diet.

A second group of volunteers ate the same reduced-calorie diet, but did not eat eggs. Both groups lost weight and saw a decrease in their cholesterol levels.

“There is no convincing evidence to link increased intake of dietary cholesterol or eggs with coronary heart disease,” Griffin said.“Indeed, eggs make a nutritional contribution to a healthy, calorie-restricted diet.”

Griffin thought that by eating eggs for breakfast, the volunteers felt fuller longer, which aided them in their weight loss efforts.

It is thought that eating eggs for breakfast contributes to weight loss by making people-feel fuller for longer.

This research provides evidence to support the scientific consensus that saturated fat, found in pastry, processed meats, biscuits and cakes, is more responsible for raising blood cholesterol than cholesterol-rich foods, such as eggs, which are low in saturated fat.

Researchers from Louisiana State University in the U.S. looked at the eating habits of a group of overweight and obese women.

The women, who were following a low-fat diet, were asked to eat either two eggs a day for breakfast, or have a bagel.

The two meals contained the same number of calories and weighed roughly the same amount.

However, after eight weeks of breakfasting, the slimmers who had eaten eggs had lost the most weight.

As well as shedding 65 per cent more pounds than the bageleaters, they had lost almost twice as many inches from their waistline, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology’s annual conference heard yesterday.

The study, which was part-funded by the American Egg Board, also showed that those who had breakfasted on eggs felt as if they had more energy.

Previous work by the same researchers showed that those who ate eggs for breakfast felt fuller for longer than those who had a bagel and cheese.

As a result, they ate less during the rest of the day.

It is not completely clear why eggs are so good at making us feel full but it is thought their high protein content could play a large part.

Researcher Dr Nikhil Dhurandhar, an obesity expert, said:

“Despite equal energy content and weight, an egg breakfast had a greater satiating effect compared to a bagel breakfast, which translated into a lower energy intake at lunch.”

“The resulting decrease in energy consumption lasted for at least 24 hours after the egg breakfast.

“These results have potentially significant implications. Eggs are an integral part of breakfast in numerous cultures and the satiating effect of eggs may be useful in reducing energy intake thereby promoting weight management.”

In Britain, the Food Standards Agency says that while eggs are a good choice as part of a healthy, balanced diet, it is important to eat as great a variety of foods as possible.

It does not set a limit on the number of eggs we should eat a week for optimum health and says that while eggs do contain cholesterol, saturated fat found in cakes, biscuits and pies is more damaging.

Eggs gained in popularity thanks to the widespread adoption of the highprotein Atkins diet. But sales have also suffered from a series of food scares over the past two decades.

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