Five serious misunderstandings about eating eggs in summer

Eggs are a common food in our lives, and eating them incorrectly will have adverse effects on our health. In life, we should pay attention to the following misunderstandings.

Eating eggs every day will make you die faster?

Experts point out that eggs are high-protein food. If consumed too much, it can lead to an increase in metabolic products and increase the burden on the kidneys. A survey shows that among some urban workers, some young people engaged in mental work or light physical work eat 5 to 6 eggs a day to increase nutrition; some primary and secondary school students eat 3 eggs for breakfast, and 1 to 2 eggs for lunch and dinner. In some rural areas, new mothers need to eat 10 to 15 pieces a day, and even 300 to 450 pieces during the confinement period. They believe: "Eggs are nutritious and eating more of them will nourish the body." In fact, this is not true. On the contrary, eating too many eggs will bring some adverse effects to the body. Taking postpartum women as an example, one egg contains about 250 mg of cholesterol, and 10 eggs contain about 2500 mg of cholesterol. This amount is nearly 10 times the normal intake. In addition, the fat rich in eggs is saturated fatty acid. Excessive intake will inevitably cause a sharp rise in serum cholesterol and can promote the occurrence of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

As long as healthy adults pay close attention to and control the amount of cholesterol they consume through other sources such as meat and dairy products, it is appropriate to eat one egg a day, and try not to eat the egg yolk, because one egg yolk contains two-thirds of the amount of cholesterol that a healthy adult should consume every day.

Are eggs the most nutritious breakfast?

Boiled eggs are nutritious and low in fat. Many people like to eat fried eggs for breakfast, because they are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside and taste great. However, the nutritional content of eggs is greatly destroyed during the frying process, and excessive fat intake is not good for health. Therefore, the healthy and nutritious way to eat eggs for breakfast is to boil them or put an egg in noodle soup.

Is it okay to just eat the egg white and throw away the yolk?

Many people are afraid to eat egg yolks because they contain a lot of cholesterol. For middle-aged and elderly people and patients with hyperlipidemia, daily cholesterol intake from food should be controlled within 300 mg. However, there is a lot of cholesterol in the egg yolk. Just eating one egg can give you more than 200 mg of cholesterol, which leaves little room for other animal foods. You can only eat 100 grams of chicken or tenderloin. If you eat seafood, offal, fatty pork, etc., you will definitely exceed the standard. In addition to middle-aged and elderly people who really need to control their blood cholesterol, many young women also associate cholesterol with obesity and other problems, and dare not eat egg yolks, thus wasting precious nutrients. In fact, foods containing cholesterol do not necessarily have high fat content, and cholesterol does not provide excessive energy to the human body and has nothing to do with obesity. If you don't eat the egg yolk, why eat eggs? It is better to eat tofu directly, which not only contains a lot of protein, but also provides a lot of calcium that is not found in egg whites, and also reduces waste.

Will scrambled eggs taste better with MSG?

Eggs themselves contain a large amount of glutamate and a certain amount of chloride and sodium. After heating, these two substances will produce a new substance - monosodium glutamate, which is the main ingredient of MSG and has a very pure umami taste. If you add MSG when frying eggs, the umami flavor produced by the decomposition of MSG will destroy the natural umami flavor of the eggs themselves. Therefore, it is not advisable to add MSG when frying eggs.

Are raw eggs more nutritious?

Some people believe that eating raw eggs can moisten the lungs and voice. In fact, eating raw eggs is not only unhygienic and prone to bacterial infection, but also not more nutritious. Raw eggs contain anti-biotin protein, which affects the absorption of biotin in food and can easily cause "biotin deficiency symptoms" such as loss of appetite, general weakness, muscle pain, skin inflammation, and eyebrow loss. The protein structure of raw eggs is dense and contains anti-trypsin. A large part of it cannot be absorbed by the human body. Only after being cooked does the protein become soft and more conducive to digestion and absorption by the human body.